The way I have always watched movies and shows has been plugging my laptop into my tv via an hdmi and playing the file. Basically using the tv as a huge monitor. Now I'm upgrading my tv, bigger, higher res, etc. Problem is my laptop cant output 4k from Intel HD graphics so I'm forced to buy a desktop for this, basically as a glorified blueray player.
Is this right? Do I just need to do a build with a hdmi 2.0 card just to watch movies in that glorious 4k 60hz?
>4k content There's like 6 movies that are available in 4k. Most things you watch on it will be upscaled anyway and run at 24hz.
Mason Perry
>4k 60hz
there are no movies that are distributed as 4k@60.
Ryan Edwards
You aren't forced to do anything. 4k media isn't that prevalent yet. Just stick to 1080p for now
Cooper Russell
>his TV isn't a smart TV Seriously, why?
Evan Adams
Not OP but he says he uses discs for movies
Jeremiah Rodriguez
Never mind, I'm retarded and skipped over "the file"
Henry Sanders
Either way, a desktop isn't the only way to play video files on a TV.
Any midrange to high-end TV from the last 5 years should be a "Smart TV".
If you don't, there are cheaper options than buying a fucking desktop just to view some files on a TV. Something like Chromecast
Tyler Flores
He's saying his issue is playing 4K media. Even though there is a very, very tiny amount of true 4k media out there, a Chromecast cannot play 4K. But his problem is he is wanting to output 4K@60 and his laptop is unable to do so. Tbqh it'd be cheaper just to buy the new Xbox or something. It can play 4K media at least.
Daniel Cruz
How much does "smart" tack onto the price? The smart features can kiss my ass with something else competent hooked up to it.
Ryan Adams
These days, every TV is a smart TV unless you're buying cheap chinkshit like Toshiba and Sharp. Go look what kind of TVs they're selling now.
Yeah, just needs to output 4k video right? Really doesn't have to be played from a computer.
Jordan Watson
Damn botnet
Charles Sullivan
It's not a botnet unless you connect it to the internet, r right?
Aaron Ortiz
Surely there is markup for it though. Guess you can't avoid the jews even if you don't use it.
David Bailey
>Surely there is markup for it though Like I said, go look at what TVs are at Best Buy or something.
There's no markup anymore, although you could get 1080P TVs if you want cheaper. Maybe even a simple monitor
At this point, TV's are like phones too. Either it's smart or it's old
Thomas Campbell
Good point. My 2 year old LG Smart TV can open and play files through UPNP. New Smart tvs can still do it right?
Angel Price
rip
Matthew Wright
Yes.
Jack Miller
Nice try NSA
Julian Taylor
what is htpc
Connor Russell
I'm just telling you how the tv market is these days
Evan Perry
You won't need to do that. A 4k television is going to be a Smart TV and that means it has its own CPU and integrated graphics. It's a decently powerful computer on its own, certainly good enough to play 4k video (duh!).
So all you need to do is one of two things.
1. Put your files on a USB flash drive and plug the drive into the television and play it using the TV's on-screen menu.
2. Create a network between your laptop and your television (look up DLNA guides).
Either of these options are extremely easy. There's no need to get a new desktop involved.
Easton Sullivan
Only issue with putting your files on a usb to play them is that tv's only play certain file types and 99% of the time you will have to convert the file after downloading it to play.
Charles Harris
Start downloading better releases then.
Joshua Turner
The pirate release groups know this and generally use containers and codecs a TV will play. Do 15 minutes of research about what your TV can play and you'll be good to go.
Andrew Evans
>blueray
It's 2016. How do people still fuck this up
Tyler Wood
sauce on the lady?
Easton Roberts
It's not like TVs are iPhones either, they have reasonable codecs. Worst case scenario you'd have to demux it into another file container
Andrew Scott
Mackenzie Dern, pound for pound the deadliest woman in the world.
Spend enough on a TV like one of the more expensive Sony Bravias and they do some magic upscaling via the TV that makes 360p look amazing on a 4k 65" tv somehow
Kevin James
What's the point? It's just taking him longer for the same thing.
Ryan White
checked
Austin Scott
consider a nuc or other micro PCs
Hunter Torres
just build a tiny pentium 4400 ITX. it's as small as a mac mini and it will cost you like $300.
Nathaniel Cruz
Anyone has experience with Wasabi Mango TV? I'm thinking of the U400 model, just for watching shits.
Leo Rogers
You're willing to pay extra to be advertised at MORE. Smart TVs are a scam.
Chase Ortiz
Buy a chromcast?
John Peterson
this p much, as long as your home wifi can handle 4k streaming
Wyatt Long
Better quality, subtitles, audio options, can play every type of file under the sun, you have the file for later and eventually you will build up to a marvellous mega collection.
I swear the young streamfags need to go.
Lincoln Allen
>implying the pi has HDMI 2 output
Dominic Williams
So I did a test run on my laptop, 4k @60hz video and look at that 98% CPU usage. CPU is an i5 Ivy Bridge 2.5GHz.
Angel Garcia
well youtube has pretty shit performance even over html5. try to use flash player, might work better.
apart from youtube you will never need to play 4k60hz, so why upgrade.
