Tag: Media Distribution/Extenders

Our friend and fellow MVP Ian Dixon caught wind of a new Beta OS available for the new AppleTV, and I’m a bit in between. On the one hand, I think it’s great the community is stepping and making the AppleTV a more powerful device. But on the other, paying $20 for features that are already available in a lot […]

These devices seem to be coming up in swarms recently. We’ve got a couple in-house that we’re working on reviews, this one seems fairly comparable as well. The computer has become increasingly more important toentertainment in the home then it ever has before. So much, that it’ssparked the coming Internet TV revolution. Consumers want to be able to do everything […]

Interesting anaylsis given that most people defnitely think of the Xbox as a gaming machine. I know we have plenty of forum readers here who use their Xboxes as extenders, so I know we contribute to the 40%. Speaking to attendees of BMO Capital Markets Digital Entertainment Conference in New York, Dennis Durkin, corporate vice president and chief operating and […]

Have you guys heard about this? Apparently over the weekend some users at TGB started complaining that their Linksys DMA Media Center Extenders pretty much stopped working. Ed’s still trying to get to the bottom of this, but it’s pretty bad press for Microsoft. The Green Button discussion thread contains what appears to be a reasonable, if slightly complicated workaround […]

Roku boxes keep getting churned out with a nice array of features at affordable prices. Here’s a review of the XDS highest end version. Finally, the highest-priced model is the Roku XDS, which lists for $99.99. This is the model we tested. Buyers get all of the previous features, as well as dual-band wireless technology, for even more bandwidth. This […]

We’ve covered a lot of news on the new GoogleTV, what it may mean for the home theater market and crowd, especially for the price. Here’s an in-depth review of the box with lots of screenshots and videos for you to make your own conclusion. Of course, almost none of this web video would play without a robust Flash implementation, […]

Some nice features on this new WD device, and what’s more pleasing is that they’re keeping to the Media Player market. What does concern me however, is the number of existing bugs which passed onto this from previous generations…hopefully WD doesn’t get in the habit of abandoning early adopters. Today, Western Digital is introducing their 3G flagship product, the WDTV […]

I was most interested in the ESPN portion of this and unfortunately am a bit underwhelmed, although the inclusion of avatars makes it somewhat interesting. The Netflix interface is pretty slick however, but again…if you have a dedicated HTPC you won’t be switching over to the console full-time for any of these features anyways. Still I think it’s a good […]