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Hisense MP800H Media HD Player review

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:09:01 +0000

The MP800H Media HD Player offers 1080p video playback, either via USB or over your home network, for a remarkably low price. This media streamer may not have as many features as a Popcorn Hour machine, but it costs less than half as much, and its playback capabilities will be good enough for most people

Popcorn Hour C-200 review

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:59:02 +0000

If you thought media streamers don't get better than the Popcorn Hour A-100 and A-110, the C-200 may make you revise your opinion. Offering a new design and even more features, including a slot for a Blu-ray drive, it's a great device that will be even better once a few bugs are ironed out

WD TV Mini: Minier, and with less HD

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:29:02 +0000

If you want to shove SD video, photos and MP3s into your home-cinema system, have a butchers' at the Western Digital TV Mini, a tiny little media player

Photos: 2TB Buffalo LinkStation Quad tested... as a Time Capsule

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:58:02 +0000

Buffalo's LinkStation is not just a box with up to 8TB of hard disk space for every computer on your home network. It's also a fully functioning Time Machine backup device for your Mac

Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive review

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:26:01 +0000

Although it lacks many of the advanced features you get with other NAS servers, the sleek and compact Home Media Network Hard Drive is the easiest-to-use device of its type that we've seen so far. Excellent performance and support for USB hard drives and printers add to its merits

Digital Vision GiGo review

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:09:01 +0000

The GiGo Freeview personal video recorder doesn't have the best build quality you'll ever encounter and it's a fairly ugly piece of kit. But it does what it does -- recording programmes to USB storage -- very well, and will appeal to those who want to take their TV out and about

Western Digital WD TV review

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:06:01 +0000

The WD TV is a really well-designed and well-executed little media streamer that manages to outshine devices that cost significantly more. With good codec support, an appealing user interface and excellent 1080p video playback, it's hard to dislike this machine

Iomega eGo Leather Portable Hard Drive review

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:22:01 +0000

The 250GB Iomega eGo Leather Portable Hard Drive is a worthwhile alternative to the plethora of more mundane-looking devices on the market. Although its read and write times aren't anything to shout about, it looks great and you can drop it repeatedly without worrying that it'll stop working

MSI GT725 review

Wed, 27 May 2009 16:39:02 +0000

If you can overlook its hideous appearance, the 17-inch GT725 is a relatively affordable and extremely capable gaming laptop. With a good screen and Blu-ray drive, it's also a sound choice for people whose priority is media-playback capability. Overall, it's a great desktop replacement

Traxdata USB media player: The 90s called, they want their media player back

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:28:02 +0000

Media streamers are great, but in order to be impressive in 2009, they really need to support HD video and have some sort of networking ability -- regrettably, the Traxdata does neither