On test: Epson PhotoViewer P5000
Epson’s P5000 viewer provides a compact high-capacity storage and multimedia-viewing system, which, like its forbear the P4000, combines excellent screen quality, plenty of storage space, ease of use and tough build quality.
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"Epson Photo Viewer P-5000 USB 80GB Multimedia Storage Viewer"
Published on: 2/2008
"Philips WAC3500D Wireless Audio Centre"
Published on: 2/2008
On test: Philips WAC3500
Wireless audio systems might have revolutionised the way people listen to music at home, but there's no denying that the products launched to date have been on the expensive side. Indeed, the previous two models in Philips' Streamium range (the WACS700/05 and WACS7000) have cost upwards of £550, putting them beyond the reach of less affluent buyers.
But Philips has changed all that with the launch of its latest Streamium audio centre, the WAC3500D, which sells for under £300. At this sort of price, even those on a tight budget can experience the wonders of wireless audio networking - and with almost everyone now using compressed audio files on a regular basis, this is most definitely a good thing.
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"Your TV anywhere in the world"
Issue: 2/2008
On test: Sling Media Slingbox Pro
The original Slingbox product had the potential to revolutionise the life of the tech-savvy business traveller. Connected to a Sky or Freeview tuner, and with software installed in a laptop, it allowed you to watch signals from your very own television anywhere in the world via an internet connection. A brilliant idea well executed, but times move on, and this is the upgraded model, the Slingbox Pro.
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"Escient Fireball SE-500i"
Issue: 2/2008
On test: Escient Fireball SE-500i
Though it might not look like one, this is a Fireball, and it could be the answer to your network music prayers, as it's a 500GB hard-disk-toting music server/client with some real brains and functionality. but does it sound as good as a full-blown CD player?
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"Philips micro tries too hard"
Issue: 2/2008
On test: Philips WAC3500
This system offers a belt and braces approach to music playback, and we wouldn't be surprised if the person that came up with this format-friendly micro has string tied around their trousers for good measure.
The WACS3500 has (deep breath now...) a CD player, 80GB hard drive, FM radio, USB input and iPod dock. Phew!
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"Neuros OSD media streaming device"
Published on: 1/2008
On test: Neuros Technology OSD
The Neuros OSD is an open-source media player that combines many of the most popular features of devices such as the Slingbox, with more conventional media-streaming functions.
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"Netgear EVA8000 network media player"
Published on: 1/2008
On test: NetGear Digital Entertainer HD EVA8000
The EVA8000 was a high-end product when it was announced, bundling HDMI with 1080P HD playback. But the video encoding world moves quickly. It may have been suitable when HD standards were emerging, but a few months later the situation looks decidedly different.
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"Neuros OSD media streaming device"
Published on: 1/2008
On test: Neuros Technology OSD
The Neuros OSD is a media streaming device that offers a range of ways to view, stream and distribute music and video around the home.
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"Slingbox Pro media streaming device"
Published on: 12/2007
On test: Sling Media Slingbox Pro
Being stuck on a train or in a foreign hotel room can be a boring experience, unless you happen to have a Slingbox to hand.
The Slingbox Pro allows viewers to watch and control their home television using a PC or mobile phone anywhere in the world (anywhere there's an internet connection, anyway).
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"Vosonic VP8360"
Issue: Awards/2007
On test: Vosonic Multimedia Viewer VP8360
Vosonic's latest creation offers more than simple photo storage, and just like similar Archos units, the Epson P5000 and Apple's iPod, it is also a multimedia player with more features than you could shake a stick at.
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"Sling media Slingbox Pro"
Issue: 01/2008
On test: Sling Media Slingbox Pro
Until you've seen a Slingbox in action, it's hard to believe what it can do. The new Slingbox Pro, just like the original Slingbox Classic allows you to watch your home television or set-top box wherever you are in the world. all you need is a broadband connection and a Windows-based computer.
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"Freecom Network Mediaplayer 350 WLAN"
Issue: 01/2008
On test: Freecom Mediaplayer WLAN 350
This device is a hard disk enclosure, and is available empty or with a hard disk. It's also a media player with audio and video outputs to connect to your TV so you can play files from the hard disk or streamed across a home network. It's also a NAS device, so you can store files on your network.
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"Canon M30"
Issue: 12/2007
On test: Canon Media Storage M30
Canon is legendary in the photography world for making great cameras, lenses and printers, and now it has turned its might and expertise to portable storage devices. The M30 offers a 30GB hard drive and allows you to download your images while on location. We've had it out and about with us for the last few weeks, so here's how it fared ...
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"iRiver B20"
Published on: 11/2007
On test: iRiver B20
iRiver's new DAB-sporting B20 pulls into shore with a high price -- £209 for 4GB makes it one of the most expensive flash-based players we've ever seen, and £80 more costly than a video-playing 8GB iPod nano. Slightly cheaper 1GB and 2GB version are available for £149 and £169 respectively.
The big question is: Does the inclusion of DAB radio make this player worth such a premium over iRiver's 2nd-gen Clix?
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"Philips Streamium WACS7000 review"
Published on: 11/2007
On test: Philips WACS 7000
With its thick chunky styling, the Philips Streamium WACS7000 may look rather over the top, but if you want music streaming from every room (well, two at any rate), this is a nicely worked (if not inexpensive) solution.
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"Solwise DMP-1120w media streaming device"
Published on: 11/2007
On test: Solwise DMP-1120w
Media streamers aren't exactly in short supply these days, but few are as cheap as the DMP-1120w.
As far as the physical design goes, Solwise has done a good job with the Mac Mini-esque DMP-1120w.
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"Solwise DMP-1120w UPnP/DLNA network media player"
Published on: 11/2007
On test: Solwise DMP-1120w
From the Apple TV to D-Link's Media Lounge and Netgear's Wireless Digital Media Player there is currently no shortage of ways of getting PC-held content onto a TV screen and home audio system without wires. As with most things in life, while some of these products are of a truly fine vintage others prove to be merely vin ordinaire.
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"Sling Media Slingbox Pro"
Issue: 12/2007
On test: Sling Media Slingbox Pro
If you've ever wanted to watch your home TV when abroad, or just in a different room, the Slingbox Pro is for you. It's an update to the original Slingbox, which we recommended when launched almost 18 months ago. Essentially, it digitises a video source and streams it onto the internet, which you can then access on PC client software either locally or remotely.
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"Freecom Network Media Player media streaming device"
Published on: 10/2007
On test: Freecom Network MediaPlayer 35
We’ve seen a fair few products recently that stream media files from PC to TV or hi-fi, but very few have performed particularly well.
Freecom’s Network Media Player is one such device, and one that offers a range of ways to connect.
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"Slingbox SOLO media streamer review"
Published on: 10/2007
On test: Sling Media Slingbox Solo
The Slingbox SOLO from Sling Media is the company's entry-level offering for people that like the idea of being able to watch their own television anywhere around the world but without going for the full blown Slingbox PRO. So have corners been cut or is this great for giving you a taster? We get watching, remotely of course, to find out.
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"Slingbox Pro networkable TV tuner"
Published on: 10/2007
On test: Sling Media Slingbox Pro
When we recently reviewed Sling Media's Slingbox Solo, we noted that the lack of a TV could limit its usefulness for quite a few folk. Well, now it's the turn of the other new - in the UK at least - Slingbox, one that does have a tuner: the Slingbox Pro.
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"Zyxel Digital Media Streamer DMA1000 media streaming device"
Published on: 10/2007
On test: ZyXEL DMA-1000
The Zyxel DMA1000 is a wired media streaming device that looks very much like one of the company's routers, which puts it among the more compact streaming boxes around.
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