WildWayz
Established Member
Hi guys
We are moving house, so it is a great time to replace my Sony Bravia 46" TV that is about 8 years old now.
Currently, the wife hates the set up as it is too complex;
- Sony KDL46something TV
- Roku 3
- Humax Freesat Box
The Freesat box has it's own volume setting, which is different from the TV (and Roku3) - so they are not properly linked and cannot be linked to be the same.
So the Roku uses the TV volume, and the Humax uses it's own, but when you adjust either, it does also impact the other (but they are not levelled so it will be very loud when you switch over, or very quiet).
I have a Plex Media Server running on my PC, and Plex app on the Roku for watching movies. Works great, but again - bit too complicated for her... so I tried the Media Streaming App on the Humax, but it has issues playing some content (no sound usually) - and no option to transcode to fix it.
So what I would like is this:
A TV that has a built in Plex App that can handle pretty much all content contained within MKV containers and play them natively - and if it can't, transcode it.
I will be going with Virgin Media at the new place, so will have a TiVo box.
It needs to be as simple as possible for her to use as she 'doesn't get using several different remotes' - and before you ask, I have a Harmony One remote too, which can be 'funky' and mis-set up things depending on if the YouView is off when it should be on etc.
Budget is under £400 and prefer it to be 40" or 32" - size is quite small for a room...
My Man Cave will have a bigger TV
Thanks chaps!
We are moving house, so it is a great time to replace my Sony Bravia 46" TV that is about 8 years old now.
Currently, the wife hates the set up as it is too complex;
- Sony KDL46something TV
- Roku 3
- Humax Freesat Box
The Freesat box has it's own volume setting, which is different from the TV (and Roku3) - so they are not properly linked and cannot be linked to be the same.
So the Roku uses the TV volume, and the Humax uses it's own, but when you adjust either, it does also impact the other (but they are not levelled so it will be very loud when you switch over, or very quiet).
I have a Plex Media Server running on my PC, and Plex app on the Roku for watching movies. Works great, but again - bit too complicated for her... so I tried the Media Streaming App on the Humax, but it has issues playing some content (no sound usually) - and no option to transcode to fix it.
So what I would like is this:
A TV that has a built in Plex App that can handle pretty much all content contained within MKV containers and play them natively - and if it can't, transcode it.
I will be going with Virgin Media at the new place, so will have a TiVo box.
It needs to be as simple as possible for her to use as she 'doesn't get using several different remotes' - and before you ask, I have a Harmony One remote too, which can be 'funky' and mis-set up things depending on if the YouView is off when it should be on etc.
Budget is under £400 and prefer it to be 40" or 32" - size is quite small for a room...
My Man Cave will have a bigger TV
Thanks chaps!