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Originally Posted by Xringer
If I could steam them to my Roku, that would be great.
My Netflix membership also allows me to stream to my PC,
but I'm not crazy about sitting in this chair, more hours than I already do..
(I love playing COD on the PC, but one's butt does start hurt after a while)!
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You should look into a stand-alone HTPC with a connection to your TV (DVI to HDMI if you've got an HDTV.
I built one a couple of years ago simply by adding a TV tuner card to an old PC that we weren't using any more, sounds like you wouldn't even need the tuner, just a connection to the TV. You can get some very nice HTPC cases that look like a stereo receiver so they don't clutter the house, and the picture will be as good as the media itself (DVD, Bluray, streaming, etc).
Plus there are several open source (free) options for HTPC software. I use MediaPortal (
MEDIAPORTAL - free media center - Home), but there are several others including MythTV for Linux. Several of these can integrate Netflix streaming, and as open source software, they will expand to include whatever users want. I've got my fingers crossed for MediaPortal to integrate Hulu very soon.
To me it's the perfect (and cheapest) solution to the conflict between being cheap and being a mediafile. We pay for cable internet and Netflix, but get basically any kind of media we want, all on our HDTV using a remote (and occasionally a keyboard).
Plus it is reusing an old PC that otherwise would have been recycled.