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  • March 22, 2016 at 1:16 pm #20603
    TurksMeister
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    Hi all

    I’m looking in to getting a media centre PC as the laptop we have been using (linked via HDMI) is buggered and slow to set up. While I have a killer PC myself, I want something my wife can download media on to (torrents!) Without worrying about her fucking it up (clicking shit!)

    I want it to be either always on, or quick to start
    Silent/fanless
    Cheap

    I have a smart TV which can connect to media servers but worried it would lag. Do I want a wireless media HD or
    A PC directly connected ? Ta

    March 23, 2016 at 9:32 am #87412
    11thSignal
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    Don’t bother with a media pc, just get something that has android or a pc and download Kodi then Exodus, I literally use a cheap Samsung tablet that I screen mirror with my Samsung TV or same tablet with HDMI lead into TV. Stream the stuff straight to TV and removes need to have a PC built for the task. You don’t need to bother with torrents and you get a front end like a media centre without the need to download the stuff first.

    Even my old man can use it with his tablet and he’s fecking useless with tech.

    March 24, 2016 at 9:23 am #87413
    TurksMeister
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    Awesome! What streaming sites are good?

    March 24, 2016 at 10:50 am #87414
    11thSignal
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    Well there’s a couple, if you have android download “showbox” which pulls in the streams into a media/Netflix type frontend, has adverts in it but not many and never during the programme or film or you can download Kodi and then install Exodus plugin for it which has no adverts but is more of a fiddle to get working (although I can talk you through that/ plenty of install guidelines on youtube for this) Kodi gets everything first then SHowbox gets them the day after, Kodi also can be configured to get all the pay per view sports channels as well (sky sports, espn etc)

    March 24, 2016 at 3:03 pm #87415
    TurksMeister
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    Cool. Cheers for the help with this. My wife has an old Samsun Galaxy s3… Could we use that? I read you can either connect via HDMI or with some screen mirror add-on for the TV (Sony), but wireless can lag. I also have a Samsung phone- is there a way to have her old phone (which has a fucked battery) plugged in via HDMI and to the mains and then remotely download using my phone connected to hers?

    March 24, 2016 at 3:52 pm #87416
    TurksMeister
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    Wow… This new search engine called Google really helped me out…http://gs3.wonderhowto.com/how-to/turn-old-galaxy-s3-other-android-device-into-streaming-media-player-0155025/

    March 27, 2016 at 2:52 pm #87417
    TurksMeister
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    SO I have Kodi and Exodus and it seems pretty cool, but the video stutters too noticeably to be able to watch it. Could this be the S3 not being fast enough (RAM wise?)… The phone is about 2 meters from the wireless router, and I have hard wired the phone to the TV via a 11pin mhl to hdmi.

    Quick fact – with the phone connected to the tv via HDMI, I can control kodi with the Sony TV repote… Mind Blown.

    March 27, 2016 at 9:39 pm #87418
    11thSignal
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    depends on your internet connection and what res you trying to watch in , I find my Samsung tv can’t handle 1080p streams or may be my virgin wireless 780p seems fine.

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