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Linksys DVD player w/ WiFi and ethernet

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the thats-a-lot-of-toys dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Linksys has announced a progressive scan DVD player with 802.11g and ethernet. Users can stream MPEG2, MPEG4, DivX, MP3, WMA, and other formats from their PC to the TV. Sure I can do this cobbling together other tools, but this is a self contained box even newbies can use. Think how many people could install and config a router and an AP, versus the number of people that can plug in one of the self-contained wireless routers? "

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  1. Insane in the Mainframe by Benwick · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't wait to find out which kinds of porn my neighbors prefer...

    1. Re:Insane in the Mainframe by aborchers · · Score: 5, Funny
      Think how many people could install and config a router and an AP, versus the number of people that can plug in one of the self-contained wireless routers?


      Now think of how many of them can secure those routers, and imagine yourself with access to all your neighbors' movie collections!

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      Trouble making decisions? Just flip for it.
    2. Re:Insane in the Mainframe by elmegil · · Score: 5, Funny

      Look honey, Joe's watching the Paris Hilton video again!

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      7 November 2006: The day Americans realized corruption and incompetence weren't addressing 11 September 2001
  2. WEP by wally+mean+monkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do I get in trouble for watching pornography if the neighbor kid hijacks my wireless?

  3. New meme: War Viewing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    New meme: War Viewing

    You heard it here first kids.

    -Dave

  4. Useful... by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny
    Users can stream MPEG2, MPEG4, DivX, MP3, WMA, and other formats from their PC to the TV. Sure I can do this cobbling together other tools, but this is a self contained box even newbies can use. Think how many people could install and config a router and an AP, versus the number of people that can plug in one of the self-contained wireless routers? "

    Pilot: There's that movie playing on the HUD again.

    Co Pilot: It's the *&%#$ Matrix: Revolutions, again.

    Pilot: Let's do a barrel roll and see if we can lose that geeks DVD player, buckle up.

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    A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
  5. At Last! by jobsagoodun · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I can stream Ratchet and Clank from my PS2 through my Happauage BTTV card, grab it with Mplayer, out of my PC 'cross the network to my wireless access point and on to my TV!! Its the missing link I've been waiting for!