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posted: May. 25, 2012 @ 1:18p

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? The PCH A-300?

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.
posted: May. 25, 2012 @ 1:18p
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posted: May. 26, 2012 @ 4:11p

Partially this also needs you to upgrade your router.

I have a Roku 2 XS with Plex service (free). Initially I had a lag.

After I connected my server via ethernet to the router it was big improvement. And finally when I connected both to my N router it was seamless. I really cannot tell the difference if I was watching on the computer or the network.

So definitely you need a better router too if you don't have one already. I prefer Roku to others.
posted: May. 29, 2012 @ 6:38a

If your TV has any sort of built in DLNA, look into Serviio.
I've been using it happily for more than 6 months now.
posted: May. 30, 2012 @ 5:52p

What about a PS3?
posted: Jun. 5, 2012 @ 8:06p

mogalapr said:   Partially this also needs you to upgrade your router.

I have a Roku 2 XS with Plex service (free). Initially I had a lag.

After I connected my server via ethernet to the router it was big improvement. And finally when I connected both to my N router it was seamless. I really cannot tell the difference if I was watching on the computer or the network.

So definitely you need a better router too if you don't have one already. I prefer Roku to others.

Roku's boxes seem to be simple and efficient without a lot of the overhead of other systems. I've used other devices such as "smart" DVD players and things like that, but keep coming back to Roku as the preferred one, because the others are so slow, both in booting up and acquiring content.
posted: Jun. 6, 2012 @ 11:06a

cbock35 said:   What about a PS3?

Yes, you could use PS3 Media Server, free.

Easiest thing is just connect your computer to your TV.
posted: Jun. 8, 2012 @ 10:30a

I used the Apple TV for several years to stream from my Itunes library. I was quite happy with that, but recently tried a Roku and was extremely impressed. I'm using the Roksbox channel to stream from my PC, using the Mongoose web server. This setup seems much simpler and smoother than the Plex software and the download is only 140K!
posted: Jun. 9, 2012 @ 8:14a

I have WDTvLive and I love it. It takes about 1 minute to boot up, but after its on, I watch movies (that are on my PC), on my HDTV with no log, pixels, perfect. I think the output is 720p.


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