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6/12/12 at 4:32am
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Hi, not sure this is the right place for this but i will try any way

I currently watch movies on my tv via a usb dongle and am sick of having to change movies on it all the time.

Im not really wanting to built a HTPC and wonderd what u guys use for watching/viewing your media?.

Would i be able to use a external hard drive with a ethernet port connect and to my network and tv? (similer to what i do with my usb dongle at the moment)

Any help would be grateful, thanks
Edited by mdl2783 - 6/12/12 at 5:59am
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6/20/12 at 9:47pm
Which TV do you have? If it has built in ethernet you should absolutely use it to stream from your PC using a program like XBMC.

If it doesn't have built in network capability you can buy a network media player like one of these:

WD TV Live:
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Streaming-Media-Player/dp/B005KOZNBW/

Roku 2 XD:
http://www.amazon.com/Roku-XD-Streaming-Player-1080p/dp/B005CLPP8E/

There are many others that are similar. They can play off of external hdds and such attached directly, stream from your network or access services like netflix and huluplus.
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