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HDD Media Player
Chaosbreaker:
I'm new to the forums, so I thought I'd say hi! Well here goes... Hi!
For the past couple of years I've been downloading series, to burn them on DVD's and watch them on our television with the misses.
Because we like to watch series together, I very rarely ever watch a series on the computer, and when I do, it's something of which I am very sure she won't enjoy watching with me.
Because I find the entire process of converting (usually) .MKV files to a watchable format and burning them to DVD to be quite the time- and resource hog, I've been looking for a better way to enjoy series.
Back in the day, HDD Media Players would play only the most basic video formats, and matroesjka was not one of them.
Nowadays, most media players seem to support the .MKV file format and h264 codecs, so that option now seems very tempting.
Is there anyone here who is using a HDD Media Player as such, and if so, could you please tell me of your experiences?
I am currently in the market for a good HDD Media Player, and would love to find out if they are indeed a viable replacement for burning tons of DVD's to watch series on my television.
Thanks! :)
kitamesume:
2 major reasons as to why you don't want a media player.
1) it doesn't support subs thoroughly.
2) it doesn't support 10bit/Hi10P encodes.
the only way you can tackle all of the above is either an HTPC or a muscle ARM-rig, ODROID-X comes to mind with some sense.
but other than that, expect to shell out a little bit over 200$ if you want a dedicated (makeshift?)media player.
all in all, the most cost effective is to buy a laptop, plug it into your TV via HDMI. with this in mind you can either decommission your desktop or use them both.
halfelite:
The ouya if it comes to light might be a good solution the tegra3 should be good enough to push 10bit 1080p. and at 99$ would be a nice price tag.
I just built a mini-itx rig for 300$ although it wont be used for an htpc it can get the job done as one. I still run a hardware player for most of my media, as Anime only covers about 5% of my totally viewing now, So watching it on the pc or putting it back to 8bit is an option I use.
kitamesume:
oh yeah, i forgot about the ouya having some real muscles at 99$, thats an option too. although you'll need to setup a NAS for it to access some chunks of animes, but don't worry as your PC would work as a makeshift NAS.
by only the sheer cost efficiency, i vote ouya.
mrdkreka:
--- Quote from: halfelite on November 19, 2012, 06:08:05 PM ---The ouya if it comes to light might be a good solution the tegra3 should be good enough to push 10bit 1080p. and at 99$ would be a nice price tag.
I just built a mini-itx rig for 300$ although it wont be used for an htpc it can get the job done as one. I still run a hardware player for most of my media, as Anime only covers about 5% of my totally viewing now, So watching it on the pc or putting it back to 8bit is an option I use.
--- End quote ---
Tegra 3 isn't strong enough to handle 10 bit 1080p, else I would been a backster too, so I would vote against ouya.
Now I'm either waiting for something like that running a stronger SoC (ex. tegra 4 when that arrives), or waiting on devices/boxes to get support for Miracast, or maybe just build a HTPC.
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