cunnas
Distinguished Member
Hi all
I was just after a bit of advice really, I have messed around with various devices with my TV for Kodi streaming. I currently have a fairly decent laptop under the TV with Windows 10 installed. This is connected to the TV via HDMI and I stream movies from my main PC via Kodi. This works fine but to be honest, as the laptop is "good" and I use it for other things I'm constantly having to unplug and re-plug so it is a bit of a hassle.
I stream fairly big movies (16gb+), some 3D and also subscribe to a streaming site for sports which I also access via Kodi.
The question I have is, am I gaining anything from having a "good" laptop in terms of streaming/quality etc or would I get by with something a lot less powerful (such as an Android TV box or Open ELEC box)?
WRT to the quality of the movies, I don't want stutter etc and I don't get it now but I don't know if that is to do with the laptop quality or more to do with just the network connection?
Help and advice much appreciated - and also recommendations for laptop alternative if there is a better solution?
Edit - I should add, I don't need it for anything else other than the vanilla Kodi, not fussed on all the Kodi addons - I literally stream from my PC via Kodi
I was just after a bit of advice really, I have messed around with various devices with my TV for Kodi streaming. I currently have a fairly decent laptop under the TV with Windows 10 installed. This is connected to the TV via HDMI and I stream movies from my main PC via Kodi. This works fine but to be honest, as the laptop is "good" and I use it for other things I'm constantly having to unplug and re-plug so it is a bit of a hassle.
I stream fairly big movies (16gb+), some 3D and also subscribe to a streaming site for sports which I also access via Kodi.
The question I have is, am I gaining anything from having a "good" laptop in terms of streaming/quality etc or would I get by with something a lot less powerful (such as an Android TV box or Open ELEC box)?
WRT to the quality of the movies, I don't want stutter etc and I don't get it now but I don't know if that is to do with the laptop quality or more to do with just the network connection?
Help and advice much appreciated - and also recommendations for laptop alternative if there is a better solution?
Edit - I should add, I don't need it for anything else other than the vanilla Kodi, not fussed on all the Kodi addons - I literally stream from my PC via Kodi
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