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To: Mad Dawgg
Sorry but a proprietary box that does one thing and doesn't allow me to store media the way I wish is no selling point for me.

It's not a media storage device. It's a media streaming receiver. If you have more than one TV, you don't have to have a computer at each to turn that WiFi bit stream into a signal for the TV. I tried the way of the XBox or PS3 at a TV, too loud, clunky and power hungry. And I'm not doing a PC at a TV for actual use. That' way too low resolution.

78 posted on 08/21/2012 12:34:22 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: antiRepublicrat
"That' way too low resolution."

Picture resolution? my computer does 1920x1080p (Blu-ray looks awesome on it.) And I can run it to any of my TVs via my digital cabling network I installed. AND I store lots of media without all the crap the DVDs and Blurays make me sit through each time I want to watch a movie. (Seriously is it really necessary to show me 8 different production company logos and an FBI warning and commercials too. I paid for the damn movie why do I need to watch that crap every time it plays?) and if my Hard drive gos bonkers well I have all those physical discs and I can just reload them all after I rip out the crap commercials and endless logos and lawyer babble.

Sorry but set-top single purpose cash cows for big media is not my cup of tea. Not gonna use them when I can do it better and have all sorts of uses like surfing the internet and watching youtube and playing games thrown into the mix.

79 posted on 08/21/2012 2:12:23 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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