Alright guys, I am in dilemna. I already have the following setup:
1) Optoma HD66 for living room + 84inch screen
2) WDTV
3) Seagate Go Flex 1 TB
Now in my bedroom I have an HTPC, Netgear N150 and I also have an N150 adapter. I am actually tired of manually copying movies to Seagate and attaching to WDTV and than playing in the living room. I want to go wireless. The WDTV wireless hack pages are gone, and I dont think the Netgear dongle I have is compatible with WDTV. In anycase, it looks for too complex and time consuming for me to waste my time and precious energy over. So that brings me to the simple question:
Can I buy WDTV Live + Belkin Wifi Router N with USB (Amazon.com: Belkin Wireless N+ 802.11n Router (Black): Electronics) and than access my Seagate Go-Flex over the network from WDTV Live without turning on my PC? I mean how does the network storage thingie work? Is the Belkin software enabling folder sharing by default and when I search through WDTV Live for network shares I would be able to see the share?
Do I need a seperate Wireless N dongle as well to enable this? Or would my Netgear N150 dongle do just fine? How is the quality when streaming video? Please advise if the investment of 10k will make my life easier. Or should I just stick with copying movies from bedroom and walking to living room?
1) Optoma HD66 for living room + 84inch screen
2) WDTV
3) Seagate Go Flex 1 TB
Now in my bedroom I have an HTPC, Netgear N150 and I also have an N150 adapter. I am actually tired of manually copying movies to Seagate and attaching to WDTV and than playing in the living room. I want to go wireless. The WDTV wireless hack pages are gone, and I dont think the Netgear dongle I have is compatible with WDTV. In anycase, it looks for too complex and time consuming for me to waste my time and precious energy over. So that brings me to the simple question:
Can I buy WDTV Live + Belkin Wifi Router N with USB (Amazon.com: Belkin Wireless N+ 802.11n Router (Black): Electronics) and than access my Seagate Go-Flex over the network from WDTV Live without turning on my PC? I mean how does the network storage thingie work? Is the Belkin software enabling folder sharing by default and when I search through WDTV Live for network shares I would be able to see the share?
Do I need a seperate Wireless N dongle as well to enable this? Or would my Netgear N150 dongle do just fine? How is the quality when streaming video? Please advise if the investment of 10k will make my life easier. Or should I just stick with copying movies from bedroom and walking to living room?