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<blockquote data-quote="kiwijunglist" data-source="post: 915753" data-attributes="member: 76888">The playback using DLNA on your new TV is likely to be very very similar in quality compared to mediaportal. An HTPC with the right setup could achieve better quality post processing of video, however whether or not you can notice the difference is another story, I would say the average person would not notice a difference in quality of your TV's DLNA player 'vs' an HTPC running mediaportal.&nbsp;The main difference being that(a) it is possible that some obscure video/audio formats will not be able to played by the TV's built in DLNA player.(b) the TV will not have the awesome meta data features + browsing that mediaportal provides(c) mediaportal can record live tv / pause tv etc, most tv's can't do this unless they have a built in recorder.(d) mediaportal probably has a better GUI than the TV for browsing pictures/music etc.&nbsp;However for the non tech savy person, I'd say just go with the TV's DLNA player as mediaportal often requires a bit of tech knowledge to setup and maintain.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kiwijunglist, post: 915753, member: 76888"] The playback using DLNA on your new TV is likely to be very very similar in quality compared to mediaportal. An HTPC with the right setup could achieve better quality post processing of video, however whether or not you can notice the difference is another story, I would say the average person would not notice a difference in quality of your TV's DLNA player 'vs' an HTPC running mediaportal. The main difference being that (a) it is possible that some obscure video/audio formats will not be able to played by the TV's built in DLNA player. (b) the TV will not have the awesome meta data features + browsing that mediaportal provides (c) mediaportal can record live tv / pause tv etc, most tv's can't do this unless they have a built in recorder. (d) mediaportal probably has a better GUI than the TV for browsing pictures/music etc. However for the non tech savy person, I'd say just go with the TV's DLNA player as mediaportal often requires a bit of tech knowledge to setup and maintain. [/QUOTE]

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