How to Connect Your TV to your Computer
And Avoid Buying Unnecessary Media Equipment
There seems to be more and more devices coming out similar to Roku, Boxee, Google TV etc, which allow users to stream media, like Netflix, to their TVs. None of these players are all that cheap and they all seem to be limited in what they can do. Essentially, all the different type of media machines are just trying to mimic what a computer does. This is why I think more people should consider just buying a computer and having it permanently hooked up to your TV.
A computer hooked up to your TV allows you do to do pretty much anything other media machines offer and more. You could stream Netflix movies, use it as a Blue Ray player (with a Blue Ray drive of course), view your pictures, listen to your music, stream sports, watch hulu and more. All of this would come at relatively the same price if not cheaper than a limited media machine.
There are added bonuses to having another computer in your house as well, this machine could also be used as a server and storage spot for all your other home computers and laptops. You could hook your cable to this machine and install orb, which allows you to stream your computers media and cable to your blackberry or iphone for free (avoiding a slingbox). The flexibility of computers over these other devices is endless.
I do this at home and use an old laptop that is always hooked up to the my TV and I use my blackberry as the mouse and keyboard for the computer through an blackberry application. If you decide to go this route, make sure you use a fast enough computer to run your media and its probably best to have a video card with an HDMI out that would go to your TV.
Have you done this? How did you do it?
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