I want a cheap spare laptop just for netflix and slingbox streaming, would this one work?
319887
This laptop is great for watching movies, listening to music, etc. I really enjoy mine and feel good I didn't get it for an expensive price.
319888
This is an old Mac running on a PowerPC chip which is not supported by Apple any more. A Mac with an Intel chipset would be a good place to look in the Apple Universe.
893007
A question: Will this device enable me to use Netflix streaming on my Toshiba HDTV? I have wireless internet in my home.
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No!, please do not buy this mini pc for media streaming, or watch movies here is why: 1. The video card is an old intel model, and they doesn't provide drivers for hardware aceleration, so videos won't play smooth, neither in windows or linux enviroments. 2. This box lacks of hdmi, dvi ports for pure digital high resolution screens. You should look for a zotac mini pc, these boxes have better hardware and suppprt for what you're looking for.
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Absolutely. This is why i bought this over the more fancy streaming devices out there. As i have over 1200 movies on my harddrive and wanted to be able to flip through movies instead of digging out the DVD for it. I run a 4 TB harddrive on it and there is never any lag and works flawlessly every time. It i use it for this and Netflix and does the job as needed.
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Since this model does not come with a web browser, speed is mostly useful for watching streaming video. There's no min/max listed in the specs, I'presume any broadband will work.
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Startup is pretty quick. Remember, the chromebox can only play thru a web browser. I would be hesitant to stream something that requires a ton of resources.
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I doubt it. It will not stream Netflix. I gave up on the device and no longer use it. I would not recommend it to anyone.
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Sorry, I don't know. I used Linux with this. I would imagine that it would have support for Netflix & YouTube.
902107
i bought it for the same reason and now it sits under my TV for netflix. this is not a computer at all and i do not like it. hope this helps
2234129
Absolutely not, please save your money. Both of these tablets i bought are now completely broken. Both charger terminals broke off from the mother board. Very cheap quality and netflix never worked properly.
308671
Hi Kevin, no, I figured because I never really do serious work on it, I wasn't going to bother. As long as Netflix instantwatch works with the original ram, as well as other streaming sites like cbsnews.com, I won't worry about it. And it streams perfectly on it.
610990
I'm using it for a Slingbox so I assume so. I'd just get a USB wireless adapter instead if I were you.
819076
I only use it to watch Netflix and Amazon streaming. It works fine for that but needs charging rather too often. For the price it's a good deal.
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I like mine a lot. Haven't run Netflix but I'm going to guess No, just because of the general slowness it has with video. Check out my online review of it here:http://hubpages.com/_3nuwsd1srvst2/hub/Consumer-Review-Is-the-Toshiba-NB505-the-Best-Netbook
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Sure you can plug in your laptop to connect to internet and watch netflix. You can do that with pretty much all lcds nowadays. As long as you connect your laptop, you can watch whatever is from your laptop. I bought the LN46B640 (grey bezel) from best buy for $999 which is a s slight improvement from this model and it looks amazing. Instead of connecting your laptop to watch netflix, you should look into purchasing a blu-ray with netflix capabilities because they are cheap nowadays.
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Well the better question is...what would you be using the laptop for? Because I am a owner of the dell latitude e6400 and it's great for streaming movies and work wise things but if you were looking for gaming the e6400 wouldn't be good... because lack of performance
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You probably . NetFlix & Amazon Prime video are already installed on it. There is a Google TV version of Plex that you can install on it too. I have a Plex server already setup at home, so I just use my Qube as a Plex client. The device doesn't have much RAM, but I believe you can attached external storage to it.