I was looking for a media center solution for my television set. I do not have a HDMI compatible television set yet but support for that would be cool for future.
Basically, I am looking for a device that can connect to my local network (wireless) and play media files from the computers.
I would need support for popular formats like divx, xdiv, avi and the likes. Support for music files is not necessary. Photos also are not that essential.
I have both Windows and Mac on the local network. It would be cool if the device comes with internal storage too for storing the data instead of streaming wirelessly... I have a Linksys WRT54G which I believe does not support the faster wireless technologies.
Support for USB drives would be an added advantage.
I found out some of such devices from Netgear... ( http://www.netgear.com/Products/Entertainm...rs/EVA9150.aspx )
Just wanted to know which would be a cool affordable compact solution.
Basically, I am looking for a device that can connect to my local network (wireless) and play media files from the computers.
I would need support for popular formats like divx, xdiv, avi and the likes. Support for music files is not necessary. Photos also are not that essential.
I have both Windows and Mac on the local network. It would be cool if the device comes with internal storage too for storing the data instead of streaming wirelessly... I have a Linksys WRT54G which I believe does not support the faster wireless technologies.
Support for USB drives would be an added advantage.
I found out some of such devices from Netgear... ( http://www.netgear.com/Products/Entertainm...rs/EVA9150.aspx )
Just wanted to know which would be a cool affordable compact solution.