Spec me a Media Stream/Player

[NeilF]

Looking to replace my Boxee Box.

Must search/show local media (films/TV series) on a NAS in a very nice interface.

Must allow Amazon Prime etc.

Must have Optical audio out.



Roku 4?

 

[NeilF]

The previous gen FireTV box will do this with Kodi or Plex or TVMC etc. but i'd suggest you're better off moving away from optical out and making use of HDMI. If you can do that then you'd be better off buying the 4k version (as low as £54.99 delivered via Prime Now using the discount on your first Prime Now order).

Well, ideally I'd like to just swap the Boxee out, hence (continue to) use optical.

If I wanted to use HDMI for audio I'd need to replace my amp too, which is another wad of £!

I might try and hold off for a while to see if any new units come out and until this HDR question of support is solved?