GefenTV Wireless for HDMI Extender does one to one, or many streaming

Gefen’s silver coated WHDI towers may have taken a little longer than expected to get here, but for $899 they might do wireless HD streaming differently enough to arouse your interests. Using Amimon’s 5 Ghz tech, it can switch from one to one streaming with HDCP for tossing Blu-ray or upconverted DVD……

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Linksys discontinues its Extenders for Media Center

Extenders for Media Center held so much promise only a year ago, but now with one of our favorite Extenders being discontinued it makes us pause and wonder about the future of the model. A small, low powered STB connected to the TV doing all the heavy lifting for our HTPC makes perfect sense as a concept, bu……

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Linksys discontinues Media Center Extenders, hardly anyone notices

Media Center Extenders — remember those? Yeah, those things were all the rage at CEDIA 2008, and right around four hours after the show closed up, you and the whole world forgot about 'em. Honestly, the concept and execution was flawed from the start. These standalone boxes provided exactly what media l……

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SecondRun.tv updated with direct play Media Center Extender support

Media Center Extender users now have a reason to check out the SecondRun.tv plugin, with the latest build supporting direct play mode on any providers that support it (read: not Hulu, at the moment.) Right now Revision3 and the unfortunately overcompressed GameTrailers.com are the big names but users will kn……

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Engadget HD giveaway: win a 5×1 HDMI switch and long HDMI cables!

The recession antidote giveaways over at Engadget Classic have been a huge hit, and nothing could make us happier — except a special set of giveaways just for HD readers, of course! We’re sure AV gear is one of the first things to get trimmed from the household budget, but we want to make sure our reade……

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Sewell's WiFi-based HD Media Extender should be more affordable

You know what's most annoying about wireless HD solutions? Two things, really. First off, 95 percent of 'em only come out to play at trade shows. Secondly, the other 5 percent require you to refinance your now-worthless home to even procure 'em. Sewell, a company known for delivering unexpected t……

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Engadget HD giveaway: win a RF remote extender!

The recession antidote giveaways over at Engadget Classic have been a huge hit, and nothing could make us happier — except a special set of giveaways just for HD readers, of course! We’re sure AV gear is one of the first things to get trimmed from the household budget, but we want to make sure our reade……

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Will Windows 7's integrated codec support cut off third party solutions?

Whoa, we may need to slow down on the celebration over out of the box h.264 codec support in Windows 7, with reports from developers indicating the beta OS blocks the usage of third party decoders under Windows Media Player and Media Center. Of course, the included codec support would obviate third party ins……

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Linksys DMA2200 Media Extender plummets from $350 to $95

It was only a matter of time, really. Remember when Media Center Extenders were all the rage (yeah, for around ten minutes) at CEDIA 2007? Remember how everyone balked at paying $350 for one when you could just buy an Xbox 360 for the same amount and get two things in one? Apparently those “everyones” were r……

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vmcPlayIt pulls PlayOn streams into Media Center and Media Center Extenders

Sure there's other ways to get bits like Hulu and Netflix on your Windows Media Center and Media Center Extender interface, but since PlayOn media server's already set up to add streaming video from those and other services like ESPN and YouTube, why not slide them all in at once? If you've alrea……

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