Wireless network to my tv without a media centre PC?

hi guys,
I have quite alot of movies etc that i have stored on my home pc. at the moment we burn a hell of a lot of dvds hence hy i bought a bigger hdd. my problem now is i want to be able to watch them on the tv without actualy burning the dvd. i know i could use a media centre pc but its seems a bit overkill for what id want and costs alot more than i want to pay. i was alos thiniing about just using a usb key but thought there may be a better alternative. i have a wireless home network but dont know if a home theatre etc can use this.

the video needs to be decoded at the tv, unless you have A/V cables going from your PC to your TV.

do you have an Xbox360 or PS3 at your TV? if it's networked, you can stream media to them via TVersity.

if not, you could maybe go for something like the Popcorn Hour: http://www.popcornhour.com/onlinestore/

It's basically a bare-bones HTPC starting at $180 that can be used for streaming media from a PC. it also allows for usb drives.

you could use one of these wireless media players http://www.dlink.com/products/category.asp?cid=127&sec=0
I have an older Gateway connected DVD player that works as a media player that I use, but it's a couple maybe 3 years old so it's not HD. You run media server on your PC and it creates a library

Just a short follow-up to the original post...

This is an excellent example of the superiority of a Networked Media Tank. All NMTs now support wireless streaming via USB adapter. However, the current firmware provided by Syabas (the developer of the NMT standard) only supports adapters with a certain Atheros chipset. The best USB adapter to use to connect your networked media tank wirelessly to your network is the TP-Link TL-WN821N. Please note that there are two versions of the TL-WN821N. You need to use "version 1". Currently if a TL-WN821N says "Version 2" on the back side of the adapter, it will not work. NMTs will support other USB adapters with future firmware releases.

This category of media player supports nearly every imaginable video and audio format. A NMT allows viewing ripped DVDs with full menu support. All newer NMT models have both USB host and slave ports. Some models have eSATA and memory card ports. If that wasn't enough, they are even equipped with a BitTorrent and Usenet download support.

Even though you might say I'm a little biased, in all honesty a networked media tank is the best value of any category of media player.

CHeck out the WD HD Media Player mentioned in the news section. Appears to meet most of your criteria, less the wireless: however, if you have an external USB drive, it can play files from tose.

Network Media Extenders both wired and wireless. You would have a Media Server and these boxes would tap into this server. You don't have to be limited to one Media Server. You can have NAS and any laptop or desktop to tap into. I've been at this since 2003 for Wired. Wireless since 2006 on Media Streaming end. 7x media boxes all over.

Network Media Extenders both wired and wireless. You would have a Media Server and these boxes would tap into this server. You don't have to be limited to one Media Server. You can have NAS and any laptop or desktop to tap into. I've been at this since 2003 for Wired. Wireless since 2006 on Media Streaming end. 7x media boxes all over.

But to do 1080i you really need to be connected by wire.

But to do 1080i you really need to be connected by wire.

That's why I am wired for 1000mbps connections (well almost done) total will be 16-ports. Right now 8-ports are 100mbps and 8-ports 1000mbps. Taken advantage of fallen prices on network gear..

Wireless N I have it's only goes up to 270mbps (300Mbps rated in Draft 2.0 N) Until that goes away then it's jumps to 600mbps round out at 560-570mbps) Still I'll go wired 1000mbps still beats N until it hits 600mbps will be close to wired GIG connections.