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What's wrong with being a living room hub? Since cutting the cord, my PS4 has been the ideal set top box and is the only device attached to my TV. Blu Ray Play

What's wrong with being a living room hub? Since cutting the cord, my PS4 has been the ideal set top box and is the only device attached to my TV. Blu Ray Player (that I never use), check. Plex client, check. DLNA client, check. Digital Optical Out, check. Netflix, Amazon Video check. Gaming machine, yup. It completely removes the need for a HTPC.

vlunkr 10y ago
There's nothing wrong with that. But this solves a different problem. You can't (easily) bring your ps4 set up on the bus with you.
- FullMtlAlcoholc 10y ago
  I wonder if, using a more powerful alternative to the raspberry pi, you can create a mobile gaming pc that can run PS now. It wouldn't be a PS4, but PS3 games would be a nice consolation :) EDIT: Interesting, this http://www.udoo.org/udoo-x86/ http://www.udoo.org/udoo-x86/ could definitely power a PC running PS Now. So, I can't lug a PS4 around, but I could lug a PS3 around :) And it would just so happen to have access to the entire library of older systems. Thanks for the idea. I know what my next weekend project will be!
  - vlunkr 10y ago
    Haha, glad I could help
tekklloneer 10y ago
When I moved, I didn't build a "living room hub". In fact, I don't have a TV. I find it much more gratifying to hang out on the couch with my 3DS nowadays in hour long bursts.
hbosch 10y ago
And it can even access the new-ish Playstation Vue (https://www.playstation.com/en-us/network/vue/ https://www.playstation.com/en-us/network/vue/), making the PS4 a relatively viable cable replacement box.
Splines 10y ago
Game consoles don't ship with TV remotes, and the remotes that you can buy are overly complicated affairs. The WAF of using a controller to control video playback is low. We have a Roku 3 and it's far simpler to use than our 360 or PS4. Plus it's never "off". Side benefit is that I can remote play the PS4 when someone is using the Roku ;-). The Switch could plausibly fill this gap, but I guarantee that those little controller thingies are going to get lost.
- oevi 10y ago
  My girlfriend instinctively used the TV remote to control the video playback on the PS4, and to my surprise it worked. It's a Sony TV and I can even control the PS home menu.
- FullMtlAlcoholc 10y ago
  You could just download an app and use your phone as a remote :)

vlunkr 10y ago

There's nothing wrong with that. But this solves a different problem. You can't (easily) bring your ps4 set up on the bus with you.

FullMtlAlcoholc 10y ago
I wonder if, using a more powerful alternative to the raspberry pi, you can create a mobile gaming pc that can run PS now. It wouldn't be a PS4, but PS3 games would be a nice consolation :) EDIT: Interesting, this http://www.udoo.org/udoo-x86/ http://www.udoo.org/udoo-x86/ could definitely power a PC running PS Now. So, I can't lug a PS4 around, but I could lug a PS3 around :) And it would just so happen to have access to the entire library of older systems. Thanks for the idea. I know what my next weekend project will be!
- vlunkr 10y ago
  Haha, glad I could help

tekklloneer 10y ago

When I moved, I didn't build a "living room hub". In fact, I don't have a TV. I find it much more gratifying to hang out on the couch with my 3DS nowadays in hour long bursts.

hbosch 10y ago

And it can even access the new-ish Playstation Vue (https://www.playstation.com/en-us/network/vue/ https://www.playstation.com/en-us/network/vue/), making the PS4 a relatively viable cable replacement box.

Splines 10y ago

Game consoles don't ship with TV remotes, and the remotes that you can buy are overly complicated affairs. The WAF of using a controller to control video playback is low. We have a Roku 3 and it's far simpler to use than our 360 or PS4. Plus it's never "off". Side benefit is that I can remote play the PS4 when someone is using the Roku ;-). The Switch could plausibly fill this gap, but I guarantee that those little controller thingies are going to get lost.

oevi 10y ago
My girlfriend instinctively used the TV remote to control the video playback on the PS4, and to my surprise it worked. It's a Sony TV and I can even control the PS home menu.
FullMtlAlcoholc 10y ago
You could just download an app and use your phone as a remote :)