03-19-2013, 01:34 PM
Helping the rents on this issue since I haven't bothered to set up a proper AV network for myself and haven't researched this. So here's the issue.
My parents just got a nice new TV. TV doesn't do flash. Flash is shit anyway. Horrible programming language. So what they want to do is be able to stream web based content from places that don't have apps for the TV. Specifically PBS' website. I don't think a media server is the solution since they won't have the files locally. The TV is also a room away so running that much HDMI would be a giant pain in the ass. It *could* be done since I already ran ethernet a few years back but I'd rather not. Is there any way to route it over ethernet without purchasing a separate media streamer device? If worst comes to worst I'll run HDMI but I'm looking for a more elegant solution that would also provide more functionality.
My parents just got a nice new TV. TV doesn't do flash. Flash is shit anyway. Horrible programming language. So what they want to do is be able to stream web based content from places that don't have apps for the TV. Specifically PBS' website. I don't think a media server is the solution since they won't have the files locally. The TV is also a room away so running that much HDMI would be a giant pain in the ass. It *could* be done since I already ran ethernet a few years back but I'd rather not. Is there any way to route it over ethernet without purchasing a separate media streamer device? If worst comes to worst I'll run HDMI but I'm looking for a more elegant solution that would also provide more functionality.