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<blockquote data-quote="Vipersan" data-source="post: 650272" data-attributes="member: 325666">&quot;(While I'm happy to tinker with the system, my wife would want to be able to sit down and watch TV/movies when she wants and not when I've managed to reconfigure the system for the third time that week)&quot;Hi Martin..I totally understand why you would require this ...My Ex wife wasn't prepared to 'play around' with anything too technical ...she just wanted to sit down ..press a button and watch TV or a movie..I suppose my system has improved somewhat since then ...and is relatively easy to use and runs trouble free ...or at least has until now..Have I just tempted providence ??? <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" data-shortname=":)" />My homebrew media tank has just been upgraded and rebuilt using a free application called Freenas (Now capable of supporting up to 12TB when using&nbsp; single drives support- less if raided obviously)...it runs 24/7 and supplies all my media ...audio and video ...plus all my installs and applications ...plus provides backup for all my pc's..The new Asus device I mentioned is fully capable of playing _any_ video format including Blu-Ray iso ...and even HiDef DTS or DD etc..Thus anything ripped and stored is immediately accessible ..I don't have an Asus unit yet ...but borrowed one for testing ...I was simply amazed at the picture quality in 1080P and streamed over a 100mb network ..and at around £85 a unit ...is very affordable.With faster network support I suspect you could easily stream to multiroom in HD from the same media Tank..rgdsVS</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vipersan, post: 650272, member: 325666"] "(While I'm happy to tinker with the system, my wife would want to be able to sit down and watch TV/movies when she wants and not when I've managed to reconfigure the system for the third time that week)" Hi Martin.. I totally understand why you would require this ... My Ex wife wasn't prepared to 'play around' with anything too technical ...she just wanted to sit down ..press a button and watch TV or a movie.. I suppose my system has improved somewhat since then ...and is relatively easy to use and runs trouble free ...or at least has until now.. Have I just tempted providence ??? :) My homebrew media tank has just been upgraded and rebuilt using a free application called Freenas (Now capable of supporting up to 12TB when using single drives support- less if raided obviously)...it runs 24/7 and supplies all my media ...audio and video ...plus all my installs and applications ...plus provides backup for all my pc's.. The new Asus device I mentioned is fully capable of playing _any_ video format including Blu-Ray iso ...and even HiDef DTS or DD etc.. Thus anything ripped and stored is immediately accessible .. I don't have an Asus unit yet ...but borrowed one for testing ... I was simply amazed at the picture quality in 1080P and streamed over a 100mb network ..and at around £85 a unit ...is very affordable. With faster network support I suspect you could easily stream to multiroom in HD from the same media Tank.. rgds VS [/QUOTE]

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