Media Box

mercman1969

At least that is what i am told they are called
Want an easy way to view our holiday photos and videos on our flat panel

What would people suggest is the best way

We have a Full HD LCD television

Thanks

sickofusernames

Are you thinking of buying a PC for your media or do you have an old one that you can use?

I've got an old PC (2 years is old in PC terms!) running Vista Home Premium with Media Center and i've recently connected it all up to my LCD tv and my home network, works great with the Media Center remote that i've recently bought too.

marleyboy

As above I would suggest hooking up a computer, most modern HD TVs have an RGB port, failing this method, you could burn the images to a disk and view them from a DVD player.

Iconic

There are loads of media streaming boxes available now from about £20.

To give you some idea have a look at this http://www.wdtvlive.com/tutorials/view/7/WD_TV_Live_Setup

Some further questions....

How much do you want to spend?

Do you want HD?

Do you want a hard drive attached to the media box?

mercman1969

Iconic wrote: »

There are loads of media streaming boxes available now from about £20.

To give you some idea have a look at this http://www.wdtvlive.com/tutorials/view/7/WD_TV_Live_Setup

Some further questions....

How much do you want to spend? .......Like to keep it around the £50 mark if possible

Do you want HD?...........Not a deal breaker

Do you want a hard drive attached to the media box?.........Happy to go with the advise given[/QUOTE]

Thanks for taking the time to reply

Iconic

For £36 this is a steal but there are only three left....
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-1080i-Media-Player/dp/B002KQ2JKQ

Put your photos and videos on a USB drive attach it to the media player and bobs your uncle!

You would have to buy a hdmi cable to connect the media player to your tv but they are only a couple of quid.

Chimpofdoom

Been looking at a media box myself, personally waiting for the Boxee Box! Xbox 360 is currently doing the job quite nicely

mercman1969

Iconic wrote: »

For £36 this is a steal but there are only three left....
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-1080i-Media-Player/dp/B002KQ2JKQ

Put your photos and videos on a USB drive attach it to the media player and bobs your uncle!

You would have to buy a hdmi cable to connect the media player to your tv but they are only a couple of quid.

Whats the difference between 1080i & 1080P?
I have an LG FULL HD tv

Which would work best

Iconic

mercman1969 wrote: »

Whats the difference between 1080i & 1080P?
I have an LG FULL HD tv

Which would work best

1080P is full HD but I think you can only get that with a Blue Ray player/recorder. I do not think you would notice any difference between the one above and this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-1080P-Media-Player/dp/B002VAVR4A/ref=pd_sim_ce_4 for your videos and photos.

Perhaps someone else can confirm this.

W130SN

Have a look at the Sumvision Cyclone Micro HD Movie Player got one from r4i.co.uk it does what I wanted but is pretty basic
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you transfer your files to a usb flash drive or SD card and just plug it into the unit. The unit is palm sized so can be moved around easily.