[John Rogers]

Hey Milt, glad you are catching up! I have the following setup in the bedroom and a similar one in the living room with the big set. I used Vizio for the bedroom TV as Walmart had a big special last holiday season on their 48 inch "smart" set. The only thing it would not do is play videos (any format) from a thumb drive. The set was hardwired to my router with a cat6 cable for security and speed. A few months ago I bought a "set top" box called the Vizio Co-Star and plugged the cat 6 cable into it and run an HDMI cable to the set. The Co-Star does the following: allow me to play ANY movie format I put on any USB device such as thumb drive or external hard drive. Unlike most all Blu Ray players it does not have that new copy protection that can be hidden in the audio track so all things play. It has the normal apps such as Netflix, YouTube, etc, etc AND it also has Google Chrome as a browser so now I can check my email, Pelican Parts, Cast Boolits, etc while drinking my morning coffee! The remote has a double sided remote that uses blue tooth to allow keyboard use.

Since the YouTube has a better interface and seems faster I can watch how-to videos on using the new (to me) 3 in 1 Mill/Drill/Lathe I just bought as it has been 29 years since I did any machine work!