 Manufacturer : ZYXEL Model : NSA210 ASIN : B002WRIBN2 Price : 129.99$ Last Price : 89.54$(Discount 31.1177782906377% See Special Offers   Product DescriptionZyxel NSA210 Network Storage Server NSA210 699  8 of 10 people found the following review helpful: Great NAS This review is from: ZyXEL NSA210 Digital Media Storage Server (Personal Computers) I purchased this item on a leap of faith, as I couldn't find a review anywhere. I think I may be the first on the entire www. It is a great little device. Granted most people looking for a true backup solution will shun this for only having the single bay, but for my simple needs, I was fine with a single bay. I just can't bring myself to make a backup of a backup. I figure I'm ahead of the game for having the one backup. The unit itself is metal, and very easy to load the HDD (I am using a spare 750 gb I had laying around). Installation of the software was also very easy. I can mount various sub-folders within the server, which will make network backups a snap. The options for how you set this thing are limitless, and it really is not that difficult. I haven't tried to stream any media yet, but based on what I have seen thus far, I 'd say it will be great. If you are looking for a media server/NAS this can't be beat. 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: Great features, performance just ok, reliability so-so This review is from: ZyXEL NSA210 Digital Media Storage Server (Personal Computers) This network drive enclosure has excellent features - background downloads, multimedia server, http and ftp servers - pretty much what ever you want to do is in there, and the price can't be beat. It has a cooling fan but runs very quiet, unnoticeable in my family room.Cons: Performance as a network disk drive is slow (I measured write speed at about 6 MB/s), not like accessing a true network server. I also find that every once in a while the unit would simply stop sharing the volumes, and a reboot is needed to correct it. I've also had difficulty getting external esata drives to work reliably, and now having enabled RAID-1 to an external drive I can't seem to convert it back to stand alone - no operational issue but the admin interfaces shows the unpaired internal drive as running "degraded". Overall tho, its a great value and does quite a lot. This review is from: ZyXEL NSA210 Digital Media Storage Server (Personal Computers) I had to return the first NAS 210 due to a defect. ZyXel support was very helpful with trouble shooting the problem and determining that the device was defective. I bought it as a server for my Squeezebox Boom internet radio. The American site for ZyXel had an older version of Squeezebox Server (don't recall the number) that did not work. There were significant changes made to Squeezebox Server and only a later version (7.4.1)would work with the radio. A web search provided information on how to get a later version of Squeezebox Server for the NAS 210 through a European ZyXel site. This has worked fine for the SB Boom. However, I have subsequently purchased a Squeezebox Radio that can be operated with a battery. The SB Radio requires an even later version (7.4.2)of SB Server than that needed for the Boom radio. I contacted ZyXel and was informed that they have to purchase a license for the SQ Server from LogiTech/Squeezebox to be able to include it as part of the NAS 210. Apparently a new license must be bought for every upgrade of the SB Server software and they have not purchased the license for the version necessary to run SB Radio on battery power. This isn't a major big deal for me as I needed the server to listen to BBC IPlayer which does work with version 7.4.1. Personal music that is stored on the ZyXel 210 will not play on SB Radio without the later version (7.4.2). I believe the NAS 210 is also slower than some other servers and it does not allow me to stream to my radios at the highest audio quality available through Squeezebox. Still, it does MP3 just fine which is really good enough for my needs. The NAS 210 is a very affordable server with a surprising number of features for the price. I would recommend it.  Una basura integral Tengo mas de 7000 canciones. Las carpetas compartidas bajo /music aparecen y desaparecen. Los reboots funcionan una de cada cuatro veces. by Joe560 Not perfect, but very good for the price I installed a 1.5 TB Green WD hardrive. Installation works without a hitch. I mainly use it as a media sever for a PS3, Laptop/PCs, and a network ready Bluray player. by Jim B Not the best - Not the worst I baught this product 1 week ago. I have not tested all features but tested downloading side. Here is my opinions: I baught 1,5 TB WD Cavier Green HDD... by Murat GUCLU Zxyel NSA210 worst NAS DIGITAL MEDIA SERVER bought this product and returned it, not sure how other reviewers say it is a great product, and gave 5 stars, iTunes server did not work, all I saw in itunes is the drive,... by Anil K. Ramagiri GREAT NAS AT A AWSOME PRICE! I don't review things to often but I got to say this device impressed me so much for the price that I had to. by rbz They had a good Idea just no follow through I had high hopes that I would be able to eliminate an old home server with this item. It was received as expected and was very easy to setup. by Phillip R. Rominger |
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
ZyXEL NSA210 Digital Media Storage Server
Logitech Transporter® SE: Network Music Player (Black)
Manufacturer : Logitech Model : 930-000011 ASIN : B0011YZ1R6 Price : 1999.99$ Last Price : 1488.99$(Discount 25.5501277506388% See Special Offers  Product DescriptionLogitech Transporter Network Music Player 930-000011 Network Media Players 15 of 15 people found the following review helpful: Took a bit to setup, RTMD! This review is from: Logitech Transporter� SE: Network Music Player (Black) (Electronics) Most electronic hardware is a snap to set up, why waste time reading the manuals. However the Transporter is different in that respect. The brief manual included with the unit is out of date regarding computer software names and links. I was thrown at first getting my pc server to release the data being read. Adding a few custom settings in my (C.A.)software firewall remedied that problem. The firewall settings are actually mentioned in the manual....go figure? So I cannot stress strongly enough to (RTMD!...Read The Manual Dummy!) There is some very knowledgable info about the Transformer at wikipedia.org, the Logitech site is useful for basic system software and a few FAQ's. Do yourself a favor and write down all ip settings for future reference. The use groups at wikipedia are where you'll find the fun stuff. Start a folder on your PC and save all links to it. Confused by what I've just written, than you'll need a trusted friend with a bit above average computer skills and a free afternoon, or be prepaired to pay someone to do your setup for you. If either of these is going to be the case than you might want to reconsider purchasing this unit. This system is not designed for the impatient. As with most all high-end gear, source is very important (GIGO). I've noticed nuances unheard before in a number of my chosen reference recordings, as well as previously unnoticed distortions. Audio listening being subjective makes one wonder if hearing such is due to the critical listening of the moment or the new gear. Or could it be that we desire to hear new subtleties after dropping a decent chunk of change on a new toy. Is it a combination of these things or none of them. From where I sit I'm going with the new box and a bit higher resolution included therein. It makes the fun, funner, the good, gooder and the hey! I never noticed Coltrane bumping the mic stand on that or was that a squeek from Charlie Byrd's chair. To me its akin to putting a new stylus on your favorite cartridge. The Transformer runs on an open source platform and some of the the tweaks written by use group members are nice additions to the unit. My wife really enjoys having the local weather data available at a glance. Before you get into the tweaks have the overall system operation down pretty well. I've found it best to backup the PC settings before doing any tweaking to be able to undo easily. The remote that comes with the Transformer does not have a display and is line of sight only. This can be annoying for general listening. After a few weeks I went ahead and bought a Squeezebox Duet system to gain a remote with display and non line of sight control. I put the Duet receiver out in my workshop. This really allows you to do some cool stuff, you can sync the music on the players or have them run independently. This also allows you to use the remote controller as a third unit via it's 1/8" headphone jack or with adapter cables to plug it into another system as well. It can also be in sync. with the other units or independent of them. The Transformer remote takes standard batteries, the Squeezebox remote is rechargable with station include. The Squeezebox remote is also very customizable in both function and appearance. Adding the Squeezebox unit did cost more money, however the ability to program and operate the Transformer was greatly increased with this upgrade to the system. It is also possible to program many system settings of the Transporter via your computer, your offered plenty of built in redundancy. You have your choice of using the front panel buttons, the remote control or the computer interface. It is possible to program and control music via computer, plus compatability with WinAmp. There is a Java based software emulator that some may like also. The unit auto updates it's own firmware, software seems to be updated on a regular basis too. I'm really not going to get into the web audio streaming functions. There are limitless choices here both free and pay to play. Your dealing with low bit-rate streams in most cases, there is quite a good world wide station search function to use. I've used the optical line in feature to do a bit of A/B testing between CD's and Lossless streams and really have heard no discernable difference in sound quality between them. There are also options that will connect you to web based music databases, Amazon.com, and also Bio and Discog search abilities plus plenty more bells and whistles to boot. It is very hard to not go on and on about the Transporter, as mentioned it is a piece of gear that demands patience. Being somewhat past the half-century mark I may not fully utilize some of the available functions offered herein. I do however thoroughly appreciate having those choices made available. To be able to either Set It and Forget It, or to be transported into an entirely new audio adventure. Steve S. Fort Worth, Tx This review is from: Logitech Transporter� SE: Network Music Player (Black) (Electronics) OK, so I've been an "audiophile" for 20 years. But I'm not a hard-core audiophile in the sense that I don't spend my freetime auditioning interconnect cables or "breaking in" solid state audio gear. There are great improvements in higher end equipment, and even interconnects, but I'm not a sucker and don't subscribe to $20 per foot speaker cable. I own a pair of Thiel CS2.3 speakers with the last of the breed, and rather venerable, Adcom GFP-750 preamp (which even today, is a fantastic silent pre-amp compared to anything under $2,000) and the Adcom GFA-5802, which also is a venerable solid-state amplifier receiving excellent reviews from high-end audiophile magazines at the time, and continues to fetch an excellent price on E-bay. I never expected that the slim devices Transporter would sound better, or even as good as, my Adcom GCD-750 CD player as a source component. I was going to be rather content with the unit if it sounded pretty good, but offered the convenience features of an audio server. When I ripped some uncompressed audio from my CDs and queued up some tunes in the transporter, I was literally amazed by the quality of sound from the Transporter. It surpassed my trusty old friend, the GCD-750, with a wider sound stage, more "air" and transparancy between the performers, warmer mid-range, cleaner highs, and more slam in the bass. And my GCD-750 is a great CD player. I wouldn't say it is night and day, but it is a significant improvement. I was skeptical of the format of a music server, so the fact that it offered BETTER music reproduction than my GCD-750 source is truely a remarkable achievement for a unit you can pick up for $1700, if you watch the sales. The feature set is also stunning and exceeded, by far, my expectations. With over 600 CDs ripped into the unit, I am now like a baby in a candy shop with every single tune in my collection not more than 5-10 seconds away. I remember carefully opening the unit as not to destroy any of the packaging expecting I might take advantage of the 30-day return policy. Well, the box and packaging is now downstairs in the basement for good. It is truly the finest audio component I've ever purchased. At $1800 it's not chump change, but if you've been thinking about a music server, or even a stand-alone DAC, you can't go wrong with the Logitech Transporter. 12 of 15 people found the following review helpful: Excellent, but a bit pricy Logitech Transporter I have had this for a few weeks and so far it is great and the sound quality is much better then I expected. by Ken Goldsberry Transporter Music Player This product is right on. It gets some great music off the Web to your stereo system in a quality way. You will like the results, it's worth the money. by P. Eversole Audiophile quality meets iPod convenience The Transporter isn't cheap, but its fairly priced for all it does. The server software it relies on integrates cleanly with iTunes if desired, but is perfectly capable of... by David Claussen Had it for over a year i still love it! I'm a bit of an audiophile tech geek and I love this thing. It's actually easy to set up and for the geeks of us out there, the DAC sounds great, easily the best DAC in the price... by Christopher Watson |
Sunday, January 29, 2012
NETGEAR Roku XD Player NTV250
Manufacturer : Netgear Model : NTV250-100NAS ASIN : B00441EEF8 Price : 89.99$ Last Price : 89.99$(Discount 0% See Special Offers  Product DescriptionNow you can instantly watch your favorite online entertainment on TV thanks to the Netgear NTV250-100NAS Roku XD Player. It features built-in wireless and its compatible with any television. 11 of 11 people found the following review helpful: Simple This review is from: NETGEAR Roku XD Player NTV250 (Electronics) My ultimate goal is to rid myself of subscription cable television! My cable provider does not offer a la carte pricing, therefore I must subscribe to literally 100's of channels to get the roughly four HD channels I want (at almost $100 a month). So I decided to give this a try and see if it fits my needs, and so far, so good. On my connection(s): 1. Via Ethernet to home router. 2. Via HDMI to 1080p LCD. Setup took less than ten minutes to complete, including hardware registration with ROKU and Amazon Video on Demand. I was pleasantly surprised how fast the player found my account at Amazon and all of my prior video purchases were waiting to be viewed on the player. The remote is simple with only twelve buttons. On viewing content, the player buffered very quickly and began playing almost immediately. There is quite a bit of free content that can be viewed as well, and was easy to get via the on-screen guide, etc. Will end this review with... I've only had it for a few days, so my opinion could change, and if it does, I will update this review. Update 12/15/2010 Many reviewers have experienced issues connecting wirelessly, so I decided to try it for myself! My wireless connection and settings: Router: Netgear Dual Band Wireless-N Gigabit model WNDR3700 Broadcast SSID: Enabled Security: WPA2-PSK[AES] (8-63 characters or 64 hex digits) Video Network: Enabled I disconnected my Ethernet connection, and selected settings, then wireless. The player displayed every wireless connection it could find (all my neighbors were listed). I found my SSID, entered my credentials and within 30 seconds I was connected and scanning my Amazon account. With the above said, I did not encounter the same issues as other reviewers trying to connect wirelessly. I understand their frustration and that is what prompted me to try wireless for myself, and unfortunately, I did not have any problems. I feel for my fellow consumers and hope they have found a product that suits their needs, however, this works for me and I am extremely pleased. Now, as for wireless, I am going back to Ethernet, it is faster! I am going to purchase another unit for the living room. I hope this helps, best regards! This review is from: NETGEAR Roku XD Player NTV250 (Electronics) I purchased this Netgear branded Roku mainly as my local BestBuy had it for similar price as here, but also I know that the distance I have to connect over is long and I use a Netgear N router, understanding that there were some negative reviews of the device here. Signal has to go thru several walls- 2 outside walls and one inside wall and prolly 50-60 feet distance as the crow flies. Using wpa encryption I had no problem whatsoever connecting with the netgear router. Setup for the various channels mostly painless but still requires use of a PC logged into my various content sites to enter a code to enable the device to recieve streaming content, similar to how you might configure your wii to get netflix content. Noticing that the placement of the device is pretty important for my signal strength as I am not close to router and putting it in the cabinet with the tv and close to floor significantly weakens connectivity, I have it on top of a small end-table near tv and on netflix most of the time will get four dots for quality. With my DSL connection I am not able to get HD well but the picture quality does seem to be pretty close to that of a dvd. Some disappointment that cannot get free Hulu(that I know of yet) but Hulu+ is there. Mostly easy to use and the device seems to be well ventilated-so far does not seem to be getting too hot. Otherwise seems to be very similar to the midlevel Roku branded device. For the kind of stuff I would look at with netflix streaming the video quality would be "good enough" especially considering the low price of this device. device is really tiny, much smaller than I expected. does not appear to have an on/off switch and apparently just times out and powers down and is reactivated by just pressing any button on the remote/changing tv input. 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful: Lousy Service from Netgear This review is from: NETGEAR Roku XD Player NTV250 (Electronics) I bought two of these Netgear Roku's from Radio Shack & installed both of them (easy installation) & I had a Netflix account so I started watching instant movies & it was great but one day I was watching one of my Roku's & we had a power blip (without power for 8 or 10 seconds)& when the power came back on my Netgear Roku would no longer work, I called Roku & they tried to help me get it fixed..all it needed was a new code number & it would not get a new code, so I was turned over to Netgear & the only way I could get a new code number was to pay $69.95 for 6 months extended warranty & they also offered me 30 minutes of help for $40.00, I had these Roku's for about 6 months & Netgear warranty was good for 90 days, I refused to pay for a new code, I don't consider it to be fair to me..I do consider it to be a scam by Netgear... wireless not with HDMI I bought the NTV 250 around christmas time and used it without any trouble until a few days ago when I finally purchased an HDMI cable for my new 42" Plasma. by Jonathan Stein Great!!!!! $90.00 is way cheaper than buying an internet TV. Works great to stream Netflix and Hulu Plus in my bedroom. by Rence Netgear Roku NTV250 - not worth it Netgear Roku NTV250 - not worth it. I wanted to buy the Roku XDS w/ USB support but to since it wasn't available in the local store, I got this NTV250 instead. by H. Sachan Does NOT connect to Wifi!!!!!! We had the same experience as others - this is NOT ready for primetime! Will not connect to our Belkin router. by Putney Mountain Have 3-4 Hours to Throw Away?--Just Try to Connect Roku Wirelessly Purchased the Netgear branded Roku XD yesterday. I had seen many negative comments about problems with wireless setup, but I thought perhaps they were posted by wi-fi novices... by Ed in Wisconsin |
Viewsonic NexTV VMP75 1080p Network Media Player - Stream Netflix, Internet radios/videos & access to Twitter, Facebook w/free HDMI cable
Manufacturer : ViewSonic Model : VMP75 ASIN : B003JQLI9O Price : 149.99$ See Special Offers  Product DescriptionThe NexTV VMP75 supports a full range of the most popular video, audio and image formats and can be connected to your home entertainment system. With its web browsing capability (not available for rich Flash content) and custom RSS feeds, your connected TV experience is greatly expanded.Amazon.com Product DescriptionStreaming internet content is easy with the ViewSonic® NexTV® VMP75 Full HD 1080p network media player. Enjoy movies, videos, music and photos from your storage devices or access content from YouTube, Live365, ShoutCast internet radio, Flickr and more. Now you can access the Netflix streaming platform with your Netflix subscription to access thousands of movies and TV shows instantly. The NexTV VMP75 supports a full range of the most popular video, audio and image formats and can be connected to your home entertainment system. With its web browsing capability (not available for rich Flash content) and custom RSS feeds, your connected TV experience is greatly expanded.
What's in the Box
Specification & availability are subject to change without notice. Corporate names & trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective companies. Copyright(c) 2010 ViewSonic Corporation. All rights reserved. 21 of 22 people found the following review helpful: Mixed Bag of Tricks This review is from: Viewsonic NexTV VMP75 1080p Network Media Player - Stream Netflix, Internet radios/videos & access to Twitter, Facebook w/free HDMI cable (Electronics) This device is small and the size is great for mobility (if you choose) and for the fact that it can easily fit behind mounted TVs or stuck in a corner somewhere. Of course, no matter where you put the player, it will need to be visible for the remote. It's a nice, compact device that stays cool while running. I loved the fact that the player would access ISO files, but in my tests the success was limited. Playback was slow at times, but that could have been my connection. However, sound would cut out and I would get a connection error at times. As for Netflix access, it did a pretty good job. Connecting to Netflix would take some time (actually, many of features for this player took time to load and I would definitely call this device SLOW), but once Netflix was loaded up you could browse your instant queue and get going with your movie. There were a couple of instances that sound wouldn't work and I was forced to exit the Netflix feature and restart it. Another negative to the device was that wireless was not included. I know many people have wired connections, but many do not. With most of my TVs I do have a wired connection and I tested this device both on a wired and wireless connection because I really wanted to put this in a room that had only wireless available. In this day and age, the manufacturer should include wireless. I had to buy one of the USB wireless dongles that was recommended by ViewSonic (and let me say their list was small and the devices were hard to find). I hate to list so many negatives and not list some positive aspects, but for me, the negatives were a sore spot. For my particular purpose, this device was going to primarily serve up Netflix and it worked perfectly (minus the SLOW startup time) about 90% of the time. However, I think some better firmware from ViewSonic might fix some of the real problems. All in all, it's a decent NetFlix player, but there are too many devices on the market that can already play NetFlix well. Personally, I'd consider waiting for another model from ViewSonic. 18 of 19 people found the following review helpful: Finally working This review is from: Viewsonic NexTV VMP75 1080p Network Media Player - Stream Netflix, Internet radios/videos & access to Twitter, Facebook w/free HDMI cable (Electronics) I got this primarily for Netflix. The first unit I received had a bad HDMI port on it. I had to turn it upside down and wiggle the cable in order for any picture to show on my TV. I held it down in this position to see how it worked. Everything looked OK except the Netflix had no sound. Well this unit went back the next day. The second unit came and the HDMI port was OK on this one. I tried Netflix and NO SOUND AGAIN!!! This time I reported the issue to Viewsonic and got a response back quickly. Naturally they wanted me to validate I knew how to hook it up. I responded that the sound was fine with playing network files and was fine on YouTube...just Neflix. The response was a thank you and they said a possible fix is in the works. Well...yesterday (Sept 7th) I checked for firmware updated and there was one!!! I downloaded and installed and now Netflix works. I like this box now. Reminder to all...download the latest firmware before trying anything. They are adding fixes all the time now that people are reporting problems. ***Edit Nov 25**** There is another new firmware update. It fixed my HDMI sync issues, allows zip codes for location, seems to work better with network shares, seems twice as fast responding to commands, and loads during power up faster. It is getting there..just wish all this was done before they launched. Right now I am glad I bought this. 14 of 16 people found the following review helpful: An expensive Netflix player This review is from: Viewsonic NexTV VMP75 1080p Network Media Player - Stream Netflix, Internet radios/videos & access to Twitter, Facebook w/free HDMI cable (Electronics) I exchanged this unit after a week thinking that all the problems and bugs meant I had a defective player. Nope. The second one had the same problems. I originally purchased this unit to replace my Asus O!Play so I could stream Netflix, but have given up and gone back to the Asus player which I adore. Pros (there are only 2) It plays Netflix well The menu interface is attractive Cons (sit back and relax - this will take a while) Playback of ISO files from attached USB hard-drives was really, really bad. Sound cuts out for no reason, fixed by rewinding a rewatching, but it happens a lot. The 'resume playback' feature worked on 10% of the files, and if you chose 'ok', it would play for 10 seconds and show a 'connection interrupted' error and just stop playing. It was connected via USB. The unit was hardwired to my network through a router - but would not play back anything from any computer on my network. I could see the files - just not play them. The time display would not stay programmed. Literally every third time I turned this unit on, the time was incorrect. It's prominent on the menu page, but I finally gave up and let it show the incorrect time. Pressing play after pausing caused the machine to stop playing your file and freeze the entire unit. The only remedy I found was turning the power off and then on again. Finally - the customer service from the website was horrible. The automated troubleshooter was a huge waste of time and when I finally got an email from what I think was an actual person, it was a form email and didn't address my issues at all. wifi does not work I have writen to the costomer service email address for more than 3 times but never got any reply regarding to my question and request. by S Y VMP75 Viewsonic Recommended by a friend who is using internet base downloading data, movies,network sharing,internet radio,Netflix and others. by Jose M. Garcia Great product! I don't know what I would do w/o this device! I have all my movies on external hard drive. I just plug it in and play, real simple, transportable, and small. by Gil Overall, good product, but some glitches. The netflix and internet radio features of the product are amazing and work perfectly. I've yet to be able to use the internet browser though as it freezes up or wont open the... by Jessica problems with viesonic vmp75 many problems i found. 1-when i use hdmi connection the sound is cuting. 2-the netflix doesn't work in canada with this product. by midou Nice player..Go for it... Overall grt product. Just two concerns. First, the remote is not enough for web browsing. The should have a usb keyboard support for typing. by KD Viewsonic VMP75 - A Media Player that plays all formates; MKV, others Viewsonic VMP75 is a Media Player that can play virtually any video format introduced. I download documentaries, and some movies, in MKV format. by Mr. Richard Z. Kleczek my experience - Very slow when you open. - The internet browser is not working. - The remote control doesn't respond from the first/second press,also you should be... by A.B Player is Junk my friends and i have been tring out all the media players, on this player started out great, I loved the setup and menu, one of the best. by Goautosales Best media player the device is good for its money, is not as slow as people describe it to be, if you know what you are doing it works great, i have had no issues with it, support numbers helps... by ricky | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Diamond HD Media Wonder Full HD Media Player
Manufacturer : Diamond Multimedia Model : MP1000 ASIN : B003L0QCMQ Price : 119.99$ Last Price : 74.99$(Discount 37.5031252604384% See Special Offers  Product DescriptionDiamond HD Media Wonder 1000 Full HD Media Player (1080p) 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: Small and versatile, plays smooth 1080P This review is from: Diamond HD Media Wonder Full HD Media Player (Electronics) I have had it for 3 weeks, plays movies without problems (my DVD and BluRay backups, mp3, mp4...). Playing movies was smooth - a pleasant experience, no jerking of any kind. Your experience might be different - I was using 7200rpm external SATA hard drive. Being hard of hearing the Closed Captioning support was a total must for me and it does the job albeit not extensively, picture encoded captions are not supported (the kind of CC your TV show when receiving broadcast signal, which are the only captions some movies have, rendering it unwatchable for hearing disabled), only those captions are supported which you can directly pick from movie stream (if any). Would be nice to have it remember your captioning preference instead it make you to turns captions on every time you change file, default is captioning OFF. Lackluster media browsing, in folder with many media files it take forever to find what you want, player attempting preview anything you have in your list and the browser line is on it thus delaying greatly your efforts go to next file, really annoys me. there are no tools to hasten file search and internet media support is mediocre at best, would welcome at least some YouTube and Pandora support if not Hulu and other options. For its price it seems to be best media player on the market right now, considering there is no hard drive included it is still a bit expensive. 4 of 5 people found the following review helpful: Not disappointed to far.. This review is from: Diamond HD Media Wonder Full HD Media Player (Electronics) I bought this product on the recommendation of a friend. It's been able to play the .mkv files that I have. The audio and video remain in sync after forward and rewind of the file. The remote has a volume control (1-32 levels). It had to be kept at max. and my TV volume at a reasonably high side (+50 or so, I keep it at around 18-20 for regular TV programs) to get a decent audible output. Still that's the main problem. If the files don't have good audio you'd need headphones to really enjoy the movie. Also it couldn't play some .flv files that I have which the player claims to be able to. Now I can play those on my laptop, so I know the files aren't corrupt. Also it couldn't play the 3gp converted to .avi files (from my cell phone). My old Philips DVD player can play the audio track out of that at least. This fellow says the file is unsupported. Apart from that it loads my .jpg images real fast, and displays them without much effort. I still haven't played .avi files that could be played, but I am sure it will. The best part of this player I found is that it remembers where I stopped watching the movie, and prompts me whether I wished to continue from that break point. That saves me a lot of time forwarding to that point, since I generally watch a movie in parts. I had to forward (32x) on my old DVD player. All in all, I am *not* disappointed with it. Definitely not thrilled. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: Overlooked GEM of Media Streamers w/extensive format support! This review is from: Diamond HD Media Wonder Full HD Media Player (Electronics) I've been looking for a well-featured Media Streamer for about a $100 for a while now and found this little gem at a local Fry's store (TX). Got it home, hooked up to one of my TVs and wired Ethernet and was glad to be able to stream all of my downloaded/converted video & music + stored photo I've got over the years from my local server (Acer Aspire H340). I've tried AVI, DivX, XviD, WMV, MOV, MKV, FLV (got a ton of these) - all played fine, no problems! :) Small Preview window on the right of the browser window can be turned off to speed up the search for a particular file. While everyone's talking about other well-known MSs this one is practically unknown to the public - undeservingly so! I'm glad I didn't go for the other ones - this one's got the features others don't have and the competitive price! it's not bad but not something to brag about I had it for about 2 weeks. Pros: *it can support the input format i want. *when it plays it plays smoothly, no hiccup. by D. Nguyen great media player this little box does everything the spec page said it would, set up is easy enough the remote works well and has decent reception. by jeremy Diamond HD Media Wonder review Great product to access your downloaded "avi" files on your PC and play back to your HD TV .. I've only used the wired network method which played the movies flawlessly... by JimW Does a lot, but not everything. I bought this product after doing extensive research. I compared the specs of this item with others in its class. by Twinbrother |
Sony DMXNV1 Bravia Internet Video Link
Manufacturer : Sony Model : ASIN : B000RFURG0 Price : 199.99$ See Special Offers  Product Description 116 of 127 people found the following review helpful: DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!! This review is from: Sony DMXNV1 Bravia Internet Video Link (Electronics) Unless you are prepared to watch video clips, from 1-5 minutes, with poor video (Not HDTV quailty), poor sound (Not Digital quality). I was lead to believe I would be able to watch full length movies and TV shows, not trailers. What a laugh!!! Don't bite!! Don't waste your money!! Spend it on a Blu-ray player instead. This review is from: Sony DMXNV1 Bravia Internet Video Link (Electronics) When Sony announced the Bravia Internet Video Link, the concept sounded great. VOD on my TV controlled by the same remote and all native. BUT this product is nothing more than a dead-end. The content is lackluster at best and totally out of date. The video quality is no better than a YouTube-ish website and the sound as abysmal. Its such a sad shame that Sony botched this up. It really does not add up to a worthwhile purchase. I do hope Sony learns from this mistake and puts in a more scalable VOD system directly into their Bravia TVs. 34 of 39 people found the following review helpful: Improving content condition This review is from: Sony DMXNV1 Bravia Internet Video Link (Electronics) Though the price point of $299 USD is still disproportionate to the benefit, the recently announced addition of Amazon downloads makes this a more compelling option. That said, if one already has an Apple TV and/or a Roku box, you are likely already getting better entertainment value in the long run compared to this device. If Amazon offers a superior VOD selection than the current 'direct to TV' streaming options, this could quickly change. However, we will ALL have to wait until the new VOD service is launched to 'all' existing Internet Link users (not just select ones) later this summer. Don't buy this This was a pleasant surprise in the box when I bought a Bravia TV in November '08. Features seemed limited, but Sony promised more to come. by Ephraim Vishniac no title With today technology, only waste of money to buy this product! don't waste your money, i bought this about six months to nine months ago, and now it is in the trash. by Starq Changed how we watch TV We got the DMX-NV1 as a free add-on when we purchased our Sony Bravia TV (KDL-46WL140). While I will admit that the availability of content at the beginning was limited, once... by Brother Gump Works well but missing embedded wireless interface The DMXNV1 provides the standard Sony network interface directly on your Sony Bravia TV. It works as advertised; however, there are some areas that are less than optimal:... by Bruce D. Miller Works Great for Netflix I read a lot of so-so to bad reviews of this. But I got one anyway because I found out it now supports Netflix. I could not be happier with it. by M. D. McCord Great device to give internet connectivity to Sony Bravia Does what it is advertised to do. We have been amazed at the video quality and speed we have gotten from high def shows downloaded from Amazon and Netflix. I highly recommend this. by S. Moore Nice Ideal, but missed the mark What a great idea but the product has too many issues. 1. No real customer support. I had a Slacker Radio issue and Slacker said Sony had to help and Sony blamed Slacker... by Newport Tom Constant Problems I purchased this product in September and it has been down frequently. I had difficulty initially with the internet connection and when I called the Sony support line, I was told... by ljh Sony Bravia Internet Video Link This is an overall fantastic product. A "must-have" if you own a Bravia-ready TV. The internet content is great and you can also use Netflix right out of the box... by Anthony C. Serrano Sony Bravia Internet Video Link I ordered this product along with my Sony 52XBR9 TV. It is working as advertised. It was easy to hook up and it works fine with my TV. by Lawrence of Lake Bluff |
Monday, January 23, 2012
NETGEAR Digital Entertainer Live (Black)
Manufacturer : Netgear Inc Model : EVA2000 ASIN : B002HWRJXU Price : 120$ Last Price : 120$(Discount 0% See Special Offers  Product DescriptionWith the power of NETGEAR Digital Entertainer Live you can enjoy some of the same entertainment you love on your computer, now on your big screen TV. From your own digital media stored on your computer or external USB drives, to YouTube, online videos, and streaming live Internet TV--NETGEAR Digital Entertainer Live turns your TV into a super hub for your favorite entertainment. Your Digital Media Collection on the Big Screen The Digital Entertainer Live (DE Live) is a compact HD TV media player that connects directly to your TV and home media. Now you can access your digital media collection stored on your computer and storage devices, and enjoy it directly on your TV. DE Live features two USB 2.0 ports that connect directly to external USB storage devices, and an Ethernet port that connects to your home network, so you can access the Internet, computers, and network attached storage devices, such as the NETGEAR® ReadyNASTM Duo. The Digital Entertainer Live also features an HDMI port that connects directly to your HD TV or regular RCA jacks for connecting to older analog TVs Thanks to the NETGEAR Digital Entertainer Live, you can finally enjoy your digital media on the big-screen and big-sound glory of your home entertainment center. YouTube and Internet Videos without a Computer DE Live lets you enjoy YouTube on your television. Instead of huddling around a small computer screen to watch the latest funny video, now you can show it on your TV for everyone to enjoy. Browse "Top Rated" or "Feature" videos or login into your YouTube account to enjoy your favorite playlists all without a computer. Finding other videos is just as simple: use the remote control to scroll through the menu or enter keywords and the NETGEAR Digital Entertainer live will automatically display matches dynamically as you key in letters. In seconds, another fun Internet video will be showing on your T 74 of 76 people found the following review helpful: Internet streaming and standard def playback is fine, but users wanting hi-def playback should look elsewhere This review is from: NETGEAR Digital Entertainer Live (Black) (Personal Computers) First is the question of what resolution this device actually supports. It is not listed here on Amazon, in Netgear's press release, or on the product specifications page, and no mention is made on the box except the phrase "HD TV media player". Netgear is perhaps deliberately vague on this point. If by "HD", they mean being able to connect to an HDTV, then that is true. If they mean "HD" as in 720p/1080p, then it is not true. Despite having HDMI out, this device does not output at 1080p at all. It also doesn't play 720p files as far as I can tell. Every one of the hi-res MKV's I tested off my external hard drive failed (18 random movie files @720p and 1080i, H.264 encodes), producing an "unable to display video of this resolution" error. Similarly, the AVI's and WMV's at 720p that I tested also failed. As far as I am able to determine, it can play only up to 480p. I tried a 720x400 .MKV that did play, so Matroska support is working, but I was unable to fast-forward or rewind the file. Other low resolution .AVI files, .MP4's played without an issue. The device did not recognize any MKV's off my NAS through UPnP (Universal Plug and Play). MKV files on my other server, running Twonky (DLNA software) did show up, however, they could not play since they were 720p. Next is the lack of subtitle support, or non-Western character sets. The supported system languages are German, English, and French. No Unicode support means filenames and folders will be illegible, showing up as empty squares instead (see picture in gallery). For internet TV, this product works as described. YouTube and other streaming videos work flawlessly. You can watch videos from all over the world. There are literally hundreds of free internet channels listed, divided by world region. I tested a few CCTV channels (China), Aljezeera English, an Indian channel, Odoroku.tv (Japan), C-SPAN, some Spanish channels, as well as some random others. Almost all of them worked without a hitch, after a brief period of buffering (length depends on network conditions). A few sites couldn't be reached, or failed to buffer and kicked me back to the channels menu. Again, because these are free sites streamed from the web, picture quality is very low, though watchable and a nice option for those who don't want to watch them on their computers. You can bookmark them for fast retrieval. I found the variety of sites listed here to be a pleasant surprise. They represent a wide range of interests and are from all over the world. (These are all free sites you can access from your computer also.) The picture quality is usually terrible, however, since most internet videos are low-res videos (320x240) that are heavily compressed. When blown up 5x or more to fullscreen on your HDTV, the compression artifacts will be much more apparent and you'll see a lot of macroblocking and pixelation. On a smaller, non-LCD TV, this might be acceptable. Because you'll be spending a lot of time pushing buttons to navigate around, due to no keyboard or mouse, I've included a series of screenshots to give you a better idea of how the interface works. Remote control response time can be sluggish, so you'll be seeing the revolving dial a lot. Worse is that you can't hit "Back" on the remote to cancel a read command. You have to wait until it finishes trying to read the file or network. During web streamed videos, I couldn't fast-forward. Searching for videos was easy through the onscreen keyboard, but overall I found the interface clunky and not all that attractive, made worse by that spinning dial that popped up with almost every command I pushed. To sum up, this product fails to meet expectations and went back to Amazon Returns after 2 days. It is NOT capable of hi-def playback. It only plays back standard def video. If you enjoy watching blocky internet streams on your TV and don't care about hi-def, then maybe this device would be of value. There is no way to select stream quality from the sites that offer HD streams. 20 of 21 people found the following review helpful: Makes Internet streaming easy, lots of content This review is from: NETGEAR Digital Entertainer Live (Black) (Personal Computers) This product is great for my needs. I don't require the "ultimate" in streaming power; rather, I watch a lot of stuff on the Internet. The Digital Entertainer Live is perfect for this. In all the time I have been using it, it hasn't locked up or stalled even once (honestly) and streams equally well from my network and the Internet (admittedly, I have a super fast 15 mbps connection.) It detects all of my videos with no problem, I didn't even have to "scan" my network for files, it just found them - I was sharing them from a few different NAS devices. So it was virtually plug and play, not something you find very often. There's a huge selection of Internet channels you can watch; I especially enjoy the Joost channels, as there are many full television shows available. I'll admit I've wasted many hours poking around in YouTube, too! The search feature works better than I expected and quickly finds what I'm looking for. You can even hook up a USB drive if you don't want to stream videos, a nice feature for those who don't have a NAS. I didn't spend a lot of time streaming radio or live television, but those features are available. There are a few things that the Elite lacks, such as not being able to stream full DVD's (such as an .ISO) and the fact that to stream Netflix or Hulu, a separate software suite (PlayOn) must be purchased. I was disappointed in this since Netflix is what I use the most, but the software isn't too expensive. I've heard a few people say "well I could just get the Netflix box" but the Live does so much more... it's easy to forget that is not only streams Internet content but is also a full featured network media streamer with a USB port also. The remote and menu system leave a bit to be desired; sometimes the delay between button press and menu reaction is somewhat slow (and I am ultra impatient) but it isn't too bad, just isn't as "snappy" as I would like. I don't think these are "downsides" though per se; the Elite is a great value at $150, just some things to be aware of. So if you are looking for a low cost Internet "entertainment box" that's small and easy to use, and don't care about streaming DVD rips, this is a great choice. I love it so far! 14 of 14 people found the following review helpful: Just ok.. it works.. This review is from: NETGEAR Digital Entertainer Live (Black) (Personal Computers) This unit does what it says: shows your media and some Internet content on your TV. So pretty much all of its "specifications" are its pros. But I'd like to talk about its cons: Navigation/user interface is not much different than that of "flashback to the past" gaming console toys - that is, very primitive. It is usually just plain gray text over black background. My initial disappointment was however, the poor quality of display. Unlike the menu screens of a DVD, the screens displayed by this unit are very blurry - the same way your laptop would look when attached to the TV through S-video connection. The video output of this device is not optimized for TV. I am very convinced that this story wouldn't change when it is plugged into an HDTV through HDMI - previous reviews already mentioned how it is not really HD ready. This box is pretty much the same thing as the VuNow box, offering various streaming Internet TV broadcasts. It does have a large number TV channels but you need to know at least 5 different languages to fully make use of this feature. I am not crazy about HD yet and just wanted Internet content like Hulu and Netflix on my TV. Don't forget that these services are not inherent to this device - PlayOn software is required, which works on many other similar products. Internet radio is Shoutcast only. It hangs and needs power cycling. Video play staggers when there is fast panning of camera. I initially went with this device because I didn't really need HD media player and that I liked the idea of Inernet TV. However, overall, this device has been a disappointment, including these features that I've been looking forward to. I now ordered WDTV Live - here are the benefits over this device: - Future proof - supports 1080p, Dolby, DTS. - Works with many different wireless adapters, unlike Netgear. - Menu options look beautiful and sophisticated, instead of an Atari game. - Free services include Pandora and Live365 radio instead of useless Internet TV and random(bad) selection of Internet radio. - Works with PlayOn the same way as Netgear. - Same price as Netgear. Consequently, you get a lot more for the same price. At the time of my purchase, Netgear + Netgear Wi-Fi adapter compared to WDTV Live + Wi-Fi adapter were the same price - except for a difference of few cents. can't connect to the internet after I switch to another internet provider,this thing can't detect any internet connection.I don't see much content in this thing.Roku is much better. by Calvin Chin Good but not better than roku The Roku box is better but you can actually get everything you get on the roku on it with the use of playon. If you don't have a half ass decent computer playon sucks. by R. Stricklin Doesn't work often enough... I cannot get it to work consistently. It's just not compatible with Windows 7. I've changed media server software on the computer, updated the netgear, done everything I can think... by Taharka This thing is awful! This media player is awful! PROS - None REGULAR - Connects to internet - Built like all media players. by Bernardo Gomez Dont waste your time or money This product is conceptually good and seems to predict the future alternative to cable and satellite as far as accessing tv channels in a more cost effective way. by Dwight Banks Gotta say my Netgear EVA2000 is a good streamer I declare Netgear EVA2000 is a good streamer because watching movies with my EVA2000 is wonderful, there are no hitches and videos and music stream in peacefully... by D. Mccauley Adequate and temeramental UPDATE 12/9/2010: After using this device wirelessly for over six months, I am tired of dealing with it's inability to work with my Netgear router. by T. BOREK Weak weak device I've been looking for a digital video player so I could play videos from my NAS device. On a whim, I bought this the Netgear Digital Entertainer Live. by Militant Liberal NETGEAR EVA2000 works great with YouTube The NETGEAR Digital Entertainer Live provides a way for me to watch Internet shows on my TV. I can watch YouTube without a computer. by neko712 Awesome Device An excellent device to stream movies to your HDTV. I added the wireless option and found it was very easy to configure and get going. by Alan L. Taylor |
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