Recently Samsung announced its new series of Blu-ray players with support IP TV Netflix. That’s really cool to have one device to watch DVD/Blu-ray disks and online TV. Additionally to that LG decided to add possibility to watch YouTube and CinemaNow videos on its next gen decks. The new device will be demonstrate January 7 in Las Vegas and more details will come.
[via Engadget]
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]
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.
