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Xtreamer SideWinder 3 Review
The SideWinder 3 is one of the manufacturer’s first Blu-ray 3D-compatible media centres. But this is not its only selling point: it also activate Android 2.3 (as an option) and manages the video via its integrated jukebox. An ultra-complete, but is it so prodigious? It’s all about perspective…
The SideWinder is made of thick metal and quality plastic. There’s no display on the facade, but there is a hard drive rack. The rack is easy remove, although you need 4 screws to attach a hard drive. There’s no fan, which virtually guarantees low noise levels.
The remote control is the same that comes with a number of other Xtreamer media centres (SideWinder 2, iXtreamer,...
HFX Zonee: multizone network audioplayer
HFX continues its introduction into the field of audio, after the RipAMP amplifier, now the HFX Zonee is unveiled. The Zonee is a multi-zone network drive, designed for a complementary use with a DAC or an amp. The particularity here is the ability to control each zone independently of each other from an IOS or Android device.
The HFX Zonee multizone network drive according to the manufacturer ensures support of all audio codecs, including compatibility with MP3, AAC, WMA, FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF, with sample rates up from 44kHz/16bits at 192kHz/32bits. Performing a resampling on the fly to one or more DAC, the Zonee can handle up to 4 DAC USB (like ASUS Xonar, Creative X-Fi, HFX RipAMP,...
Sony Nasne: multimedia box with TV tuner and DLNA NAS
Sony Japan announced the launch of Nasne, a new multimedia package designed to work with other manufacturer’s product lines such as TV Sony Bravia, Playstation 3/PS Vita consoles, the VAIO PC, or Xperia smart phones/tablets. Sony spoke some time ago of its desire for a converging product, the Nasne is obviously the interesting symbol that crosses a multimedia box with TV tuners and DLNA NAS.
This media box with a very inspired design of the PS3 Slim, has also just been designed by the same teams that designed the Sony console. The case has a Nasne Freeview and Satellite (DVB-T/DVB-S), and a 500GB hard drive to store recordings or media files, the USB 2.0 port allows the addition of...
Dune HD TV-301: ultra-compact media player but full of features
Programmed response or coincidence? Just two weeks after the announcement of Apple TV to third generation, Dune HD announces a new compact multimedia player, the Dune HD TV-301.
Dune HD TV-301A: 160 x 115 x 36 mm 400g
The new Dune HD TV-301 is a TV-101 variant that can house an hard disk. They both work around the recent Sigma Designs SMP8670 SoC , from which results most of their specifications...
Popcorn Hour C-300 Review
We take the same and start again, this could be the slogan of the Popcorn Hour C-300. Indeed, it takes the general shape and the hybrid concept, of the multimedia and Blu-ray box, the PCH C-200. The electronics and software part its strictly identical to the A-300. Nothing new then? But of course if: a color LCD screen is grafted on the front of the camera.
As we have seen, the Popcorn Hour A-300...
Apple TV 3rd gen: 1080p and new interface
Before getting to the heart of matter, that is to say the announcement of the new iPad, Apple announced the “third generation of Apple TV,” joining the availability of movies and TV shows in 1080p on the iTunes Store.
The new Apple media hub fills the main gap in its predecessor finally taking care of the Full HD, both input and output. The Cupertino company has continued to frosty the...
ICY BOX IB-MP3011Plus: New HD network media player
Icy Box has announced the launch of a new high definition network media player, the IB-MP3011Plus, capable of playing many audio, photo and video, either locally or via the home network. With a passive cooling system specially designed to avoid fans, the Icy Box IB-MP3011Plus player aims particularly discreet and ready to make you live the big media.
The Icy Box IB-MP3011Plus multimedia box has...
Buffalo LT-V200 Link Theater Media Player
The new Buffalo LT-V200 Link Theater media player provides a SATA port and a USB port, so you can turn this media player into a Network-attached storage.
The device also has a Remote Play function, allowing you to stream content to your Android tablets or iOS devices.
The LT-V200 supports most of famous multimedia format such as MPEG-1/2, WMV9, MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, Divx HD, FLV, Real Video, AAC, MP3,...
