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1.0 stars
"Not Ready for Prime Time is an Understatement"
Pros: Adequate Audio streaming capability
Cons: Lousy Remote, Poor Instructions, Limited Video Capability
Summary: I am returning this unit after two frustrating days of trying to get it to work with my media center.
The remote is unresponsive and does not work consistently when more than three feet from the receiver.
The installation instructions are barely adequate and unless you are technosavy, you should not try to install this without help. I was able to access and display my .jpg photos with ease but the picture quality on my 1080i HDTV was just awful, despite having set up the unit for 1080 HD using component cables.
What I thought was a satellite processor with a PC chip onboard is in fact a remote device that depends on an applet running in the host/server PC.
The menu system is clunky and access to the various media types is very slow, even on my hardwired 11 MB LAN. I frequently experienced 7-10 second response times to simple menu changes using the supplied remote, even though the host PC is a newer 2.8 GHz Win XP SP2 Dell.
There were many video types not supported, something I would have known if I had access to this editor's review before I bought my unit (I had mine delivered before the March 5 review was published). Of the 12 or so video files on my PC, the receiver was unable to run 8 of them. I had several .avi, .wmv, and .mpg files that the unit responded "invalid or unsupported video codec" when I tried to stream them
None of the internet support would work for me. Although I was able to access my favorites list, when I tried to reduce the displayed web page to a manageable viewing size, I failed every time. I tried adjusting the zoom size and the video resolution, but the best I could achieve was a scrollable 1/4 zoomed view of the web page making navigation impossible. Also I could not get any streaming webcam images or streaming audio website to play.
If you want a device that will only fetch and play digitized .wav or .mp3 fies from your PC and do little else, this $249.99 device is for you. I found that the primitive user interface, non supported data types, unresponsive remote control, and clunky menu system to be more than I am willing to cope with.
Mine is back in the box awaiting an RMA for return after a couple of hours of frustrating use.
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