There are DVD- and Bluray players with network/web capacity (RJ45 and/or wireless) -- giving functionality somewhat like what Matt described for PS3 and XBox360. They seem to start around $100. I can't comment on what you get at different price points. It seems that some can pull in pretty much any video content on the web while others are limited. -- Duane Dale On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 8:02 AM, Matt Kostek <mekostek at charter.net> wrote: > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > Hey David. > > Yeah I have tried this, and it works okay, but if you are looking to do > stuff like Netflix on it, there are better solutions out there such as > just buying a low end PS3 or Xbox 360. They offer a blu-ray player and > Netflix software for around 200 bucks for the systems. They hook up via > HDMI too, so the quality is better than the VGA. If you wish to go the > route of using the laptop for other sites like Hulu, I would suggest > just ordering at least a good, decent VGA cable from a place like > Monoprice.com their cables are good quality and the cost for the cable > and shipping are dirt cheap. Of course investing in a good wireless > keyboard and mouse would be a given,since I doubt you two want to get up > all of the time to change the website, adjust settings, etc. > > -Matt > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20111207/dc81ab5f/attachment.html