DLNA

Jul 28, 2008

Samsung INNOV8 - a true multimedia computer

Posted by Mike Evans in DLNA, Headline, Manufacturer, Samsung, Technology No comments

Nokia have positioned their high-end mobile phones as multimedia computers, but the rather clunky phrase has never really caught on. Sure, their N-Series phones such as the N95 and new N96 can play and record video and music rather well, but despite the ability to upload media onto Web sites such as Flickr or YouTube, [...]




Sep 9, 2007

Pioneer Blu-Ray player first to support all surround sound formats

Posted by Mike Evans in Blu-Ray player, DLNA, Ethernet, Pioneer, Technology, Video and TV No comments

Pioneer have announced the Pioneer BDP-95FD, a cool looking fully specced top-end Bl-ray DVD player. The BP-95FD is the first Blu-ray player to support all four HD-level surruond sound formats (Dolby Digital Plus, TrueHD, DTS-HD High Resolution and Master Audio - yes, as if HD TV technology wasn’t confusing enough with all the [...]




May 10, 2007

The Pioneer BDP-94HD - a cheaper Pioneer Blu-Ray player

Posted by Mike Evans in Blu-Ray player, DLNA, Pioneer No comments

No sooner had I posted about the Pioneer BDP-LX70, than I came across the Pioneer BDP-94HD, another stunning looking Blu-Ray player from the company. As its name suggests, the BDP094HD also offers full HD quality pictures, as well as Dolby True HD sound and DLNA support, but it doesn’t support 1080p/24p (it supports 1080p, [...]




May 10, 2007

Pioneer BDP-LX70 Blu-Ray player with DLNA

Posted by Mike Evans in Blu-Ray player, DLNA, Manufacturer, Pioneer, Video and TV No comments

Pioneer have announced the pioneer BDP-LX70 Blu-Ray player. Apart from looking simply glorious and obviously offering excellent playback, the BDP-LX70 has one other trick up it’s sleeve - it’s DLNA-compliant, meaning it can stream all manner of media direct form your PC, including MPEG2 and WMV videos, and MP3 tunes.
More details of the Pioneer [...]




Mar 20, 2007

TransTechnology DVX-700 media streamer chooses Google Video over YouTube

Posted by Mike Evans in DLNA, Media Receiver No comments

TransTechnology have announced the TransTechnology DVX-700, a new all-singing all-dancing media streamer. The M0 version is armed to the teeth with a plethora of codecs and connectivity options, including Wi-Fi, DVI and Japan’s own HDMI equivalent D4, plus so much internal wizzardry, it’s almost a PC in its own right. In fact, it [...]




Mar 14, 2007

NetGear Digital Entertainer HD - the media streaming holy grail

Posted by Mike Evans in DLNA, Media Receiver, Netgear No comments

Netgear have released the nattily-titled Netgear Digital Entertainer HD EVA8000. First unveiled at CES2007 a month or so ago, the Netgear Digital Entertainer is a media receiver that could be the holy grail for all streaming media fanatics.
Not only can the Digital Entertainer stream digital content form PCs and Macs, it’ll also stream YouTube [...]