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Gateway Wireless Connected DVD Player Reviewed

Posted by simoniker on from the duh-vuh-duh dept.

Anonymous Howard writes "Designtechnica has a review of a Gateway ADC-320, a home theater device that will play not only DVDs, but media clips off the network. Supported types include DivX, Xvid, Mpeg1 & 2, MP3 and WMA. The thought of a networked media device is not new, but I'm curious as to how many people actually own one? How well do they work? What are the best ones? Is UP&P support worth the extra money? Is this the future of all DVD players for the home theater?"

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  1. Cheaper alternative to buying a DVD/DVR combo? by beef+curtains · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This could be pretty cool...combine it with a video card with built-in TV tuner & some sort of TiVo-like software, and you could have a pretty sweet setup.

    I do wonder if it can send data as well as receive...if so, the convenient wireless DVD 'backup' (yeah, that's it...backup) possibilities would be a nice cherry on top.
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  2. Where's tjhe hard drive? by whats4lunch · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why do they always stop short. They always add one feature but forget the other major ones. PVR's should be able to play DVD's and vice versa. When will they get it. A network player is not novel.

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  3. Region by chewy_2000 · · Score: 5, Insightful
    [i]DVD (Region 1)[/i]

    Wow, all of those great features, and still crippled by regions. Doesn't matter so much to Americans I suppose, but as an Australian I won't consider a region crippled player, as heaps of DVDs aren't avaliable Region 4 (Australia), so I have to get them from Amazon, of course mostly region 1.

  4. Re:the need for "server" software... by Remik · · Score: 4, Insightful

    AFAIK, it's because all of the decoding is done on the PC. None of these machines are powerful enough to handle the process.

    I know what you mean, though. I spent months looking for an MP3 player that didn't require any sort of intermediary software. Luckily, I found the Archos line, and never looked back.

    -R

  5. Re:X-Box Media Ceter by The+Analog+Kid · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's Microsoft's choice to sell the X-Box and the media extender at the price is does. It's also my choice not to buy any of the games, and just to buy the X-Box and use it as a Linux machine, I see nothing immoral about it. I bought the hardware. They didn't license the hardware to me, there was no contract signed saying I wouldn't mod the box. I own the hardware, it's mine to do with as I wish.