DigitalNick » TV & Video http://www.digitalnick.com Internet Radio - Internet Television Sat, 16 Apr 2011 18:45:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Media Center Comparison http://www.digitalnick.com/media-center-comparison/ http://www.digitalnick.com/media-center-comparison/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:47:17 +0000 DN http://www.digitalnick.com/?p=228 Media centers are going to be a big gift item this holiday season so we decided to put together a quick comparison of the three we like the best. Western Digitals HD TV Live, O!Play by Asus and Patriot Medias new offering. Each has it’s own core competency.

The Wester Digitals is the streaming of YouTube, [...]]]> Media centers are going to be a big gift item this holiday season so we decided to put together a quick comparison of the three we like the best. Western Digitals HD TV Live, O!Play by Asus and Patriot Medias new offering. Each has it’s own core competency.

The Wester Digitals is the streaming of YouTube, Flickr and Live365 and more to come, The O!Play is that is can connect to eSata dries for faster transfer and the Patriot Media server can host an internal hard drive in addition to external drives on 3 USB ports. Each of these media servers is a great deal to manage your growing media library in a portable media device.

 

Media Player WD HD  TV Live  O!Play Patriot Media
Drives Not included Not Included Not Included
Resolution 1080p 1080p 1080p
USB 2.0 Yes/2 Yes Yes/3
eSata No Yes No
Wired Lan Wired/Wireless Wired Wired
Dolby Digital Yes Yes Yes
Connection HDMI 1.3/ Composite HDMI/Composite HDMI 1.3/ Composite
Features Streams YouTube, Flickr, Live365 -  -
Formats See Notes See Notes See Notes
amazon Rating 4 Stars 4 Stars Not Rated Yet
Pro Does Streaming eSata port Internal Drive & 3/USB
Con No internal drive No internal drive No Streaming

Western Digital WD TV Live Network-ready HD Media Player WDBAAN0000NBK-NESN
ASUS O!Play – TV HD Media Player (Black)
Patriot Box Office 1080P High Definition Media Player PCMPBO25 (Black)

[1] USB Dongle required for wireless, not included
[2] Video: AVI (Xvid, AVC, MPEG1/2/4), MPG/MPEG, VOB, MKV (h.264, x.264, AVC, MPEG1/2/4, VC-1), TS/TP/M2T (MPEG1/2/4, AVC, VC-1), MP4/MOV (MPEG4, h.264), M2TS, WMV9 Photo: JPEG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, PNG Audio: MP3, WAV/PCM/LPCM, WMA, AAC, FLAC, MKA, AIF/AIFF, OGG, Dolby Digital, DTS Playlist: PLS, M3U, WPL Subtitle: SRT, ASS, SSA, SUB, SMI
[3] Video Compression: MPEG1/2/4, RM/RMVB, VC-1, H.264 Video File Extension: .MP4, .MOV, .XVID, .AVI, .DIVX, .ASF, .WMV, .MKV, .RM, .RMVB, .FLV, .TS, .M2TS, .DAT, .MPG, .VOB Audio: MP3, WAV, AAC, OGG, FLAC, AIFF Image: JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF, TIFF Subtitle: SRT, SUB, SMI, SSA
[4] Music – WMA, MP3, Real Audio (RA) Graphics – JPEG, BMP, PNG Video – [MPEG-1] MPG/MPEG/DAT, [MPEG-2] MPG/MPEG/VOB/ISO/TS/TP/M2TS, [MPEG-4] MP4/AVI/MOV, WMV9, FLA, [H.264/AVC] MKV/T
]]> http://www.digitalnick.com/media-center-comparison/feed/ 0 Cheap Media Centers for your HDTV http://www.digitalnick.com/cheap-media-centers-for-your-hdtv/ http://www.digitalnick.com/cheap-media-centers-for-your-hdtv/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:54:03 +0000 DN http://www.digitalnick.com/cheap-media-centers-for-your-hdtv/ Looking for a cheap way to get all your DVD, Photos and music to your home entertainment center without spending a fortune. We’ll you’re in luck. Lots of new wireless media center devices that will accept any USB based hard drive are now on the market and most are under $150. Consider these.

Western Digital WD [...]]]> Looking for a cheap way to get all your DVD, Photos and music to your home entertainment center without spending a fortune. We’ll you’re in luck. Lots of new wireless media center devices that will accept any USB based hard drive are now on the market and most are under $150. Consider these.

Western Digital WD TV HD Media PlayerWestern Digital WD TV HD Media Player
The Western Digital WD TV HD media player is a hit with users and full of hot new features. It’s wireless, HDMI with full HD and will stream content from your computer
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Patriot Box Office 1080P High Definition Media Player PCMPBO25 (Black)Patriot Box Office 1080P High Definition Media Player PCMPBO25 (Black)
New HD Media player from Patriot available for pre-order.

  • All anodized aluminum
  • Full 1080p Media Play back
  • Support 2.5-Inch HD
  • Support H. 264
  • Support HDMI
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]]> http://www.digitalnick.com/blockbuster-lowers-prices/feed/ 0 Will Flytunes cache Internet Radio on your iPod touch? http://www.digitalnick.com/will-flytunes-cache-internet-radio-on-your-ipod-touch/ http://www.digitalnick.com/will-flytunes-cache-internet-radio-on-your-ipod-touch/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 02:55:35 +0000 DN http://www.digitalnick.com/?p=63 I just read a post on Chicago Tribune.com that Flytunes will cache up to 40 minutes of audio. This means you can listen to your favorite Flytunes station, they are up to over 60 now, and then take it on the road with you without your WiFi connection for your iPod touch. Of course those [...]]]> I just read a post on Chicago Tribune.com that Flytunes will cache up to 40 minutes of audio. This means you can listen to your favorite Flytunes station, they are up to over 60 now, and then take it on the road with you without your WiFi connection for your iPod touch. Of course those of you with an iPhone can still use the available Edge network stations while away from WiFi but this is neat. I’m trying mine tomorrow morning. How many minutes of Internet Radio will Flytunes cache on your iPod touch or iPhone? Leave a comment here. Update after the break…

UPDATE: This morning (May 12, 2008) I fired up Flytunes on my iPod touch and let it stream for about 8-10 minutes then got in the car to drive to work. Flytunes continued to play cached content for 35 minutes. I should mention that I was playing “The Office” station which is a lo-fi station geared for the iPhone so it might not have cached as much had I picked a higher bit rate station. Still a pretty neat trick. Makes one wonder how much longer satellite radio can last before Internet Radio takes over on all fronts.

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