April 2008 Monthly Round Up for Networking Audio Video

Here we are again at the end of another month and helping you stay up to date on what has been going on here. As always we reviewed a bunch of devices to help you in your endeavor to stream your media anywhere you want. We are still working on some of our bigger reviews that we have been talking up for awhile now. We recently did some upgrading at our office so we will be diving head first into our hands on reviews in June. Here is hoping that once again the coming months are filled with a lot of cool new product releases.

Audio Streaming

BitTorrent

Planex DigiJike BitTorrent NAS: The Future of Home Media Streaming?

Image Streaming

Internet Video

Sony Finally Releases The DMX-NV1 Bravia Internet Video Link

Media Extender

Iomega's ScreenPlay HD Media Extender: A 500GB Hi-Def USB Media Player

Media Hard Drives

News

Placeshifting

Slingmedia Set To Launch DOCSIS 2.0 Capable SlingModem

Popcorn Hour

Popcorn Hour A-100 Available For Public Pre-Order

Video Streaming

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April 2008 Monthly Round Up for Networking Audio Video

As always April was a very busy month for us here. We go the Squeezebox Duet remote in for testing( expect our review next month ), we saw a host of cool new products get announced and we reviewed some older products just to round out our catalog with as many media streaming reviews as possible. It looks like May is shaping up to be just as busy with the MediaGate MG-450HD due to arrive and a few other products we are working to get in the office so stay tuned.

Audio Streaming

HD Radio

Intempo's New Portable Internet Radio: The Daisy

Image Streaming

Internet Radio

Intempo's New Portable Internet Radio: The Daisy

Media Hard Drives

IOGEAR Portable Media Storage Unit: Take your Media With You

News

Portable Media

IOGEAR Portable Media Storage Unit: Take your Media With You

Speakers

Orb Audio: Perfect Speakers for your Entertainment System

Storage

LaCie Desktop Hard Disk - Perfect for USB Air Disk

TV Streaming

Video Encoders

Video Recorder

The TubeStick Hybrid from Equinux: Perfect TV Receiver For Your Mac

Video Streaming

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March 2008 Monthly Round Up for Networking Audio Video

Here we are once again, at the end of another month and looking back on what we covered. We got a couple very cool new devices in house to test out which has kept us very busy over the past month. We have a bunch more devices scheduled to be showing up next month so we are up to our necks in hands on reviews. April should be a good month for us, besides some new products coming in for review we have a couple fun ideas for our avid readers like some product giveaways and whatnot.

Hopefully everyone is excited for Spring coming and for more new media streaming devices being released onto the world. Make sure to check back as we'll be having some cool new reviews this month. On deck is in depth coverage of our experience with the Mvix 780HD as well as the D-Link DSM-330 DivX streamer plus a special surprise review so stay tuned.

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February 2008 Monthly Round Up for Networking Audio Video

We had a lot of fun in February as we got to test out a lot of products in the office. We received an advanced copy or the uber-cool D-Link 330 as well as spending the month playing with the very popular Networked Media Tank from Popcorn Hour. We were very busy trying to get all these reviews done for you guys and we still have a bunch to go for next month. So here is a review of what we covered this month.

Hands on Reviews
Hands On With the Networked Media Tank From Popcorn Hour
Hands On With The HAVA Titanium HD WIFI Place-Shifting Streamer Part 1
D-Link DSM-320 Network Media Streamer: Hands on Review
Apple TV Take 2 - HD Movie Rentals with the Apple TV

Video Streaming
Mediagate MH-450HD Media Streamer Gets Mixed Reviews
Celrun TV: Another Cool Media Streamer Only in Korea
D-Link DSM 330 First Impressions
Alienware Launching Their Own High Definition Media Server

Music Streaming
Squeezebox Duet: More Then Meets the Eye
Sony is Getting in the Networked Audio Video World
Squeezebox Duet: Pre-Orders Now Open!
Media Maestro Mini Turns Your PSP into a Remote Control

Product Unboxing
D-Link DSM-330: Unboxing in the USA

News
Stage6 Closes its Doors Today
Study Shows Home Media Streaming Growing But Not There Yet
Crazy Pod Chair Makes You Think You Are In The Movie Sleeper
High-End Multi-room Entertainment Centers to Double in Five Years
Happy One Year Birthday to Networking Audio Video

Miscellaneous Products
Gefen HDMI Switcher: Open Up the Possiblities
Find Cheap Cables For Just About Anything

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January 2008 Monthly Round Up for Networking Audio Video

So January was a very exciting month for us. CES hit with full steam and media streamers were front and center. We couldn't be more excited that streaming media has come to the forefront of CES. We initially thought that last year was going to be the big year for streaming media, but we were wrong. AppleTV did not do as well as we thought and while there were a lot of media streaming devices released, very few did well at all. The first month of 2008 makes us think that this will be the year. Well we had a lot of fun covering all the news that this month brought. We have the entire roundup of our articles below, enjoy.

Video Streaming

EZFetch Meida Streamer: Hands On Review
EZFetch HD Networked Media Streaming Device Unboxing
Belkin FlyWire Streams HD Video Without Wires
Wireless HD: Panasonic Unveils it at CES
iRiver UNIT-2: The All in One Kitchen Sink Media Player/Streamer
Media Server Overkill: Introducing the Envive TheaterStation
PSP 3.80 Firmware Allows Media Streaming From the Palm of Your Hand

Video Encoder

Pinnacle Video Transfer Device Records Video to USB
Nullriver Shows Love for the Mac, Creates Connect 360 like App for the PS3

Audio Streaming

Logitech Doesn't Let Us Down: Squeezebox Duet Announced
Airfoil 3: Sync All of Your Airport Express' and Make Your Home Come Alive
Super High End Music Streaming System from Bowers and Wilkins

Media Hard Drives

LaCie LaCinema Premmier USB HDD Media Streamer
WiDrive: WiFi Media Hard Drive Helps Reduce the Cables in Your Setup

News

AppleTV Take 2: Pushed back a few weeks
New Media Streamer From MvixUSA: The MX780HD
AppleTV Take 2: Maybe the Second Time Apple Gets it Right
CES 2008: Let the fun begin
D-Link DSM-330: Finally Coming to the States
Apple to Announce Major Update for AppleTV at MacWorld 2008
DivX Connected: Coming to the States Soon

HD Radio

HD Radio: Sony Announces Two New HD Radio Products at CES

TV Streaming

Hauppauge Shows Off WinTV-HVR-950Q USB Tuner
HAVA Titanium HD WIFI Unboxing

Wireless Speakers

Griffin Adds to its Line Up of Wireless Speakers

Storage

Drobo Share: Finally Network Connectivity for the Drobo
QNAP TS-409: The Only Backup Server You Will Ever Need

Unboxing

Popcorn Hour Networked Media Tank Unboxxing

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December 2007 Monthly Round Up for Networking Audio Video

Well it has been another month and the amount of new products in the media streaming space seems to be growing. Over the year we have seen more companies jumping into this new space and releasing an ever increasing amount of new devices. We can't wait for all the new products that we will hear about in a few weeks at CES. Until then check out what we reviewed this past month.

Video Streaming
EZFetch HD Networked Media Streaming Device
Hands on with the GMG TVisto Pro 3500 Media Streamer
Honeywell's New Product Allows Us to Transmit HDMI Over Cat5
Orb to Now Stream to Your iPhone and iPod
Archos TV+ Nearing Launch
iViewer TV Streamer Removes the Wires from Your Home
Solwise DMP-1120w Media Streamer Review
GMG TVisto Pro 3500 Media Streaming Device Unboxing
Sansa TakeTV 4 and 8 GB Video Player Review
DSM-750 Wireless N HD Media Center Extender From D-Link Review

Audio Streaming
Sony VAIO VGF-WA1/W Wireless Digital Music Streamer
NuVo NV-M3 Expensive Multi-Room Audio Server

Internet Radio
OXX ALTO Media Streaming Alarm Clock

News
Your Vote for the Best Streaming Product of the Year
So What Did Saint Nick Bring Everyone
New PSP Firmware Adds DVR Functionality
Microsoft Positioning Itself to be the Center of Your Media Streaming World
Belkin Solves Your Lack of HDMI Ports with a HDMI Switch
New Chip From Intel to Give a Large Boost to HD Streaming

Media Streaming Hard Drives
Asus WL-HDD Media Streaming Hard Drive Review

PS3 Streaming
PS3 Media Streaming Guide

Xbox 360 Streaming
First Hand Account of Xbox Media Streaming Experience

Steals and Deals
Free Overnight Shipping From Sonos
Sonos ZoneBridge BR100 Shipping

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November 2007 Monthly Round Up for Networking Audio Video

November was an awesome month here at Networking Audio Video. We got a great hands on with the Slingbox Pro which blew us away with its awesomeness. We were pleasantly surprised to learn about the GMG Tvisto Pro that came out of nowhere ( Stay tuned for our upcoming review as it is in the mail as we type ). We also had fun reading up on all the Black Friday Mania that swept through here. Such amazing deals, we hope some of you took advantage of it. Well here is out list of articles for this month. Go back and see what November had to offer. We can't wait for the sweet deals to start being announced for the upcoming holiday season . We will be covering as much as we can in the meantime so enjoy.

Holiday Gift Guides
Networking Audio Video 2007 Holiday Gift Guide
Networking Audio Video 2007 Holiday Gift Guide Part 2

Black Friday
Black Friday Deals Are Too Good To Pass Up
Early Bird Black Friday Deals Live Now

Video Streaming
Pinnacle ShowCenter 250HD Media Receiver
GMG TVisto Pro 3500 USB 2.0 / Ethernet Media Player
Linksys Kiss 1600 Review
Tributaries HXC5 Streams HDMI Over Ethernet

Audio Streaming
Stream Music From iPhone or iTouch to any Computer Running iTunes

Placeshifting
Monsoon Multimedia to Release the HAVA Titanium HD TV Streaming Device Sling Media May Show Ads While Streaming
Slingbox Pro Hands On Review

Wireless Speakers
Wireless Speaker System For Your iPod

Internet Radio
Intempo GX01 Budget Audio and Internet Radio Streamer Review
Revo Blik WiFi Internet Radio Review

News
Radiospire Networks announces Availability of its Airhook Chipset for In-Room Wireless HD
Great Example of why Everyone Should Backup Their Media All the Time
CNet Casts Doubt on AppleTV's Future

Steals and Deals
Get $40 of the Mvix 760HD at the Mvix Store
Free Sonos Charging Cradle with Sonos Bundle 130 Purchase

Networking
I-O Data WN-G54/R4 Router Makes Getting Around Your Obtuse Home Security Very Easy

Media Extender
SageTV HD Media Extender Details Trickle Out

Video Encoder
Review: Elgato Turbo.264 - Video H.264 MP4 Encoder Hardware

Console Streaming
Wiideo Center Adds Another Option For Media Streaming With Your Wii

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October 2007 Monthly Round Up for Networking Audio Video

October flew by and we saw a lot of very cool products get annouced. We are excited for November as we are due to get a lot of these in house to review. Stay tuned for the cool new reviews next month. Hope you have enjoyed the start of fall and the beginning of a new holiday device blitz.

Storage
Great Deal on Maxtor Shared Storage II 320 Hard Drive

Audio Streaming
Philips WAC3500D Streamium Wireless Audio Center Reviewed
Highly Overpriced Audio Streamer Shows Up And Well....It Is Overpriced!!
Olive Musica Releases Their Newest Digital Music Streamer the OPUS Nº5

Video Streaming
Fiire Media Streaming Computer Could Be All You Will Ever Need
Sansa TakeTVTM Lets You Take Your Movies With You
D-Link DSM-320 High Speed Wireless Media Player In House
Popcorn Networked Media Tank Lauch Day Only Days Away
New NEC Server Streams Multiple HDTV Signals Around Your House
Addlogix InternetVue 2020 Media Streamer Review

Wireless Peripherals
Review: Rocketfish - Wireless Multimedia Bluetooth Keyboard and Laser Mouse

Image Streaming
Sony to Release 80GB Networked Digital Photo Album

Streaming Software
Review of the Orb Media Streaming Server Software

Placeshifting
Review of the Monsoon Multimedia HAVA Wireless HD TV Streaming Device
Sling Media Rolls Out Their Latest Offering the Slingbox SOLO

News
New Sonos Product, The ZoneBridge, To Be Released This Month
LG Life is Good Contest Could Net you $30,000 in Prizes

Audio Encoding
Digitize Your Old LPs with the FALTIMA 010

Console Streaming
X-OOM Software Brings Media Streaming To The Wii

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September 2007 Monthly Round Up for Networking Audio Video

As always we had a very fun month this September reviewing all kinds of great products from wireless bike iPod speakers to the very cool Monolith MythTV Media Center.

Wireless Audio:
CyFi, The Wireless Solution for Listening to You iPod on Your Bike
JBL and Infinity Team up to Release Wireless Subwoofer
EWOO - Wireless iPod Remote for iTunes with Color Display
More Bluetooth Goodness From Parrot
Philips SHD9100 Wireless Headphone Review

Media Hard Drives:
QNAP Updates Their NAS Boxes to Play Nicely With Consoles
Emtec new Cube -R Media Streaming Hard Drive

News:
EchoStar Buys Sling Media
Microsoft Wakes Up and Adds TV Streaming to Media Center
Big Sale on Mvix 760HD at NewEgg

Audio Streaming:
Denon's New Sound System to Offer Music Streaming
Panasonic's Hard Drive Based Boombox
Sony ads HD to their LocationFree Line

Video Streaming:
Sony Unveils Massive Home Media Server
Prolink PixelView PlayTV Media Box News

Media Centers:
Monolith Deliver MythTV Without The Nasty Install
Venzero's LINQ Personal Streaming Media Player

Console Streaming:
Using Your Old Xbox to Stream Meida in the House

Slingbox News
New HD Slingbox Pro Slated For January

Storage:
NewerTech miniStack NAS Partner for your Mac Mini

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July 2007 Monthly Round Up for Networking Audio Video

Well it has been another busy month here at Networking Audio Video with the official launch of the site and so we have been slightly behind on our monthly round up post. This was a very cool month with a lot of great devices reviewed. We had some good in house hands on experience with the Rocketfish Wireless Rear Speaker Kit as well as an amazing time playing with the Sonos BU130 Digital Wireless Music System Bundle. We received our Monsoon Multimedia Wireless Hava to do a review that we are working on currently and we conducted our first interview with the creators of the MvixUSA 760HD Wireless Media Center.

Lets look at the articles that we had in July:

TV Streamers
Sling Media SlingLink Ethernet Connection Bridge
Monsoon Multimedia Set to Release Slingbox Competitor
Monsoon Multimedia HAVA Wireless HD In House

Video Streamers
GejBox may have been launched
Sony VAIO LF-V30 LocationFree Base Station
Archos TV+ Wireless Media Streamer

Media Streaming Hard Drives
Digital Cowboy Media Streaming Hard Drive
AirLive Media Hard Drive With Built in BitTorrent Client
Planex Jack in the Box Multi-Function Home Media Server
SavitMicro cineDISK CD36HD Media Streaming Box

Interviews
Interview With 760HD Media Center Creator MvixUSA

Wireless Speakers
Review: Hands on with the Rocketfish Wireless Rear Speaker Kit

Audio Streamers
Review: Hands on with the Sonos BU130 Digital Wireless Music System Bundle
SMC EZ-Stream Wireless Audio Adapter ( SMCWAA-B )
DLO HomeDock Music Remote Review
Build Your Own Linux Based Music Streaming Device

News
D-Link DSM-520 High-Definition Media Player Adds Active-TV Technology
Game Console Owners Not Using Their Streaming Ability
Free Optical Cable Giveaway at MvixUSA
The Top 7 Media Streaming Products Available Today
AppleTV finally has a good use for its USB port

HD Radio
FreeCom MusicPal WiFi Internet Radio Receiver

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June 2007 Monthly Round Up for Networking Audio Video

We had another fun month here at Networking Audio Video. Lots of great products were reviewed and we had some great hands on experiences. We expanded our scope of reviews to incorporate video encoders as well as HD radio. We continue to be amazed at how many products are being released that are not just networked media players, but also help to get your content setup for playing.
If you missed any of the reviews here is what we covered in June.

Steals and Deals:

$99 Seagate 500GB Drive at Newegg
Fathers Day Sale at MvixUsa
Hard Drive Sale: Samsung 500GB Internal Drive for $110

News:

Top 20 Products of the Year
PS3 1.80 Firmware is out and your Media is Streaming

Internet Radio:

Pinnacle SoundBridge Wireless Internet Radio
Acoustic Energy Wi-Fi Internet Radio

Video Streaming:

DivX GejBox Media Streamer Concept Box
D-Link DSM-510 High-Definition Media Player
Europe: TwinhanDTV MagicBox Digital TV USB 2.0 Box
New Competition for the Slingbox?

Audio Streaming:

TViX HD M-5100SH Digital Media Server
New Hi-Fi is X-fi Wireless Music System
Oono Transmita 2.4G Wireless Audio Transmitter

Console Streaming:
Stream iTunes and Video from your Macintosh to your Xbox 360

Hard Drive Streaming:

QNAP BitTorrent Enabled NAS: TS-109 Pro Turbo Station
Pixel Magic Systems Media Players HD MediaBox

Video Encoders:
Elgato Turbo.264 Video H.264 Encoder - Make Apple TV and iPod Movies Faster

Hands on Reviews:

Sonos System Has Arrived for Review

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May 2007 Monthly Round Up for Networking Audio Video

Well we have had a great month this month. We got our Mvix 760HD in house to play with and it has been nothing but fun. We have also branched out and added two new categories to our list: HD Streaming Radio and Game Console Streaming. Both of these areas are really starting to really take off and we see a lot of potential there, so expect a lot more articles centering around them.

We have seen a lot of new media hard drives hit the market as well as a trend to include streaming and downloading capabilities to routers. It has been a busy month and from the looks of it, next month will be even busier!

OK enough of our babble, lets take a gander at this months posts.

Streaming Video
Aston Bee-Box WiFi Media Streamer
Oneforall PC Media Streaming Kit
Tvix M-3100U Media Streaming Device
Prismiq Streaming Media Player
Ziova CS505 High Definition Network Media Player
AL Tech Mediagate MG-35

Streaming Audio
Linksys Wireless-B Music System WMLS11B
Whole House FM Transmitter: Wireless Stereo Audio Adapter
Juke Tower MP3 Player

Streaming Images
Aluratek Digital Picture Frame Review

Wireless Speakers
Audio Technica AT-SP550TV Infrared Speakers

News
Digital Home 10 years off?
Sonos Announces Pandora Integration
Sale on Slimdevices White Squeezebox

Hands on Reviews
MvixUSA 760-HD Hands on Review

HD Radio
Stream HD Radio with the Sangean HD Radio Receiver

Book Reviews
Home Networking: The Missing Manual

Game Console Streaming
Stream Music via your Wii

Media Hard Drives
LaCie Silverscreen Media Hard Drive
TrekStor MovieStation maxi t.u

Media Routers
Planex MZ-04G Media Router

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April 2007 Monthly Round Up for Networking Audio Video

Well another month has gone by and once again we have reviewed a bunch more cool devices from media streamers to iPod robots that follow you around. Well without further ado here is a recap of what went down at Networking Audio Video in April.

Streaming Video
MvixUSA 760-HD in house
Sandisk SDMV1-R V-Mate Video Recorder Review
Streaming Networks iRecord
Yamada HTV-200XU - 21st century boombox

Streaming Audio
Philips WACS700 Wireless Audio System
TerraTec Noxon iRadio
Sony NAS-CZ1 Network Audio Player Review

iPod Streaming
Oregon Scientific IB368 iBall Wireless iPod Speaker with Transmitter Dock
Soundcast iCast System Review
Creative's new Xdock shown at CeBIT
TuneView for iPod Review
Belkin TuneFM Radio Transmitter Review

Streaming Images
Pandigital's PAN-150 digiframe
SanDisk Digital Photo Album

Wireless Speakers
Onkyo MHP-AV1 Digital Wireless Headphone Review
Ety8 In-The-Ear Bluetooth Earphones Review

News
Networked Home Audio Market to Hit $7.2 Billion by 2012
NYTimes Review of the Horrors of Home Networking

Reviews
Review of MythTV
Slingbox Pro Review

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March 2007 Monthly Round Up for Networking Audio Video

We've had a pretty busy month here at Networking Audio Video, reviewing lots of fun products and really getting a good look at whats coming down the line.
From wireless speakers, to high end music streamers, March had its full share. Lets take a stroll down memory lane and look back at what we covered.

Audio Streaming Product Reviews
First Impressions: AppleTV
Creative Home Theater Connect DTS-610
SqueezeBox 3 First Impressions
mvix MX-760HD Review
Slim Devices Transporter
Logitech Wireless DJ Music System
Logitech Wireless Music System for iPod
Pioneer Music Tap
Hands on with the Logitech Wireless Music System for the iPod