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  1. 06-06-11, 12:15 PM #1
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    PS3 Media Centre Alternative

    Hello everyone!

    I'm seeking assistance in a dilemma I am having, up until a couple of weeks ago we have been using 3 playstations to watch movies from the HDD. All d/l torrents. Well the smart bastards didn't slap a big warning on one of the updates they did that stops you watching movies with special audio encodings (mainly blue-ray rips I think).

    What I want to do is figure away either around this or I have heard of lil media boxes that run xbox media centre (only problem is we have wifi so no hd video over the air), as long as we can run our video from the usb drives in hd (1080p hdmi out).

    Please help!
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    i use this for my Xbox but from what i read it works with PS3 as well
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    ...or you could just get a WDTV Live for $125.
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    I'm going through the reviews etc and can't find a fix for the ps3.
    Ratty that isn't suitable for me as streaming over the wifi is dodgy (might be the pre-N spec routers fault though). The ps3's are all over the house, mines the closest the router but it still a pain having the cable run wild through the room .

    I haven't heard great reviews on the WDTV compared to the Acer Aspire Revo.

    The Acer Aspire Revo seems pretty dam cool! I'm reading into it as a future solution. Acer Aspire Revo 3610 Atom ION 330 Review | Paul J Roberts. (Edited: this thing does everything! .... well seems to)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ratty View Post
    i use this for my Xbox but from what i read it works with PS3 as well
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    i use this solution still
    my wifi is g and i have no issues. its very simple to setup and use and easy to operate (my gf can even do it un aided.)

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    Seagate has a similar one to the WD and has HDMI. Though I personally haven't used it.

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