Asus O!Play Mini Plus Reviewed

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Asus has been making their O!Play line of media streamers for a couple of years. We even reviewed one of the earlier models, the O!Play HDP-R1. The folks over at VR-Zone got the opportunity to put the O!Play Mini Plus through its paces. Asus has certainly joined Apple and Roku in working to slim down their media streamers, if not their […]

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Boxee Box Getting Ready to Receive Live TV

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The Boxee Box is going to be receiving a 1.5 update soon, and with it will come the option to add a USB TV tuner for over-the-air and unencrypted cable television broadcasts. From the sound of things, this new live TV functionality is going to be prominently positioned on the home screen and include some sort of social media integration. […]

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Overview of Instant Watch Browser for Netflix on Roku

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Despite being the original device partner for Netflix Watch Instantly, I’ve always found Roku’s Netflix app to be fairly basic. Even gaining search functionality took much longer than I expected. Of course, I was spoiled by WMC’s Netflix app which, despite becoming increasingly flaky as Microsoft neglects WMC, is still the best Netflix app I have ever used. However, every […]

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Dune HD Smart H1 Media Streamer

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Connected media streamers, like the pair from Roku and NETGEAR that we reviewed recently, focus on providing access to IP content but generally cannot handle local media well enough (if at all) to be a viable unifying solution.  Until we have enough bandwidth, and services able to deliver quality audio/video services over the Internet, those devices act as a supplement […]

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Boxee iPad App Updated to Version 1.2

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It seems no media streamer is complete these days without an accompanying mobile device app, and the Boxee Box is no exception. We liked the Boxee iPad when it launched a few months ago and it just keeps getting better. Like many other streamer apps, Boxee for iPad now includes remote control functionality, along with a collection of improvements to remote […]

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Apple TV 4.4.2 Update Released

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The last couple of Apple TV updates have not gone as smoothly as one would hope. Well, Apple is game to take another stab at it if you are. The Apple TV 4.4.2 update has been released with the promise that it will resolve the bricking issues that cropped up with the 4.4.1 update. Anyone willing to be first to […]

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