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Pinnacle ShowCenter 250HD media receiver

There are ton of ways to stream media from your PC to your TV, but Pinnacle is hoping that you will choose their ShowCenter 250HD to do the job. It has a lot going for it, both wired and wireless (b/g) connectivity and support for a range of formats.

The formats that the ShowCenter can handle include:

MP3, WMA, WMA Pro, WMA lossless, WMA-DRM, PCM WAV uncompressed, Windows Media Video 9, WMV-DRM, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVI, DivX, XviD files, as well as high-defenition WMV 9, DivX HD and MPEG-4.

Where I believe that this product goes wrong is with the failure to include FLAC support. FLAC is fast becoming the lossless format of choice for music buffs. The other thing that was noticeably absent was an HDMI port. HDMI would have unquestionably raised the price a little bit, but for the performance advantages that it offers, one would think it to be a nice inclusion.

Price: $200

Denon s-52 (player)

Come audio-player di rete potrebbe non essere male, da approfondire il supporto UPNP ecc.

The Denon S-52 combines a radio, CD player, iPod Dock and wireless audio streaming in a single box.

Sony NAS-50HDE e NAC-HD1E

che dire? sono accessibili da pc come fossero hard disk esterni? hanno la connessione usb, però chissà collegandoci un pc come si comportano.

LaCie Announces the Ethernet Disk mini – Home Edition Personal Media Server

LaCie announces the groundbreaking Ethernet Disk mini – Home Edition, a 500-gigabyte (500GB) personal media server designed to Save, Show, Sync and Share your personal digital media at home and on the road. The feature-rich server is the first commercial device to combine remote access through the Internet, ability to stream multimedia files through DLNA-compatible UPnP media players and act as an iTunes music server. The Home Edition also includes specialized applications, such as DesktopMirror, that can backup and restore computer files to the device for safekeeping, sharing and remote access.

TVersity Media Server

TVersity Media Server, supports three families of devices and applications:

• UPnP / DLNA Devices - Devices supporting the UPnP AV / DLNA standard (which is the de-facto standard for connecitivity between devices in the digital home). This includes devices like networked TVs, DVDs, Stereo Receivers, Digital Media Adapters/Receivers, Mobile Phones, Satellite and Cable set-top-boxes and more.
• Web enabled Devices - Devices with a web browser (XHTML-MP or WAP 2.0) and media streaming or downloading capabilities like Mobile Phones, PDAs, the Sony PSP, and more.
• RSS / Podcasts enabled Devices - Devices with an RSS reader that can handle enclosed media and either stream or download it, like the Sony PSP, iTunes/iPod and more.
• Adobe Flash enabled Devices - Devices with Adboe Flash 7 or higher like the Sony Playstation 3 and the Nintendo Wii.

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La rete elettrica come rete Ethernet?

Su Engadget ho trovato questo:
Sharp's HN-VA40S HomePlug AV 4-port Ethernet HUB.
Creare una rete Ethernet utilizzando i cavi elettrici, mica male? Anche la Marantz ha qualche "apparecchio" che sfrutta qualcosa di simile per fare streaming audio.