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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. 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.

  2. 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