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Media Centre / PVR / Something else?

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I'm moving house in a week and have been thinking about whether there is a better option to run my living room entertainment than what I'm currently using.

At the moment I run a PS3 with Play TV which records and controls television quite well. I then stream music and vids from my PC to PS3 and run it through a receiver for sound.

It's not a bad way to go, but after years of running constantly the PS3 sounds a lot like it's going to give in.

What are people experiences and what would you recommend?

It would be nice to have a series link of some kind so I'm thinking a PVR but am wondering if there is a solution I'm missing that might be nice.
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If you like it, just get another PS3..
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I could yes but seeing if there'is anything better available.
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After many years of trying different things to achieve the same result as you, the easiest thing is to continue with what you have.
Buy a cheap ps3 as a replacement if needed.
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SE1Z wrote:After many years of trying different things to achieve the same result as you, the easiest thing is to continue with what you have.
Buy a cheap ps3 as a replacement if needed.
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Awesome, really appreciate the feedback mate, cheers :yes:
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NP
My Panasonic PVR cost me close enough to $300 - it is a better PVR than the ps3, but the ps3 is a much better media player.

The only other option is a PC media center, which I haven't tried... But I'd hazard a guess its a more expensive solution.
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I have a NAS running Plex Server, and then a Raspberry Pi 2 transcoding our TV and ripped DVDs. It works well and can be set up for little money.

We have a YouView box for the PVR stuff and I'm guessing you don't have that over there, but you can set the Pi up to do that job using RaspBMC too I believe.

http://blog.thestateofme.com/2012/08/26 ... -pi-tvpvr/

Also along those lines, I just stumbled on this:
https://osmc.tv/
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what about a pc on a stick

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?mai ... s_id=31579

are these a bad choice?
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Bauer, there just like the Android dongles.. but run cut down version of Windows.

Myself, Plex user for a long time, Tried XBMC also was good for me.. but house mates had issues with it and find Plex easier to use.
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Thanks heaps for the feedback guys, will research :)
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Im also looking for somthing cheap for mum for her birthday.

I was planning on somthing she can plug into her tv along with an external HDD, anyone got recommendations for that? Her TV is fine for .avi but doesnt play .mkv's :(
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WDTV will do what you want.
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