Replacement for c200

WeegyAVLover

Hi All,

Looking for some advice on what replacement options are out there for a PCH c200.

I am totally out of the loop on all things streaming and not sure what is what.

I am looking for something that is smaller, more compact and thinner if possible but the capabilities of streaming Blu-Ray/HD and 4K movies (I do not have a 4K TV yet but plan on getting one in the not too distant future).

On top of this, I have a Synology 5-bay NAS box and it has Plex in the software bundle.  I have absolutely no idea how this work and how easy it is to setup and use, however I have investigated this in the past and always found it confusing to get working with my setup and not sure if I need anything else to make this work.

If I was able to stream using this Plex technology would I still be able to have a similar GUI front end to the Plex movies/tv series that I have now with the PCH Jukebox?

I am considering asking for something for Christmas but not sure what to ask for and how easy/simple it would be to setup and use.

All my movies and tv shows are in MKV format, not sure if this makes a difference.

bubblegum57

Best box is probably the Nvidia shield. With the new 2019 shield out, I would expect some black friday deals for the 2017 version.

The Plex on the nas would be the server, where all of your movies are stored. You  would need a plex client, either on a tv, or a separate device to play back on the tv.

The shield can also be used as a server, & you can get the client for it.

Playback of hi bit rates would be better on a wired network, I use homeplugs.

IF, the movie is not completely compatible with plex it would try to transcode, if you have a VERY powerful server, this would be no problem. You might find the synology has a more powerful plex server than the shield.

You can sideload Kodi on the shield to playback movies from the nas.

IRobot

Another option is Apple TV with the Infuse app:-

Infuse 6 - An elegant video player | Firecore

I have Synology DS216j NAS. Not powerful enough to do 4K Plex transcoding but there's no need to run Plex. Just point Infuse to an NFS share on the Synology. It has no problem playing the 80GB 4K movies on my NAS.