<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Brian Wood <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:beww@beww.org">beww@beww.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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One problem with remote backup, and this applies to any "cloud" or other internet-based option, is that most residential<br>
internet services have outbound rates measured in bits per fortnight. You have to go to a business type account to get<br>
anything even close to 1Mbps. outbound, and that is dog slow by today's standards.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>True. In my case, I have 3Mbps up, so it's close to reasonable with only diffs going out. I seeded the server before moving it over there. And I can make a wifi link work in this case as well, if I need to. </div>
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There are in fact tons of "media players" available now, some for well under $100. I think some BR players can also play<br>
back from USB storage. Netflix streaming is starting to get more people aware of and interested in such devices, but you<br>
have to be careful which one you buy. For example, many can't handle MKV files, or DTS audio.</blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>All too true. I really wish the people making those boxes would get better format support. That's one reason I mentioned Popcorn, I know they can play MKV and such. Not sure about decoding DTS, but IIRC they support passthrough. </div>
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