Just a little update on my Netflix situation. <br><br>I was going to put a Netflix enabled "box" in the service room and connect the component out to an HD-PVR connected to my Myth back end. I know there would have been issues doing that, but I thought it was worth the effort.<br>
<br>So... I bought a WD Live Hub and tested it out, connected directly to my 55" Samsung.<br><br>The first issue is the picture quality with Netflix. Netflix might advertise the movies as HD on their menu, but the stream quality is far less than that. On the component out on the WD box, they had a resolution of 480 lines. HDMI out had a resolution of 1080i, but the quality was pretty much the same as the 480 output and there were many visible encoding artifacts.<br>
<br>The second issue is that a lot of the services on the WD Live Hub hardly worked. Shoutcast, for instance, had far fewer stations than it does in a browser on a PC and half or more of the stations on the WD box failed to connect.<br>
<br>So... I have basically given up on Netflix. I'll rent a Blu Ray DVD or watch HD satellite feeds instead of using Netflix.<br><br>I've also given up on "media streamers". Somehow I thought they would be slicker and easier. I can do anything they can do better on a PC.<br>
<br>I realize that a lot of you probably knew this stuff already. Nevertheless, I hope this post helps someone. <br><br>LG<br><br><br>