PS3 used as media gate?

[hillbilly]

Hey all

I was wondering if I can use my PS3 as a media gate to play movies off my PC's HDD through the network?

I have a wireless DIR-615 router and I can play games online no problems but I have never seen a way to link to my PC's HDD to the PS3

I was using my Laptop but that get pretty annoying with this big lump shinning light next to the TV and not to mention the screen saver popping up or it just deciding to go into hibernation mode!

[autertip]

Yep you sure can.... The PS3 supports DLNA which means you can use any DLNA compliant server such as Windows Media Player. Just run it in server mode and the PS3 will discover it. From there just navigate to the files you are interested in.

I use something call TwonkyMedia. Its a DLNA server that runs on Windows, Linux and most importantly on my NAS.

[ol' boy]

Tversity
Nero8
WMP11

But my personal findings (and i have both) is that the Mediagate is better at being a Mediagate. The PS3 is buggy, laggy and slow with a lot of stuff still unsupported.

Great for music or photos. But i dropped using it for streaming movies a long time ago. It has the ability to be good.... problem is, it just isn't in my view.

[hillbilly]

right o then

I give it a go see how it goes with a HD movie, if it doesn't keep up I might look into a media gate

thanks guys