MacBook + TV + HDD?

Question

WiFi

Actually became the owner of a brand new MacBook Pro. I decided that I would connect a monik to it and I would have it as a stationary computer.
The problem is that I also have a regular computer with two 500GB screws with the necessary information and all sorts of garbage.
The question arises, how to combine everything beautifully (Mac + screws), connect a TV and all this is desirable via WiFi. I didn’t find it in local stores where you can plug in 1-2 HDDs and distribute the Internet via WiFi, access the information on disks and watch movies from these disks on TV.
It makes no sense to buy a ready-made device, since you don’t want to sell an old computer for a spear along with hard ones. I thought to make it look like a media server, but everything turns out too cumbersome.
Who has any suggestions?

Answer 1

Network drives on Yandex.Market . But with them you still need a media player on TV, if there is no built-in one. This is the preferred way.
You can also use a media player from the HDD.

Answer 2

If a TV set with LAN, then the simplest config in terms of implementation and with the lowest monetary costs:
1) a router with two USB ports
2) two external boxes for screws
or a slightly faster option:
1) a router
2) a NAS for two hard drives
Well and if the TV set is without LAN, then the easiest option to set up is a media player with the ability to install an HDD

Answer 3

a media player with the ability to install an HDD - can you suggest one?
What about Apple TV, Apple AirExpress, Time Capsule?

Answer 4

it 's loud , isn't it?

Answer 5

Now it makes little sense to leave an old computer, because practically for the price of one hard drive you can buy a replacement network drive for it with distribution over a home network (if you have Wi-Fi) content, plus a silent download of torrents on it.

Answer 6

You can also connect the old computer to the TV directly, buy a remote control , and put a boxee on it .

Answer 7

I recommend the following bundle:
- Synology DS212j (both backup, and iTunes server, and downloads torrents, and a media server for movies, and your personal file storage with access from anywhere where there is wi-fi, and a bunch of goodies). I suspect that later you will like it so much that you will buy 2 discs of a couple of terabytes each;
- apple tv 2 + firmware from XBMC (mkv and other goodies). Of the minuses, 720p on the TV, maximum. Of the pluses, a bunch of Internet goodies, web services and screen mirroring for the iPad (boxee, it seems, never learned).
- if 1080p decides, then instead of apple tv, you can take a boxee box.
The main thing is that the router supports Wifi N (no matter how trite, I recommend it, airport extreme).