On 07/22/2013 08:47 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: > > > > --- 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.
Damn, you must spend a lot on technology. I hope it pays for itself. I stopped buying "the latest thing" when I bought a Pentium Pro machine when those came out and a crew from Intel visiting the company told me "don't tell anyone you have it for a personal computer, the Pentium Pro is for servers." Sounds like Microsoft has made devices for the Willys of the world. :-D
