Media Distribution/Extenders
If you recall from our review in December of the Roku XD|S media player, one of the dissapointments was lack of official USB file playback support. Roku has now made it official and added in mkv container support to boot. The official Roku USB Media Player channel was released this afternoon. It is now available in the Channel Store and […]
Read moreIn the past we’ve had some pretty good thoughts about Dune’s players, with Andrew really liking the BD Prime 3.0, but that was at a much higher price point. Don’t forget if you’re in the market for a Media Player to take a look at our Buyer’s Guide Comparison charts, which we’ll need to add this bad boy to it. […]
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Another day, another new media player. This one has an interesting twist as its targeted at the European market and supports DVB-T television sources. Interesting idea, and the guys at WGS don’t have any major issues with it, but man their UI is not impressive at all. Eminent’s EM7095 USB Media Player DVB-T is the first media receiver we’ve reviewed […]
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I’ve never heard of Mede8er reviewed over in the UK, so who knows if it will make it over here. The cost seems a bit high for what it does, and we can’t actually see any action shots from the reviewer…but it’s Sunday after all. It supports all current video codecs: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 ASP (DivX, XviD), MPEG-4 AVC (H.264, […]
Read moreA coupe of quick stories from Engadget this morning hightlighting the advances in streaming services and the associated hardware. 3D Movies via Vudu next week VUDU first to stream 3D Movies directly on connected HDTVs, Blu-ray Players and Entertainment Systems from FUNAI Electronics, LG Electronics, Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America, Philips, PlayStationÒ3, Samsung Electronics America, Inc, Toshiba, and VIZIO and devices […]
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AC Ryan has been developing a large number of media players recently and seem to be doing a good job of it. If you’re in the market for a Media Player, make sure to take a look at our Comparison Guide. While I haven’t updated it yet with this particular mini, it does have its predecessor from AC Ryan. I’m […]
Read moreRemember that big GoogleTV that was supposed to revolutionize the way people watch TV? Well…hold off on that for a bit I guess. I’d be very surprised if Google really was backing out, my guess is they are going to just improve things they went wrong with. Better to realize this sooner than later I suppose. NYTimes.com is reporting that […]
Read moreYou will see alot more of these posts as I plan on moving away from my local cable company and move towards Internet based services such us Netflix and Hulu. Random point aside, Roku has a small update for their XR box that will allow 1080p playback. A few other goodies are tucked inside as well. Click on over to […]
Read moreOk, so I watched this video and all I could think of is…that’s not a “snap.” But trying to get past that, the idea here is cool and no reason it couldn’t be ported over to your laptop as well. Would love to get my hands on it though to run it through its paces. It’s also sounds like you’re […]
Read moreSince we can’t review every media player out there listed in our Media Player Comparison Guide, it’s great to see other websites help out and handle some of the work. Here’s the new revision of the WD TV Live Hub, with some nice changes. In the realm of standalone media players, we’ve been impressed by Western Digital’s TV HD, which […]
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