ictponder
05-03-2011, 09:13 PM
So, I'm guessing most of you are familiar with DLNA and what it's for. As cool as it is, I am having trouble finding how it's useful to me. Perhaps I'm missing something or maybe I'm the one who doesn't really understand what it's for.
Currently my wireless/wired network consists of my Windows 7 PC, a Windows 7 laptop, XBOX 360, a HTC Thunderbolt and the newest addition of my Casio Commando. All these devices are DLNA compatible and all function accordingly.
I do not need DLNA to stream music from my PC to my home surround as my XBOX already has multiple ways to do this apart from already having last.fm, Netflix, Hulu, and Zune built in. I absolutely love the new Media Center extender for Windows 7 and how it works with my XBOX. I can use 2Player to stream music from my PC to the Thunderbolt or the Commando but why do that when my XBOX does the same thing and it has to be on anyway in order to broadcast to the phones anyway. Why listen to music on the phone when I can hear it from the surround. Supposedly I'm supposed to be able to stream video from a DLNA device to my TV via the XBOX but currently the XBOX does not recognize droid video formats. This is where I may be missing something but so far no luck.
So, currently I do not see a use for DLNA other than it's cool. Have any of you had similar experience with this technology? What sort of things have you found useful by using DLNA in your home or business network?
Currently my wireless/wired network consists of my Windows 7 PC, a Windows 7 laptop, XBOX 360, a HTC Thunderbolt and the newest addition of my Casio Commando. All these devices are DLNA compatible and all function accordingly.
I do not need DLNA to stream music from my PC to my home surround as my XBOX already has multiple ways to do this apart from already having last.fm, Netflix, Hulu, and Zune built in. I absolutely love the new Media Center extender for Windows 7 and how it works with my XBOX. I can use 2Player to stream music from my PC to the Thunderbolt or the Commando but why do that when my XBOX does the same thing and it has to be on anyway in order to broadcast to the phones anyway. Why listen to music on the phone when I can hear it from the surround. Supposedly I'm supposed to be able to stream video from a DLNA device to my TV via the XBOX but currently the XBOX does not recognize droid video formats. This is where I may be missing something but so far no luck.
So, currently I do not see a use for DLNA other than it's cool. Have any of you had similar experience with this technology? What sort of things have you found useful by using DLNA in your home or business network?