Is there a device out there that...

DiscoDave · 7 Jan 2015 at 17:09

Hardware decodes h264/h265
Can passthrough AC3/DD and DTS
Has an officially supported Netflix app
Can stream from a NFS export without transcoding

Currently have a NAS, Acer Revo L70 and a Onkyo Receiver. It does the job quite well, but it would also be handy to have something with an "official" Netflix app - mainly for ease of use for other users.

Have looked at things like the Chromecast (no DTS passthrough) Amazon Fire (no NAS streaming?) etc but can't quite find something that fits all the criteria above.

I'm aware there's a unofficial port of the Netflix app, but given how quicky apps for Kodi/XMBC self destruct (tvcatchup, anyone?) I'd rather get something knowing it has a supported app.

Cheers,

DiscoDave · 7 Jan 2015 at 17:19

Clov!s said:
Amazon Fire TV streams from a NAS by sideloading Kodi or installing Plex, both very easy to do, i prefer Kodi over Plex because of how simple and easy it is.

But I don't think there's an "official" Netflix app for Kodi is there?

DiscoDave · 7 Jan 2015 at 17:23

Clov!s said:
Doesn't need to be, it's just another app you install, it has it's own Netflix app.

It doesn't have to be but it's kind of nice, as I've previously mentioned I've had apps for XMBC/Kodi randomly become unusable for a variety of reasons, TVCatchup and 4od being a couple.

DiscoDave · 8 Jan 2015 at 11:53

Clov!s said:
Netflix and XBMC are different apps on Amazon Fire TV, i don't think you can install Netflix on XBMC using their built in program Add-on can you?

Not really an elegant solution