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TVersity Pro Media Server Reviewed

Scott DeLeeuw — Wed, 02 May 2012 11:19:00 -0400

TVersity oversells itself as a do-it-all UPnP/DLNA media server.

Axis Adds More Low Cost IP Cams

Tim Higgins — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:49:01 -0400

Axis has added two new models to its "most affordable" IP camera line.

Zyxel IPC-4605N CloudEnabled Network Camera Reviewed

Scott DeLeeuw — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:15:00 -0400

ZyXEL's new top-of-line IPC-4650N IP camera has lots of features and 720p HD image quality for under $200.

D-Link Ships Cheap Internet Media Player

Tim Higgins — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:00:00 -0400

D-Link has announced an inexpensive compact streaming media player.

Grandstream Adds Consumer HD Network Cam

Tim Higgins — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:23:13 -0400

Grandstream has announced a HD IP camera for residential users.

Iomega Expands Into Video Surveillance

Tim Higgins — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:48:49 -0400

Iomega has announced an "all-in-one" network storage video surveillance product.

Axis Expands Low-End, Dome IP Camera Offerings

Tim Higgins — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:21:06 -0400

Axis has introduced two lower-priced day/night and eight fixed dome network cameras.

D-Link DCS-942L Enhanced Wireless N Day/Night Home Network Camera

Scott DeLeeuw — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:42:00 -0400

Updated - D-Link DCS-942L is an incremental improvement over its less-expensive predecessors.

Conceiva Mezzmo DLNA Media Server Reviewed

Scott DeLeeuw — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:39:00 -0500

All DLNA devices are not created equal. Mezzmo levels the playing field.

Roku Gets Really Really Small

Tim Higgins — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:58:17 -0500

Roku just announced a ridiculously small version of its streaming media player, but with a catch.

Actiontec MyWirelessTV Multi-Room Wireless HD Video Kit Reviewed

Craig Ellison — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:32:00 -0500

Would you believe 5 GHz Wi-Fi could be used for reliable 1080p HDMI wireless extension? Actiontec seems to have pulled it off.

Two $100 Streamers Compared: WD TV Live vs. Roku 2 XS

Jim Buzbee — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:45:00 -0400

Looking to pick up a streaming media player this holiday season? We compare two of the most popular alternatives from Roku and Western Digital.

Boxee Box Gets Spotify

Tim Higgins — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:30:16 -0400

D-Link announced that its Boxee Box now supports Spotify for Premium subscribers.

Roku Adds Under $50 Streaming Player

Tim Higgins — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:48:10 -0400

Roku has announced a new entry-level streaming media player, priced at under $50.

WD Releases New Media Streamer With Spotify

Tim Higgins — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:57:53 -0400

Western Digital has announced the addition of Spotify to its WD TV Live streaming media player family plus a new model.

PlayLater Online Video DVR Moves Into General Release

Tim Higgins — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:46:40 -0400

MediaMall Technologies today announced that its online video DVR is out of beta and available for download.

Hulu Plus Now Available On WD Media Players

Tim Higgins — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:08:03 -0400

Hulu Plus is now available on two WD media players.

UEBO M400 Wi-Fi Media Player Reviewed

Jim Buzbee — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:00:00 -0400

Uebo's M400 plays a wide array of media formats. But its lack of polish and noisy fan may outweigh its relatively inexpensive price.

D-Link Frees Boxee Box Remote From Captivity

Tim Higgins — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:05:16 -0400

D-Link has released a version of its Boxee Box remote for those who roll their own Boxee boxes.

ZyXEL Announces WirelessHD Kit

Tim Higgins — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:07:55 -0400

ZyXEL has announced a 60 GHz band wireless HDMI display adapter.

Diary Of My Switch To Internet TV - Part 13 - Full Circle

Tim Higgins — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:29:00 -0400

After three months, we turned DirecTV back on, but we're paying much less and are also much less dependent on it.

D-Link Shipping WiDi Adapter

Tim Higgins — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:01:51 -0400

D-Link has announced an Intel Wireless Display adapter.

TRENDnet Announces Wireless N Netcams

Tim Higgins — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 12:21:06 -0400

TRENDnet has announced a pair of entry-level wireless network cameras, with 802.11n radios.

D-Link Shipping Cheap IR Wireless Netcam

Tim Higgins — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:31:05 -0400

D-Link has announced another low-cost wireless network camera.

Iomega Launches New Mediaplayer Line

Tim Higgins — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:44:27 -0400

Iomega has announced a new line of HD media players with built-in storage.

Diary Of My Switch To Internet TV - Part 12 - Forget AirPlay for Video

Tim Higgins — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:15:00 -0400

We've put DirecTV on hold. But our plans to use AirPlay for a high WAF interface are dead in the water.

Axis Intros Compact HD Dome Netcam

Tim Higgins — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:10:23 -0500

Axis has announced a palm-sized HD pan/tilt/zoom/IP camera.

Cisco Announces SMB UC Offerings

Tim Higgins — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:45:43 -0500

Updated - Cisco today announced two "unified communications" (UC) products aimed at SMB buyers.

iGUGU Starts InterneTV Shipments

Tim Higgins — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:21:19 -0500

iGUGU said it has started shipping two products aimed at making it easy to display Internet video on your TV.

Plex Adds Android App

Tim Higgins — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 10:52:18 -0500

Plex has announced an Android app for its popular media server.

Three Stream N For HD Streaming: Close, But No Cigar

Tim Higgins — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:27:27 -0500

You would think that 80+ Mbps of wireless throughput would be enough for flawless 1080p streaming. But that's not what we found.

Boxee Box Finally Gets Netflix

Tim Higgins — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:15:00 -0500

Boxee announced that it finally has Netflix up and running on D-Link's Boxee Box.

Diary Of My Switch To Internet TV - Part 11 - Roku + PlayOn = Not Much

Tim Higgins — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:50:00 -0500

PlayOn apparently now works with Roku boxes. But where's the value?

D-Link DCS-930L D-Link Wireless N Network Camera Reviewed

Jim Buzbee — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 09:00:00 -0500

D-Link has come up with a decent little IP camera for well under $100.

Grandstream Shipping $99 Business IP Phone

Tim Higgins — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 11:09:30 -0500

Grandstream Networks has announced an "entry-level enterprise" multi-line SIP phone priced at $99.

Diary Of My Switch To Internet TV - Part 10 - Internet TV Boxes? Bah, Humbug!

Tim Higgins — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:35:51 -0500

Looking for the perfect box this holiday season to help cut the cable? Get a computer.

HuluPlus Goes Live With Lower Pricing

Tim Higgins — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 10:17:17 -0500

Hulu today officially launched its HuluPlus service with a lower $7.99 per month price.

Western Digital WD TV Live Hub Reviewed

Jim Buzbee — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:05:00 -0500

Updated - WD's newest media player adds internal storage for guaranteed smooth playback no matter what your network connection.

A Disappointing Debut: Boxee Box by D-Link Reviewed

Tim Higgins — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:52:54 -0500

Updated - AARGH! Once again, reality falls far short of the hype. Boxee (and D-Link) are still selling futures.

Diary Of My Switch To Internet TV - Part 9 - Boxee Box Got Content; Another Live TV Streamer

Tim Higgins — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:30:00 -0500

Have the content czars decided to give Boxee a break? And if so, how long will it last?

Diary Of My Switch To Internet TV - Part 8 - Google TV Sucks, At Least For Now

Tim Higgins — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:53:45 -0400

Google TV needs to go away and come back when it has negotiated some decent content rights.

WD Expands WD TV Live Line

Tim Higgins — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 10:03:39 -0400

Western Digital today introduced a new addition to its line of WD TV media players.

Boxee Box Shipping on November 10

Tim Higgins — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 10:22:42 -0400

D-Link and Boxee just announced that the Boxee Box by D-Link will finally start shipping November 10.

Logitech Revue Shipping Next Week

Tim Higgins — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 09:31:22 -0400

Those of us who pre-ordered a Revue with Google TV from Logitech's store have started to receive shipment updates. Ours stated a ship date of Thursday 21 October.

Logitech Rolls Out Revue With Google TV

Tim Higgins — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:27:11 -0400

The next-to-last shoe dropped today in this year's Internet media player competition with the official reveal of Logitech's Revue with Google TV.

Cisco Reveals Home Telepresence Offering

Tim Higgins — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:30:00 -0400

Cisco today announced its oft-rumored consumer HD videoconferencing product. But don't get too excited.

Apple TV Second Generation Briefly Reviewed

Tim Higgins — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:22:35 -0400

We have just a few observations to add to yesterday's preview

Cisco Said To Be Prepping Consumer Videoconference System

Tim Higgins — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:00:28 -0400

Cisco is reported to be readying a consumer version of its business videoconferencing systems.

Apple TV Second Generation Preview

Tim Higgins — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:08:49 -0400

Our full review will be up tomorrow. But here are some first impressions in the meantime.

Roku XDS Reviewed

Tim Higgins — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:19:37 -0400

The XD|S is one of three players in Roku's refreshed lineup. It has all of the strengths and weaknesses of its predecessors, and a few new additions.