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TV Streaming doo-dad
on: September 03, 2012, 23:19:18 PM
Situation:

Crazy prices being paid for TV/Phone/Broadband etc from VirginMedia (£130+ per month) so I'm going to cut down on the size of my package (currently on 'supersize' me everything), fnarr, fnarr.

What I want to do is sack the XXL package and Go 'L', fire the SkyMovies add-on and trim the old broadband bush from 50Mb/s down to 25Mb/s - which should save me about £30-40 odd. Ish. 

Then I'll get either NetFlix or LoveFilm.

Thing is, I have two TVs - the usual upstairs and downstairs affair - but how will I get them to accept the stream?  Both have HDMI but no ethernet cable sockets.  I can't be arsed routing 16 miles of cable from the router to both TVs so...

... is there a Wi-Fi streaming receiving pick-up ariel antenna mux modulatory wonder box type thing that I can use to grab the WiFi from the router and feed it in to the telly?

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Re: TV Streaming doo-dad
Reply #1 on: September 04, 2012, 08:00:32 AM
look on amazon for love film - I got a 6 month trial for £18 - unlimted rentals & streaming.
I stream through a PS3 - Netflix has a tie up with apple TV. Roku can prob do both
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Reply #2 on: September 04, 2012, 08:47:03 AM
Not sure if the newer WD TV boxes do lovefilm/netflix?

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Re: TV Streaming doo-dad
Reply #3 on: September 04, 2012, 09:02:58 AM
WD TV Live does netflix, costs about £70. Will give you iPlayer / Netflix / Spotify and access to all networked files or files on a hard drive. Its a great all in one solution that requires no faffing.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Streaming-Media-Player/dp/B005NYOKC2/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1346745758&sr=8-1-spell
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Re: TV Streaming doo-dad
Reply #4 on: September 04, 2012, 09:22:15 AM
That looks like just the ticket!

I take it it'll do LoveFilm, too as that's the one I'm going for?

I also assume these things need a hard drive?  Seems unnecessary but I suppose it has to buffer the data before it passes it to the TV.
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Reply #5 on: September 04, 2012, 09:43:26 AM
No harddrive required. You only need one if you want to store things locally to the WDTV.

I'm not actually sure if it will do LoveFilm so best check.

There's also a WDTV android remote which is pretty good.
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Reply #6 on: September 04, 2012, 09:50:28 AM
Quote from: addictweb on September 04, 2012, 09:43:26 AM
No harddrive required.
Ah, right.

No - no need for storage I don't think.  What do I look for? 'streaming media..... box?'

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Reply #8 on: September 04, 2012, 15:01:36 PM
PS3 or 360... whichever you can get cheaper? 360 does LoveFilm and I'm guessing the PS3 does.
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Reply #9 on: September 04, 2012, 20:17:19 PM
Just signed up to LoveFilm's free trial.  Had a good look around and it doesn't seem up to much.  Where are the decent, recently released titles?  :thumbdown:  Even Avatar's only available on DVD/BlueRay.

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Reply #10 on: September 04, 2012, 20:42:53 PM
Its a shame becuase Amazon own LoveFilm yet in the States they give their Prime members a much more superior streaming service as part of $79 a yearly sub (they just signed a deal with Epix to get even more vids) - Now if they would only give the UK prime members the same service for the £50 we have to pay.
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Re: TV Streaming doo-dad
Reply #11 on: September 04, 2012, 21:59:38 PM
Rather than getting a console why not get something like an acer revo? It's what I use in the bedroom and hass wireless, if you want wired you could use a home plug?
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Reply #12 on: September 04, 2012, 22:15:52 PM
'kin-ow-much?   :o  ;D

I'm trying to save money!"

As it happens, I'm looking for a replacement DVD player (not a PooRay one) which will play DVD-/+ discs so I'll look for something like the above but cheaper.
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Reply #13 on: September 04, 2012, 23:51:41 PM
Go Netflix, at least they have tv shows and films released in 2012.

Plus side use the vps bargain I posted ages ago and you have yourself a ready to rock usa based proxy and can access their USA catalogue for free. Well $15 a year for the vps... And your usual Netflix sub.
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