Closing out the thread, I ended up buying a Samsung UN55D7000. The "AllShare" that's built into the Smart Hub does DLNA just fine, albeit not very prettily. But it plays all my content just fine, and that's the most important thing.
I'm looking to buy a new HDTV in the next few weeks, and I would like to have one that can stream content from a NAS via DLNA. I have not yet purchased the NAS either, but am leaning heavily towards Synology for this. Actually, it doesn't *have* to be DLNA -- any tech that accomplishes the goal...
I have a TiVo, and I always watch recorded content. The only exception is sports, but I don't even watch that much sports. Even a show that I want to watch *right now* I will wait 20 minutes or so after it starts, and then skip through the commercials, ending up at about the same time as a live...
Abandoned shows. I don't even bother with season sets anymore -- why get started when the studio is just going to cut you off in the middle? I'll just wait until the series is completed, and then buy the inevitable full-series set, which is usually cheaper and includes extra features (M*A*S*H...
I'm a big believer in some sort of Download replacing rentals in the next few years. But I don't want to pay $4.99 or so per show. I'd much rather have an all-you-can-eat monthly fee. Like Netflix, but download instead of physical disc delivery. For most households with broadband, the...