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Mediagate plays it all for $110
Pricing for networked media players is plummeting precipitously, and this Mediagate MG-M2TV just raised the bar on the lowest common denominator. What's the big deal? Well, this little box plays just about every video and audio format, including AVI, WMV9, MKV (pirates love this one), Xvid, and H.264, and you can plunk it down in your living room for $110.
Sure, it would be nice to have a home theater PC sitting there on your component shelf, but if your financial condition leans more toward the $99 Western Digital HD media player or the equally-cheap Roku/Netflix box — because the Netgear Digital Entertainer Elite or brain-dead Apple TV are priced way too steeply — this HDMI-equipped and 1080p-playin' hotshot might just do the trick. Just be sure there's Ethernet nearby, because Mediagate's soon-to-be-released Wi-Fi module is not quite ready yet.
MKV (pirates love this one)
I guess I'm not a pirate.
MKV (pirates love this one)
Redonkulus. Getting a working codec for that is DIFFICULT.
ETA: SO I'VE HEARD YOU CAN'T PROVE A THING DON'T JUDGE ME
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VLC plays them perfectly. (shrug) It's the best container for hi-def material.
I want one of those.
Never mind, I don't want one. It only streams off of USB, not over SMB shares. I want that if it can access my networked hard drive over SMB.
The blu-ray player I'm coveting (LG BD390) can do the same thing that can, plus Netflix streaming and, well, Blu-Ray/DVD support.
My mom just asked me which cell phone she and dad should get next and I have no idea where to even start. Is there an online database with the pros and cons of different phones?
Jitterbug!
Sorry--CNet 404 residual reflex. But somewhere like CNet or Best Buy that reviews/offers phones independent of carriers may be a good place to start.
CSS Inheritance presentation.
Laga ... [link] is a good place to start.
I see ads for the Jitterbug - old people cell phone, large buttons, phone only no text or web, as much like a landline as a cell phone cna get. Why a Cnet 404 reflext though?
