I don't even really know what I'm asking, so I'll just describe my scenario.
I have a bunch of movies that I ripped onto my hard drive. For a while, I was able to use Windows Media Player on my desktop PC to create a home network and connect to my Wifi enabled TV. For the life of me, I can't get the TV to detect the home network anymore and I know a little more than jack shit on networking.
Is there some software or hardware I could buy that would allow me to stream HD content to my TV? I was reading about 'media servers' and it sounds like a dedicated hardware that is completely separate from the computer on which you can put all your movies. Then your TV can connect to it.
I'm wondering if that is the better option as the speed is probably better than my current PC. When I would stream before, it didn't like any fast forwarding or rewinding and the movie would lock up. The movie would run fine, but you just couldn't skip around.
I have a bunch of movies that I ripped onto my hard drive. For a while, I was able to use Windows Media Player on my desktop PC to create a home network and connect to my Wifi enabled TV. For the life of me, I can't get the TV to detect the home network anymore and I know a little more than jack shit on networking.
Is there some software or hardware I could buy that would allow me to stream HD content to my TV? I was reading about 'media servers' and it sounds like a dedicated hardware that is completely separate from the computer on which you can put all your movies. Then your TV can connect to it.
I'm wondering if that is the better option as the speed is probably better than my current PC. When I would stream before, it didn't like any fast forwarding or rewinding and the movie would lock up. The movie would run fine, but you just couldn't skip around.