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Originally Posted by rlparker
Here's the background: We don't have a t.v. at my house and don't want one. But we do have movie night pretty often. We have a DVD player hooked up to an LCD projector that projects onto the wall or our "movie room". We also have a DSL connection, couple of computers and wired network in the same room.
We previously subscribed to Netflix, but got so many unplayable DVDs in the mail that we switched to Blockbuster. Blockbuster's been a little better, but the idea of downloading movies instead of getting a DVD in the mail sounds really good.
Here's the question: given our current setup, what would be the best choice in hardware/software to be able to download or stream movies instead of getting them in the mail?
Thanks in advance for any thoughts you have on my question!
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What inputs does your projector support? Also, what are the specifications for your computers and what operating system? Do you want to be able to control everything via remote or are you fine using keyboard/mouse?
On the computer, you have several choices, both free and for pay. There's Hulu, Amazon Unbox, iTunes, Netflix, and free videos direct from broadcaster website to name a few. System requirements vary among the various services, with the most CPU-hungry being Hulu (from experience).
Bear in mind that there are still a lot more content available via DVD than via streaming.