WD TV Media Player

[MrPstv]

Can you think of an alternative to one of these?

 

WD TV | Media Player

[Dos_Box]

Roku: https://www.roku.com/

I have one of these and I'd looked at the WD boxes but unfortunatly they had cut Netflix out of the latest releases as well as hobbling codecs in certain models. Roku dose all I need it to with the minimum of fuss.

[sted]

depending what you have my tv itself can do all that

[MrKJLS]

Chromecast, Apple TV, Pi running Kodu, PC/laptop plugged into TV

[Arthur]

Chromebox + OpenELEC Plex.

 

Turning a Chromebox into a full-fledged Plex Home Theater client

 

Why do this over a Roku, Chromecast, or Fire TV?

Each streaming stick/box, while usable, comes with some limitations.

 

The Roku has a somewhat clumsy interface. Plex is forced to follow the Roku guidelines, and it doesn't make for a pleasing interface. The Roku will do AC3 and DTS surround formats, but not TrueHD or DTS-HD.

 

The Chromecast has a hard bitrate limit of 12 Mbps. In the past, you could patch around that, but that is getting harder and harder to do. It also only supports AC3 and AAC for surround sound, with no support for DTS or the HD codecs ever coming.

 

The Fire TV only supports AC3 surround sound, after you tweak the profile in the settings. Any other format gets down-mixed to stereo before getting sent to your Fire TV.

 

Using the Chromebox and following this guide gets you a real Plex client, that supports fan art, multiple users, channels, and supports ALL surround sound formats. You get the FULL Plex experience!

[SpuffMonkey]

Can you think of an alternative to one of these?

 

WD TV | Media Player

 

I suppose it depends on what features you really want and why the WD isn't doing it for you.

[Dos_Box]

Just had an email from Plex land in my inbox. It seems Plex for Roku is getting a BIG makeover:Plex for Roku gets Updated with Flat Design