More Media Center Extender Goodness – D-Link DSM 750
From Engadget (ahem.. yes I do link to my sources….)
Hot on the heels of the Linksys Media Center Extender – details have emerged on the offering being announced tonight from D-Link – the DSM 750 Media Center Extender which includes (quoted from engadget) :
"high-speed, uninterrupted wireless (or wired) streaming and sharing of HD / SD video, movies, digital photos and music," regardless of where your PC is located. The device features dual-band draft Wireless N technology, silent operation, a wireless remote, USB 2.0 port for accessing external storage, and a 10 / 100 Ethernet jack. Catch it this November for $349.99, and check out a bevy of photos (including a few hands-on) in the gallery below.
Like with the Linksys Extender – it’s got a lot of nice features – but looks like it got hit with the ‘ugly stick’ – and definitely a device you’ll want well out of visibility in your lounge-room. (these guys really have to get some italian/french designers in to make it look sexy).
It sounds just a little bit pricey however at US$349 (was really expecting these to be cheaper than a XBox360 – not more expensive).
A picture is included below (more at the engadget photo gallery) .
There’s also some other extender device info floating around on a reference design from Digion (based on Sigma designs decoding chips) – and although it has the Windows Media Center Extender Logo plastered all over it – it’s possible this is just a v1 extender. Whats nice about this one is the inclusion of a Web Browser and support for a quite a fair few codecs (dvr-ms is not mentioned – but has H.264, Divx/Xvid, M4v and others out of the box). It’s even possible this is just a straight UPMP and not really an extender at all.
mobilewares
Good job on the linkage back even though Engadget even though they clearly didn’t link to where they find the story either today (hint, here)
Chris
September 27, 2007 at 1:44 am
lol.. this whole blog linking thing makes me laugh… I got the story from the xpmediacenter forums and clearly linked to that (don’t know how the user there found it) – and a few other blogs implied I found this out from some ‘mysterious source’.. will be very funny if it turns out to not be one of the v2 extenders.. (as I think everyone forgot to mention my very important note about it maybe not being a v2 at all)..
Niall
September 27, 2007 at 3:12 am