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leapinlew:
I think Vanguard is right on...

I'd spend a few extra bucks and get a boxee box. It comes out of the box ready to go. No hacking required.

wp34:

--- Quote from: whammoed on January 08, 2012, 09:10:41 am ---I ended up using Google TV with a Sony Blu Ray player that has it built in.  I purchased the GTVBox app for $1.99 and I don't even need a DLNA server.  It can play my files over network shares.  This thing also has a "full" Chrome browser built in.  Full is in quotes because some sites will block video from playing like the free Hulu streaming.  It also allows me to do picture in picture using my cable TV so I can keep a show playing and start up an app on Google TV at the same time.  Logitech also has a Google TV device if you don't need a blu ray player.  I wanted both so I went with the Sony.

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I ended up picking one of these up as well because I needed a Blu Ray player and want to be able to stream Amazon Prime to my TV.  I'm pretty happy with it but wish Hulu was not blocked.  My kids absolutely love it though because it is so easy for them to use.

whammoed:

--- Quote from: wp34 on January 08, 2012, 05:08:44 pm ---
--- Quote from: whammoed on January 08, 2012, 09:10:41 am ---I ended up using Google TV with a Sony Blu Ray player that has it built in.  I purchased the GTVBox app for $1.99 and I don't even need a DLNA server.  It can play my files over network shares.  This thing also has a "full" Chrome browser built in.  Full is in quotes because some sites will block video from playing like the free Hulu streaming.  It also allows me to do picture in picture using my cable TV so I can keep a show playing and start up an app on Google TV at the same time.  Logitech also has a Google TV device if you don't need a blu ray player.  I wanted both so I went with the Sony.

--- End quote ---

I ended up picking one of these up as well because I needed a Blu Ray player and want to be able to stream Amazon Prime to my TV.  I'm pretty happy with it but wish Hulu was not blocked.  My kids absolutely love it though because it is so easy for them to use.

--- End quote ---

Cool.  Sometimes it feels like I'm the only one using Google TV.  No one else seems to know what it is.  I like that I only added one more device to the system, and I already have an HTPC hooked up to my other TV, so it seemed the closest fit to what I wanted.

Gray_Area:
Hmmmm. I'm getting a little over-whelmed. I have a spare PC, I may just go that route. I haven't bought a TV yet, though. I watch movies a few times a month, so right now I've spent enough work-hours just thinking about it to cover three month's-worth of watching movies......

shmokes:
Lol . . . you don't know overwhelmed until you try tweaking a PC to be a pleasant HTPC experience.  :cheers:  With that said, that's what I use and once you have it set up properly nothing else comes close.

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