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Home Network / Streaming to a TV

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  • 20-08-2011 2:48pm
    #1
    gillen
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭


    Hi,

    Not sure if im posting in the right place here, so mods, move if you need to.

    I'm looking for advice on what I need to get to set up a home network.

    What I want to be able to do is store everything (music/video) from my own pc and another mac thats in the house on a central location, and then from that location be able to stream the data that I have stored, to a television,

    So, my question really is, does anyone have this set up? Or know what I would need to do to set up such a thing

    Cheers


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    swampgas
    Registered Users Posts: 3,564 ✭✭✭swampgas


    gillen wrote: »
    Hi,

    Not sure if im posting in the right place here, so mods, move if you need to.

    I'm looking for advice on what I need to get to set up a home network.

    What I want to be able to do is store everything (music/video) from my own pc and another mac thats in the house on a central location, and then from that location be able to stream the data that I have stored, to a television,

    So, my question really is, does anyone have this set up? Or know what I would need to do to set up such a thing

    Cheers

    I'm no expert but I do use an XBOX 360 & Windows 7 to do something like that. No idea how a MAC would integrate.


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    rugrat69
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭rugrat69


    If you have a cabled network in place cat5e/6 in place you could distribute this content over your cable via a tv distribution system/hub.

    Take a look at scion technology For this head end equipment


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    Dardania
    Registered Users Posts: 3,612 ✭✭✭Dardania


    A conventional NAS is what you should get for this. You plug it into your home ethernet LAN, and your Mac & PC can put/get files to/from it, and your TV can get it.

    AN example of such a nas is this: http://go.iomega.com/en-us/products/network-storage-desktop/home-network-hard-drives/home-media/?partner=4760

    For your TV to get the content, it has to be DLNA compatible (recent high spec TVs are) and plugged into your ethernet network. If it isn't, you can get a set top box (aka a media renderer in DLNA language) to view the content - there are specific ones for the task (D-Link are a good name in that front) or Xbox 360 or PS3 can view also.


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