--- In [email protected], "Richard J. Williams" <richard@...> wrote:
>
> Alex Stanley:
> > Why would I want to hook my phone up to a monitor
> > when I have a real computer with two monitors?
> >
> That's just the point - don't want to hook up a phone
> to a monitor - I want to view media by streaming it
> wireless to my entertainment center.
The only media on my phone that I'd want to see on my computer are pictures and
video taken with the phone's camera, and those are transferred with Dropbox.
> > The only computer-like device I carry around with
> > me is my Android phone. If I need a more powerful
> > computing device on the go, I take my 13" Macbook,
> > with its touchpad and keyboard and none of that
> > touchscreen garbage.
> >
> I'm using my Toshiba Ultra Book with Win 7 as a
> remote control for my headless media server and home
> entertainment system. The Toshiba has a conventional
> hinged screen, so I was thinking of replacing the
> Toshiba with a tablet like the Acer Iconia with the
> 10 inch flat surface.
On the rare occasions that I sit in the living room to watch TV, I use an iPad
as a program guide and remote control for the DirecTV receiver. Most of the
time, I watch DirecTV on an iPad sitting on my desk or suspended over my head
in bed using a SpiderArm:
http://spiderarm.com/
>
>
> <http://www.pcworld.com/category/windows-8/>
>
> I'm streaming to a Roku box and I'll be usnig a
> Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. I need at least SSD,
> an Intel i5, with the USB 3, and dual band wireless
> N and at least 14 mbps broadband.
I can stream media to the iPads and my Macbook from my main PC and the NAS with
Serve To Me and Stream To Me:
http://zqueue.com/
If I want, I can use the big TV as an external monitor on the Macbook, so
anything streaming to or playing on the Macbook can play on the TV. But, most
of the time I just watch stuff on my PC because the tower is fanless and
completely silent, the two monitors are 30" and 2560 x 1600 resolution, and the
2.1 Paradigm speaker system kicks ass.
