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Recently Addonics Technologies announced its new Zebra Blu-ray / HD DVD player which enables your computer to play movies in both formats. It’s also reads DVDs and CDs in various file formats and burns DVD±R/RW and CDRW media. So, you don’t lose your media library.

The Zebra Blu-ray / HD DVD player is available with a high speed eSATA connection or a combination eSATA and USB 2.0 interfaces for retail price at $409 and $429 respectively. It can be a good add-ons to your HTPC. Especially if it takes into account that device is supported by Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, Vista, Linux (Kernel 2.6 and above), Solaris 10, Mac OS X 10.4.

[via Ubergizmo]

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Dlink DSM-520 is a Wireless HD Media Player. It allows to stream music, photos, and high-definition videos to your home entertainment system over LAN. Moreover, it allows to listen the Internet radio and see content from Premium Online Services. The DSM-520 connects to your existing home network using either 802.11g wireless technology or via Ethernet cable.

The DSM-520 sports a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) connector to connect directly to the HD TV. Also, it includes component, S-video and composite outputs. Audio comes from coax and optical digital audio outputs and offers high fidelity digital surround sound.

The DSM-520 supports all well-known audio/video/graphical formats. It looks pretty nice and blended in with your other home entertainment devices, makes your home theater setup complete.

Dlink Wireless HD Media Player  is available at price $249.99. Other media streamer - Sqeezebox, cannot stream video and photos  but costs about $300. So, it might be more reasonable to buy DSM-520.

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