Media player vs laptop

[maldek]

Hey guys, I got a new big screen tv in my room and i want to use it for watching movies. I have many movies on my desktop pc and i don't know if i'm going to find that the media player i get won't read all my movie formats compared to the laptop that uses vlc which is good. i have a budget of around R1,500 for either a laptop or media player. which is best?

 

[SauRoNZA]

Does the TV have wireless?

If it's a Samsung you can more than likely install the Plex App on it and stream directly.

 

[maldek]

Does the TV have wireless?

If it's a Samsung you can more than likely install the Plex App on it and stream directly.

Nope, its an old plasma tv.

 

[123Eish]

Get a media player less hassle and probably cheaper. You wont get a decent laptopb for 1.5k rather buy a decent media player. The media player will play 99% of your videos

 

[Nanfeishen]

Wireless Media Player within your budget:

http://www.takealot.com/tv-audio-vi...streaming-media-player-no-hard-drive,10832354

 

[Jamo114]

We've had this one at home for over a year now, still going strong and the 1TB of storage is nice to have. Sadly no network functionality, although we don't need it.

http://www.takealot.com/tv-audio-vi...igital-elements-play-media-drive-1tb,11035635

 

[Rickster]

If it wasnt the OS drive on your PC, I would have suggested Blu-Ray player + External enclosure.

 

[Polymathic]

If it wasnt the OS drive on your PC, I would have suggested Blu-Ray player + External enclosure.

Get one that plays MKV

 

[satanboy]

WD Live

 

[Keeper]

Long HDMi cable.

 

[WaxLyrical]

Western digital for that budget.

 

[chrisc]

Does the TV have a USB port? Otherwise Esquire have some nice media players. If on a tight budget you can get a media player that takes external HDDs and use a USB stick in the meantime. A 32Gb USB stick is about R 240,00

 

[SauRoNZA]

Xtreamer products should do the job perfectly at the price.