Re: [slim] TV equivalent to SBS

2010-11-11 Thread Gatineau Ross
Perhaps I'll re-phrase/simplify my question on the SBS equivalent. I was getting too confused with the responses, front-end, back-end, etc. What do members recommend I purchase to be able to watch video (i.e. TV shows or movies) from my local library using my TV? Thanks. -- Gatineau Ross

Re: [slim] TV equivalent to SBS

2010-11-11 Thread bernt
Gatineau Ross;588727 Wrote: Perhaps I'll re-phrase/simplify my question on the SBS equivalent. I was getting too confused with the responses, front-end, back-end, etc. What do members recommend I purchase to be able to watch video (i.e. TV shows or movies) from my local library using my

Re: [slim] TV equivalent to SBS

2010-11-10 Thread Gatineau Ross
aubuti;586782 Wrote: I think it would be helpful if you specified whether you are interested in (a) streaming from the internet, (b) streaming from a local library of video content, or (c) both. The market for devices that do (a) is growing rapidly, including features built-in to Blu-Ray DVD

Re: [slim] TV equivalent to SBS

2010-11-10 Thread alfista
Gatineau Ross;588422 Wrote: Is anyone familiar with PopBox? I understand it is reasonably priced. How does it compare to the other recommendations? That's a frontend device so it's no equivalent to SBS, but have a look at

Re: [slim] TV equivalent to SBS

2010-11-05 Thread martin100
MythTV is good ! -- martin100 martin100's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41338 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83043

[slim] TV equivalent to SBS

2010-11-03 Thread Gatineau Ross
Hi Can someone please tell me what's the equivalent to the Squeezebox server for television? Thanks. -- Gatineau Ross Gatineau Ross's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40346 View this thread:

Re: [slim] TV equivalent to SBS

2010-11-03 Thread elstensoftware
Personally, I use MythTV, but it's quite a 'DIY' solution. It's a centralised networked hub for recording TV. The equivalent of SBS is the 'backend' which records TV, stores the listings and recording information, does the heavy lifting of removing commercials and much more. The equivalent of

Re: [slim] TV equivalent to SBS

2010-11-03 Thread aubuti
I think it would be helpful if you specified whether you are interested in (a) streaming from the internet, (b) streaming from a local library of video content, or (c) both. The market for devices that do (a) is growing rapidly, including features built-in to Blu-Ray DVD players, TVs, and various

Re: [slim] TV equivalent to SBS

2010-11-03 Thread bernt
Boxee is another but it don't have a backend like MythTV. Plex has both front and back end but it's Mac only. -- bernt 'LastFM' (http://www.last.fm/user/ottovonkopp/) SB3, SB BOOM - vortex...@hp SFF iPod Touch\iPeng

Re: [slim] TV equivalent to SBS

2010-11-03 Thread edz
bernt;586787 Wrote: Boxee is another but it don't have a backend like MythTV. Plex has both front and back end but it's Mac only. Hi there Plex is a fork (branch) from XBMC which, although originally an xbox media center, is now cross platform and available for windows,mac and linux and

Re: [slim] TV equivalent to SBS

2010-11-03 Thread bernt
edz;586860 Wrote: Hi there Plex is a fork (branch) from XBMC which, although originally an xbox media center, is now cross platform and available for windows,mac and linux and will use hardware accelleration under windows and linux (with Nvidia cards / VDPAU) Go to http://xbmc.org/ and