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    What is the best dlna media streaming player? Boxee Box, PCH A-300, Dune, WDTV2, AIOS, or NeoTV550?

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by wikoogle, May 25, 2012.

  1. wikoogle

    wikoogle Notebook Consultant

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    What is the best dlna media streaming player? Boxee Box, PCH A-300, Dune, WDTV2, AIOS, or NeoTV550?

    I don't care about connecting it to a hdd. I don't care about streaming services other than Hulu Plus and Netflix.

    All I care about is being able to play downloaded movies off of a uPnP aka DLNA server running on my PC upstairs.

    All I want is the fastest most responsive player of movies over DLNA available for $200 or less.

    I have a WD Live player that plays everything I have on my 9 tb server over dlna, but lags like crazy when I am browsing through my massive video list, so I need to replace it with something that won't lag. So something with a cutting edge cpu and lots of ram would be ideal.

    And no I absolutely do not want to build my own HTPC. I would much rather buy something that comes working out of the box with minimal set up.

    Which do you recommend and why? Which ones have you tried?

    Thank you very much in advance.

    Bonus: If the correct answer is the PCH A-300, what is the cheapest way for me to get it as I live in the US and it's not in stores.
     
    wikoogle, May 25, 2012
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