burning a 1080p movie on DVD/blueray?

[DotoreN]

Ok so I usually download movies/series and watch them on my PC.

 

The thing is, we have a huge and nice quality TV, but it isn't a smart-tv as my parents bought it just before the smart-tv became the shit.

 

So I have been wondering, how can I give my parents the ability to watch some of the movies/series I downloaded in 1080p on tv that is't a smart-tv?

 

I have been thinking of maybe burning to a DVD or Blueray, but I wasn't sure whether they can hold 2hours of 1080p footage.

 

Help would be appreciated.

 

Thanks!

[ShadowCaptain]

SNIP

 

Of course a Blu Ray can hold 2 hours of 1080p, . thats kind of what they are for 1080p movies haha - I mean the average blu ray can hold like 25gb of data

 

Honestly though I would look into getting an HDMI media player (or a little android TV stick) and loading up the shows and movies to an SD Card or USB stick - something like the Sumvision Cyclone or something cheap

[PetiteBob]

You should be fine if you burn it as long as its legal   

[DotoreN]

You should be fine if you burn it as long as its legal   

 

Illigal 

[ChineseChef]

I am going to agree with @ShadowCaptain here.  I would say you best results would be from getting a small device or cheap mini comp that can connect to the TV.  Teach them how to use it, and then just keep loading it up with all the new stuff you want them to have.  It would allow for the most versatility and likely would make everyone happiest.

[DotoreN]

Of course a Blu Ray can hold 2 hours of 1080p, . thats kind of what they are for 1080p movies haha - I mean the average blu ray can hold like 25gb of data

 

Honestly though I would look into getting an HDMI media player (or a little android TV stick) and loading up the shows and movies to an SD Card or USB stick - something like the Sumvision Cyclone or something cheap

 

 

I am going to agree with @ShadowCaptain here.  I would say you best results would be from getting a small device or cheap mini comp that can connect to the TV.  Teach them how to use it, and then just keep loading it up with all the new stuff you want them to have.  It would allow for the most versatility and likely would make everyone happiest.

 

What is the difference between a HDMI player such as the Sumvision Cyclone and the android stick?

 

Not sure what to pick.. aslong as I can put movies in 1080p on it and remove it all the time to replace it by unseen movies, then i'll go for the cheapest one.

 

And thanks for this great suggestion!

[Jarsky]

Roku3 can play from external hdd / usb stick and your network

Amazon FireTV with XBMC can play over the network

Chromecast can stream directly over your network and cast youtube, plex, etc...

 

They also support things like Netflix & Hulu apps and such if they want to use online streaming services

[techguru]

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/compute-stick/intel-compute-stick.html

I think this would be your best option

[techguru]

http://www.amazon.com/Zotac-Z3735F-Windows-Preinstalled-ZBOX-PI320-W2/dp/B00OTJZZFS/ref=lp_3015426011_1_24?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1432760731&sr=1-24

heres another

[techguru]

http://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Fanless-Windows%C2%AE-Baytrail-T-Quad-core/dp/B00SCBWF52/ref=pd_sim_147_10?ie=UTF8&refRID=005P8VRZZR61XP8T9HDB

one more

[DotoreN]

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/compute-stick/intel-compute-stick.html

I think this would be your best option

 

 

http://www.amazon.com/Zotac-Z3735F-Windows-Preinstalled-ZBOX-PI320-W2/dp/B00OTJZZFS/ref=lp_3015426011_1_24?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1432760731&sr=1-24

heres another

 

150bucks for just watching a 1080p movie once a week?!

 

The only thing I need is a cheap option to watch 1080p movies on a HDMI tv.

 

What's the advantage of having that expensive stick over for example the Sumvision cyclone?

[techguru]

http://sumvision.com/product/Cyclone-Windows-PC/Window-PC1.html

this is exactly the same thing

 

if you can get that cyclone for cheap

get it

its perfect

[techguru]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sumvision-Cyclone-Mini-PC-Officially/dp/B00XA1A3NU/ref=sr_1_7?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1432761277&sr=1-7&keywords=Sumvision+Cyclone

[DotoreN]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sumvision-Cyclone-Mini-PC-Officially/dp/B00XA1A3NU/ref=sr_1_7?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1432761277&sr=1-7&keywords=Sumvision+Cyclone

 

Thanks for the suggestions and i'll look into that.

 

But I have the feeling I pay a ton of money for, for example windows 8.1, cpu and all that while I will never use it, the only thing I want is to be able to watch 1 movie in 1080p. I have no other purpose than watching a movie (from USB) on my TV.

 

I thought a USB -> cheap 20-40dollar decoder thing -> HDMI would work. 

[techguru]

I thought a USB -> cheap 20-40dollar decoder thing -> HDMI would work....yea except theres no such thing as a "cheap 1080p decoder thing"

needs a decent cpu to do it with hardware decoding or software decoding

[techguru]

the cyclone would last longer to since its really a small dedicated pc..where the software can be easily updated to support new codecs

[techguru]

id probably install the linux version of KODI on it...

then you could just put your 1080p movies on a flash card for your parents and they could easily click play 

[DotoreN]

id probably install the linux version of KODI on it...

then you could just put your 1080p movies on a flash card for your parents and they could easily click play 

 

I just heard they have an old i3 laptop they don't use anymore, would this work ?

 

What would I need apart from the laptop & tv to make this work

[techguru]

it would work...long as that laptop has a hdmi port on it

[DotoreN]

it would work...long as that laptop has a hdmi port on it

 

so basically I only need a HDMI to HDMI cable?

 

or VGA -> HDMI in case I have no HDMI on the laptop

 

Plug one in the laptop and one in the TV and i'll be able to watch movies ?

[techguru]

so basically I only need a HDMI to HDMI cable?

 

or VGA -> HDMI in case I have no HDMI on the laptop

 

Plug one in the laptop and one in the TV and i'll be able to watch movies ?

yep

but the vga to hdmi would require audio to

so hope it has a hdmi port

otherwise the quality of the picture is gonna be blah..and you will need a second audio cable

[DotoreN]

yep

but the vga to hdmi would require audio to

so hope it has a hdmi port

otherwise the quality of the picture is gonna be blah..and you will need a second audio cable

 

Thanks for the help!

 

It does have HDMI! 

 

So I guess there will be no loss in quality / audio with HDMI -> HDMI ? 

[techguru]

Thanks for the help!

 

It does have HDMI! 

 

So I guess there will be no loss in quality / audio with HDMI -> HDMI ? 

should be good to go then

I would install KODI on it..

[ShadowCaptain]

SNIP

 

http://www.amazon.com/Cyclone-Micro-MultiMedia-Player-Adaptor/dp/B0052X04MO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1432799959&sr=8-1&keywords=sumvision

 

This is what I meant when I said media player