[Phoenix32]

It appears that 'SOME' of the set top media servers like the Seagate Go Flex and WD TV live, Patriot PBO, and the like will use media on your home network and play it on your TV. It's not DLNA, and that would be better, but still will work.

I myself would prefer a box like these that can serve up DLNA from the network, but it is an alternative.

The problem here comes down to a few things.

1st, figuring out what the capabilities of any of these devices are beyond the very general "it can play video on your TV", often from the Internet (only), can be difficult. You almost have to go to each web site and download the manuals and read the whole manual to figure it out. Even then it can be very misleading, confusing, and out of date from current firmware.

2nd, find reviews that you can trust can be a nightmare! You go to one place and they praise one unit as the ONLY ONE that is a great unit, only to go to another place and read a complete reversal of that. WHICH ONE(s) are good?!?

3rd, there are so many of them, and quite often very little attention given to them, that even knowing about a particular unit is a chore sometimes.


This might be a good place for some of you who might have one of these units to give the rest of us the straight and narrow truth about the units you know about.