NETGEAR Digital Entertainer HD EVA8000

Advantages: HD footage anywhere in the house, quality
Disadvantages: wi-fi not always capable of HD streaming

...A great addition to any HD tv you may have in your house, perfect for a secondary TV such as a bedroom this will allow you to stream from your PC to the TV over wifi in HD. Although there isn't exactly what could be considered a huge amount of HD on the net you are legally allowed to rip Blu-Ray/HD-DVD movies. Streaming devices for music and standard definition video have been around for a couple of years now and have done their job perfectly, it is just recently that HD streamers have become available for reasonable prices. The EVA8000 coming in at just below £200 is a lot cheaper than a blu-ray player with more features. Connections: -Scart -S-Video -Component Video -A 1080i HDMI socket (although this will be upgraded to 1080p via new firmware) -Phono Output - Coax and Optical Digital outs -Ethernet Jack -USB The EVA offers two... Read review

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Advantages: Direct USB Play, Wired & Wireless Connectivity, Intel Viiv Certified
Disadvantages: Less than perfect User interface, No HDMI Connectivity

...This is the first Intel Viiv certified digital media adaptor. Great for those who want to share media content from their PC all over the home. This device can connect to your network either wired or wirelessly, the wireless supports the 802.11b/g standards, but if you want to play with HD content, then you'll probably want to use the wired connection, it gets a bit slow over wireless. The wireless security on this model is up-to-date, which is comforting to know. It supports WEP security, the most popular at the moment, (128-Bit Encryption). All of the major video, audio and image filetypes are supported by the device, so no need to worry about incompatibility. Installation is a little tricky, as it sometimes won't work with Windows Media Centre very well. Overall, it's a good device, with all the features you need in such a device... Read review

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Advantages: Great Looks, Ease of Use and Set-up, brilliant picture and sound quality
Disadvantages: Cheap looking HDMI Cable

...We are moving into our first house in the next few weeks and my wife just got a new job so we decided to spoil ourselves a bit and upgrade our Home Entertainment System. Before going on to the actual review I would just like to mention a few things about HD DVD. At the moment there is a bit of a war going on between HD DVD and Blu Ray DVD. (Very simular to the old Beta Vs VHS wars of old that VHS finally won) A quick comparison: Blu Ray The GOOD Up to 50 GB storage capacity It supports a higher bit rate than HD DVD so the picture quality could be better. It also has the support from more companies than HD DVD. The BAD Lots of rumors circulating about some production problems (Sony PS3) Disks are a lot thinner so they are more fragile and break easier. (could be a problem when little Johny wants to watch Ice Age for the umpteenth... Read review

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