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HD media player needed , what is A/S ?

 
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ed1980



Joined: 04 Feb 2003
Location: Goyang

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 10:25 pm    Post subject: HD media player needed , what is A/S ? Reply with quote

Hi

Just bought a new TV - I thought I would be able to watch movies through USB but it looks like I can't ( I have an A/S port - anyone know what that is?)

anyway - can anyone recommend a media player that I can use to watch my downloaded movies on my TV ? cheers
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ttompatz



Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 11:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Most new (flat) TVs have USB (may have codec issues), vga, HDMI and analogue ports and many of the newer ones also have LAN ports as well.

What does your computer have for video outputs other than VGA?

A quick solution would be to run a VGA cable from the computer to the TV and either a double male cable from the speaker plug out on your computer to the sound input on your TV or simply plug external speakers into your computer.

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crosbystillsstash



Joined: 12 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 11:28 pm    Post subject: Re: HD media player needed , what is A/S ? Reply with quote

ed1980 wrote:
Hi

Just bought a new TV - I thought I would be able to watch movies through USB but it looks like I can't ( I have an A/S port - anyone know what that is?)

anyway - can anyone recommend a media player that I can use to watch my downloaded movies on my TV ? cheers


A/S is a service port. There are a ton of media players. some have torrent apps on board. I have this, http://www.tvix.co.kr/ENG/products/HDM6500.aspx but there are latter models.
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ed1980



Joined: 04 Feb 2003
Location: Goyang

PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 11:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

cheers

looks like media players have come a long way - how much would one of those set me back in yongsan ?

and, sorry, but what is a service port ???
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crosbystillsstash



Joined: 12 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 12:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's used by technicians to diagnose errors or faults in the tv.

http://english.gmarket.co.kr/challenge/neo_search/search_total.asp?selecturl=total&SearchClassFormWord=goodsSearch&keyword=media+player
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wishfullthinkng



Joined: 05 Mar 2010

PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 12:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

since you don't seem to be much of a techie i'd suggest for ease of use and power look into getting one of the recently refreshed apple tv units.

if you want to take time to go deep into home media players i'd suggest building a server but that's expensive, time consuming, and you have to devote a lot of effort to make things perfect.

a service port is a port used for diagnostics and for firmware upgrades. you will never need to personally use it, and the chances of a technician having to use it is slim as well.
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pkang0202



Joined: 09 Mar 2007

PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 12:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

wishfullthinkng wrote:

if you want to take time to go deep into home media players i'd suggest building a server but that's expensive, time consuming, and you have to devote a lot of effort to make things perfect.


Thats no longer necessary. I have a WD HDTV live and it does everything a home media server does, but only cost me $100.

TIVX is a good all in one solution. WD HDTV Live is another. AppleTV is another way to go. Seagate GoFlex TV is another.

There are a lot of solutions nowadays. Building a home media server, nowadays, is not practical unless you plan on streaming media to multiple sources. Just going to 1 TV, get a media streamer.
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ed1980



Joined: 04 Feb 2003
Location: Goyang

PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 1:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

cheers for the suggestions - a lot to look into

I had a WD HDTV back in England - I guess I am looking for something similar at a decent price over here......... - just to stay connected to the TV and play movies through
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