That's what I would do if it were something I wanted as well. It sure works fine for streaming audio as I just got my wireless working yesterday afternoon here. David Ferrin www.jaws-users.com Life is what happens after you have already made other plans. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Howell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 10:47 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Roku's...new set-top box for connecting Internet entertainment to the TV... is a real winner.
Yep, that is the direction I would go and plan to go in the future. On Jan 5, 2010, at 8:53 AM, Dan Rossi wrote: > I am not interested in the Roqu mainly because it isn't accessible, and, I > have no desire to purchase something that is a dedicated media center. > They typically can only handle a subset of media formats. I see no reason > not to use a full blown computer with a full operating system so that I > can stream any formats I want, including displaying digital photos and > such. > > I am considering just purchasing a used laptop and a wireless keyboard and > hardwiring the laptop to the TV and the rest of the audio visual system. > Then I can still sit on my couch and operate the laptop even though it is > tucked away over by the TV. > > To be honest, it won't be much more expensive to do it that way than to > purchase one of these adapters. Then I can play my music through the > stereo as well as stream video from Hulu and such. > > -- > Blue skies. > Dan Rossi > Carnegie Mellon University. > E-Mail: [email protected] > Tel: (412) 268-9081 > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Send any questions regarding list management to: [email protected] To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [email protected]! Groups Links
