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<blockquote data-quote="hirezho" data-source="post: 456256" data-attributes="member: 14743"><p>Good day gents,</p><p></p><p>I need a bit of advice from the nerds among us.</p><p>I want to get a media player & streamer to use with my TV primarily and to stream to other devices.</p><p>My current set-up is like this:</p><p></p><p>1 - Samsung 42in plasma (non-smart)</p><p>2 - Asus laptop</p><p>3 - Macbook pro</p><p>4 - 2xiPhone 5</p><p>5 - iPad 2</p><p>6 - TPLink TD-W8980 Modem/router (all above, minus TV, connect to this modem via wifi).</p><p></p><p>What I want is one device (media player/streamer) that I can connect a 3TB hdd to with usb and have it play to the TV and be able to stream to our other devices.</p><p>I want to get this: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=330</p><p>Will it allow me to do what I want?</p><p></p><p>The modem I have has media server capabilities but only through ftp which is too complicated for us.</p><p></p><p>What about XBMC? Any decent cheap box that I can install it to? I've seen it in action at a friend's place and I quite like it.</p><p>The WD TV Live seems like a complete solution but I would like to go the XBMC route if it can play and stream to our devices.</p><p></p><p>I hope my question is clear, if not then you have a pretty good indication where I am tech-wise lol.</p><p></p><p>Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. </p><p></p><p>Cheers!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hirezho, post: 456256, member: 14743"] Good day gents, I need a bit of advice from the nerds among us. I want to get a media player & streamer to use with my TV primarily and to stream to other devices. My current set-up is like this: 1 - Samsung 42in plasma (non-smart) 2 - Asus laptop 3 - Macbook pro 4 - 2xiPhone 5 5 - iPad 2 6 - TPLink TD-W8980 Modem/router (all above, minus TV, connect to this modem via wifi). What I want is one device (media player/streamer) that I can connect a 3TB hdd to with usb and have it play to the TV and be able to stream to our other devices. I want to get this: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=330 Will it allow me to do what I want? The modem I have has media server capabilities but only through ftp which is too complicated for us. What about XBMC? Any decent cheap box that I can install it to? I've seen it in action at a friend's place and I quite like it. The WD TV Live seems like a complete solution but I would like to go the XBMC route if it can play and stream to our devices. I hope my question is clear, if not then you have a pretty good indication where I am tech-wise lol. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Cheers! [/QUOTE]
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