My PS3 finally died.., cannot start what to do?

[phillipjko]

I am used to using the PS3 to stream movies and shows to my TV (connected to PS3). I do not want to buy any PS3 or PS4 or PS5 since I do not play games much anymore. What cheap alternative works wonderfully well? Suggestions. Some say Roku1-3 or even Samsung or Roku does not work so well. Suggestions?

[squadjot]

I have not tried it, but chrome cast seems cheap

[Supermanfan77]

There are a tonne of blu-ray players out there that allow streaming like the PS3 does, and most are relatively inexpensive compared to a PS3 or 4.

Edit: As for the previous suggestion of a Chromecast, I have yet to get mine to work using UMS.

[Triplefun]

If you have lots of media get another cheap ps3. Nothing beats the simplicity of xmb. They are more responsive than a dedicated bluray machine and the playback quality is excellent. I bought a Sony s7200 and wished I had gone for a ps3 instead. There are lots of cheap second hand options.

[squadjot]

There's also "WD TV Live", pretty cool device and not too expensive.
It can do DLNA but doesent really need to, because i's basically a small computer that can access normal shares on your network.
It probably wont play 4k and h265, but i guess you could use UMS to transcode then.
It also has all services like Netflix, HBO, etc etc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDhotgfypPA