Pros: USB Drive Support, 1080i, able to play a huge variety of media formats. Cons: Locks up; bad remote; has trouble playing DVDs; pictures grainy.
I spent a lot of money building a multimedia home PC that could attach to my HDTV and play music, photo slideshows and videos, but after a thousand dollars of video card, gigabit network card, and the whole nine yards, there was really no acceptable ...
Pros: Less expensive AppleTV alternative Cons: Doesn't support H.264 codec, can't handle lots of files well, clumsy user interface.
The LinkTheater DVD from Buffalo Technology is intended to work as a display device for remote video and audio files hosted remotely on your PC or network addressable storage. Like AppleTV, the device can be connected by wireless or ethernet. You ...
Pros: Good video and audio. Supports surround sound. Inexpensive. Cons: Very lousy user interface. Locks up. Slow. Very unattractive.
I purchased the LinkTheater DVD player 2-3 months ago all excited with high hopes because of my experience with another Buffalo product, the TerraStation. The Buffalow TerraStation is a great product, the LinkTheater isn't. If you leave the unit on ...
Pros: High bit-rate AVI and WMV player.
Streaming A/V files.
HD menu resolution. Cons: Requires an "always on" PC or DLNA compatible device.
Slow interface
At first, I was only looking for a DVD player capable of playing high bit-rate AVI files that I own. I was planning on burning them to a DVD and then going down to the living room and playing them. After looking at the few standalone players that fit ...
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