Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.albasani.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Tim Watts Newsgroups: uk.d-i-y,comp.misc Subject: Re: [OT for uk.d-i-y] Android version of Apple TV Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 08:10:34 +0100 Lines: 46 Message-ID: References: <936014014418168513.349368address_is-invalid.invalid@news.eternal-september.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net PfrgldlZtF0idPLrfHGD6QfyyR2AvrIAuiJ9w5kLUw7rSaGB8P X-Orig-Path: squidward.local.dionic.net!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:RQlGqoxvr+eHWqDTUs1j08UCBJM= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:2259 On 04/04/14 22:55, RS Wood wrote: > In article , > Tim Watts wrote: > >> On 03/04/14 06:28, address_is@invalid.invalid wrote: >> >>> >>> Chromecast? Start iplayer/YouTube/Netflix stuff on your phone then send to >>> the TV. I use Bubble UPNP to send videos from my dlna nas to the TV. >>> >> >> No - really needs to be stand alone. >> >> I did consider that, but then everyone wants my phone when they want to >> watch something. Same problem with hooking up my phone via an HDMI adaptor. > > Have you looked into Roku? Yes - that was one that I did look at. Seemed (on paper) quite good. I think there was an issue of "no Netflix" once - but that's been fixed, I think?? > Again, I'm not sure exactly what you're > looking for, Apple TV in Android format would be the simplest description. Settop box, WIFI (and optionally wired) in, HDMI out. > but Roku is pretty great. I've got a NAS at home (FreeNaS > bought from iXsystems), which offers the PlexMediaServer as a plug in. > You put all your local content on the NAS and push it through the Roku > to your television. > > That's all I use it for, since here in Senegal most of the good > "channels" aren't available to me due to IP address or due to wimpy > bandwidth. But the Roku has a ton of channels on offer as well. Check > into it to see which ones you want. Offhand I don't think the BBC > iplayer is one of them. > > I did some research before settling on the NAS+Roku with Plex solution, > and it seems a lot of Apple TV people aren't feeling overly thrilled > with it. > Cool. Is Roko an andoid ecosystem or does it have its own?