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Old 06-07-2015, 08:08 AM   #724
fjtorres
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Originally Posted by Ripplinger View Post
I also bought it because of the initial low price for Prime members, I did unbox it and check that it worked ok though. The drawback for me is that it can only use Plex to connect to your PCs, and I really really dislike Plex. So I ended up getting another Sony BDP-S5200 unit which does all the streaming from my PCs as well as play DVDs/Bluerays/3D and any format codec I throw at it. I packed up the Fire Stick to have on hand as a spare in case one of the Sonys ever breaks down.
Uh, look through my recent posts: there are at least three ways to access your PC files without Plex.
The best is Kodi but it needs sideloading. Easy but not trivial.
VLC is trivial. Both work.

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