home entertainment..noob question

LithiumKid1976

hi
if you wanted all your media (PC (music, Videos, pictures), Radio, DVD-player, TV) all to run off one system, what would you use? or is it possible?

slingbox looks like it might do it, but i would like to know what people are using.

not sure if its possible, but what i was hoping to do, was to be able to access all of the above from 3 tv's?

any suggestions or advice welcome.
Thanks

Idleater

Personally, I'd go with a Naim Uniti and a NAS.

LithiumKid1976

hi nerid
thanks for that, it looks good, the NAS is a network attached storage?

is the NaimUniti mainly for audio though? it wont do video, tv or photos will it?

thanks

Idleater

LithiumKid1976 wrote: »

hi nerid
thanks for that, it looks good, the NAS is a network attached storage?

is the NaimUniti mainly for audio though? it wont do video, tv or photos will it?

thanks

Yeah, the NAS is where I store all my audio and video. I don't have a Uniti, but as an all in one audio player it is really good: amp, cd, radio, UPnP etc.

Of course, I assumed you'd have a TV or display of some description anyway since you mentioned 3 of them, but I don't care much for speakers on TV's hence why I recommend a separate system for audio.

There are cheaper equivalent boxes than the Uniti that act as UPnP/DLNA clients (an xBox or PS3 for example) and many TV's support this too, but of course I don't know your budget.

MediaTank

Sounds like you need a media player such as the Popcorn Hour, Xtreamer or WD Live.

Any of these devices handle video, audio and images in a single box, either from an internal hard drive or from your home network.

LithiumKid1976

Hi Mediatank
that looks more what id be looking for. ive google the popcorn hour box, it looks fairly good, ill youtube the rest of them later, just to get an idea of what each is capable of.


thanks nereid and mediatank so far..im sure ill have more questions for ye later.

LithiumKid1976

Hi Media Tank
They all look like what im after.
are you using any of them? would you prefer one over the other?

also would you have any advice on a slinbox for doing the same work?

Thanks for your help so far.

MediaTank

LithiumKid1976 wrote: »

Hi Media Tank
They all look like what im after.
are you using any of them? would you prefer one over the other?

also would you have any advice on a slinbox for doing the same work?

Thanks for your help so far.

Yes, I'm using a Popcorn Hour clone. Excellent piece of kit and a great user support community. Check out www.networkedmediatank.com

Haven't used Slingbox.

MT

Quazzie

How many TV's can be run from a single Xtreamer unit?

MediaTank

Quazzie wrote: »

How many TV's can be run from a single Xtreamer unit?

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