Tech gurus,please i need some guidance.

by Rustynostril

Hi there folks,salutations from sunny Spain.

Ok so here is the deal:

Pops is sick at the moment dyalisis every 3 days and now his PSA is high (could be cancer,wont know till he gets the biopsy done)
I spend most of my time at home taking care of him so i want to make him feel as confortable as possible,apart from cooking and keeping him active as possible i want him to be entertained.
So anyway he spends a lot of time at home and he loves movies and tv series so everyday he asks me for a specific movie or tv series and then i look for it in my pc.
I have plenty of space and i was tired of dragging all those dvds around so i just ripped them and put them on my pc and a couple of external drives.
And now whenever i buy a dvd i just rip it and keep it in my pc so i can pass it to him for whenever he wants to watch it,we would get a service like netflix or something like that but for now he prefers to shop for dvds or just watch the stuff he already has.

Now this is a bit of a pain because each time he wants to watch something i have to look for it in my pc or the external drives,then copy it to a pendrive then put the pendrive in the tv.
His current tv is a non smart samsung tv model UE40J5100.

This model only has one usb port and im afraid it might break one day ( i use it 3 or 4 times a day) and they we are screwed so i need some help coming up with a setup for him to use.
Ideally something with a capacity of 2TB or more where i can dump in all the stuff he usually watches (old western movies,nazi movies and series about lawyers hehe) and then he can just use a remote and browse what he wants.

Was looking at android boxes with a 3.0 USB connection,and i was thinking that an android box+2tb har drive would be the best choice (if im wrong please let me know)

So far,this is what i have come up with as a setup for my pops:

https://www.amazon.es/Bqeel-Android-Quad-Core-Cortex-A53-Soporte/dp/B07PP5LPV6/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

and for external drive (even thou i have a couple but i thought i would buy a new one,you know fresh start and all that) i was thinking of getting this:

https://www.amazon.es/WD-Elements-Disco-Externo-port%C3%A1til/dp/B06W55K9N6/ref=sr_1_3?__mk_es_ES=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&crid=2M6V91U2GON2O&keywords=disco+duro+externo+2tb&qid=1582580873&sprefix=disco+duro+e%2Caps%2C183&sr=8-3

or

https://www.amazon.es/Toshiba-Canvio-Basics-Port%C3%A1til-Pulgadas/dp/B07994QL95/ref=sr_1_4?__mk_es_ES=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&crid=2M6V91U2GON2O&keywords=disco+duro+externo+2tb&qid=1582580873&sprefix=disco+duro+e%2Caps%2C183&sr=8-4

Links in spanish,sorry im from Spain so that is the ones i came up with.

Well anyway,thanks in advance for all the help.
Apologies for any grammar,punctuation or errors in sintaxis,english isnt my native language and the english i know i learned by playing mmos hehe.

cheers

SnardleyF

The Nvidia Shield TV is still a best in class Android television client after all these years:

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/shield/shield-tv/

/r/ShieldAndroidTV

blusky75

Op I used to do his for my dad too (synchronize my hard drive with his). Ive since eliminated that by running Plex Media server on my shield TV. I then created a Plex account for my dad and shared my library with his account.

He then uses the Plex client on his amazon fire stick to watch anything shared in the library.

Works really well for my use case. You could install PMS on your PC provided you're okay with the PC being on 24/7

The only caveat is Plex won't stream ripped DVD ISOs. You need to rip the DVD to a video file. For movies this is a non issue but for DVDs that contain episodes this can be a labour intensive.

BiggussDikkuss

Search for the legit Android TV device - the Mecool KM9 Pro or Classic if you do not need stable WiFi.

Those have all you need at a decent price with a nice simple Wireless remote. Snappy little devices as well.

aliexpress .com the Spanish Store should have ’em

https://androidpctv.com/review-mecool-km9-pro-opinion/