Samsung And Sony Ethernet DLNA TV's Connectivity
I have been running RC 7100 since day one of release and I'm very happy with it and am setting up the infrastructure to use it when released in the near future. I have a PC set up in my home office that is on 24/7 to record and store Recorded TV content and wish to stream this to the upstairs and downstairs TV's. I have some renovations going on and so I installed Cat 6 to both locations from my home office. (It's fast by the way some three times over XP on large 4 gig files at 60megbytes per second compared to 23 on XP.)
Anyway I need to purchase a TV for downstairs as I have an older CRT TV with only composite connection. From what I researched Sony and Samsung both have Plasma and LCD TV's with Ethernet connections using DLNA. Does that mean I just plug in the network cable direct to the tv and it will play all media on my media PC? So my questions are:
If I were to buy a TV with ethernet connection now before Windows 7 release is it compatible with Windows 7 because it uses DLNA as say an xbox does?
Do the TV's use and interface that looks and feels like the Media Centre user interface?
HOW I PLAY RECORDED TV AT PRESENT
On my upstairs TV which is a cheapish buy adequite LCD TV with DVI in. So I connect my Windows 7 notebook to the gigabit network and play to the TV using the DVI out. It works for now and is a good test on what it feels like to be in bed with the wife and to use the media centre like a TV not like a pc as I have a dell infrared detector and media center remote that came with my vista OS when it arrived.
I have researed media extenders but I just want a simple plug and play setup without the clutter. We are behind in Australia regarding internet TV and Movies on demand but it's just emerging too and my isp is offering these services in the upcoming months.
Anyway I would appreciate any comments by those that use ethernet TV's and what limitations there are if any and also about the user interface they run. I have read up on this at http://www.obsessable.com/feature/home-media-streaming-101-dlna-explained/ and other places but I cannot find specifics.
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