NeoTV Media player- Does it suck?
Reviewing the NeoTV 550 from Netgear, it promises to "bring all your digital media to your TV", it'll Play your movies, music and photo collections stored on your USB Drives, eSATA drives, SD Cards right out of your camera and even your networked devices and the internet itself! ... So lets see how it does * Plays your digital movies in full high definition 1080p and stunning Dolby Digital or DTS surround sound * Automatically scans your networked and local devices, and organizes your movies, music, and photos * Live Browsing provides easy and fast access to your media collection ntv550 product image tv screen * Built-in SD card slot for convenient access to personal photos and videos (AVCHD™ compatible) * Compatible with a wide range of media file formats including Blu-ray™ * Delivers your movie sound tracks in HD 7.1 surround sound * Improved video and audio navigation using cover art instead of file names * Remote with shortcuts for quick selection and ease of use o Source: Directly access your networked and local devices o Audio: On-the-fly language selection o Subtitle: Display subtitles and change appearance Package Contents; * NeoTV™ 550 (NTV550 and stand) * Infrared (IR) remote control * Two (2) AAA batteries * Ethernet cable * AV cable * Note: HDMI cable not included * Quick install guide * Resource CD * Power adapter (localized to country of sale) Warranty * Localized to country of sale System Requirements * Analog or HDTV Connections * Two (2) USB ports (1 front, 1 back) * SD card slot * eSATA port * 10/100 Ethernet Languages * English, French, German, Spanish, Swedish Media Sources * USB Storage devices * eSATA storage devices * SD memory card * CIFS/Samba, NFS * UPnP AV and DLNA Servers * Windows Media Player 11 Media Sharing Video and Audio Output * HDMI 1.3a, 36bpp deep color, 12 bit xvYCC processing and HDCP 1.2 compliant * Component video * Composite video * Stereo analog audio * S/PDIF optical digital audio Digital Media File Formats * Video: o Codec format: + H.264 HP@L4.1 to 1080p + VC1 MP@HL, AP@L3 + WMV 7/8/9 + MPEG-2 MP@HL to 1080p + MPEG-4 Part 2 ASP@L5 to 10 Mbps (Xvid) + MPEG1/2/4 SD + H.263 o Container format: AVI, Xvid, MOV, MP4, MPEG2 PS, MPEG2-TS, DVD ISO/VOB/IFO, MKV, ASF, AVCHD, DivX, WMV, M4A, M2TS, MTS, MP1, MP2, MPG, DVR-MS o Blu-ray (external USB Blu-ray player not supported) * Audio: o Dolby® Digital (AC3), Dolby® Digital Plus, TrueHD o DTS 2.0+, DTS HD and DTS HD MA (passthru) o MP3 up to 320 Kbps or variable bit rate (VBR) o WMA8 and WMA9 up to 192 Kbps or variable bit rate (VBR) o WMAPro, AAC, FLAC (to 5.1, 192Khz), PCM LPCM/WAV (to 5.1, 192Khz) o Internet radio (streaming MP3) o MKA * Photo o JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF * Subtitle: o SRT, SMI, SSA, SUB, TXT, DVD, PGS
Reviewing the NeoTV 550 from Netgear, it promises to "bring all your digital media to your TV", it'll Play your movies, music and photo collections stored on your USB Drives, eSATA drives, SD Cards right out of your camera and even your networked devices and the internet itself! ... So lets see how it does * Plays your digital movies in full high definition 1080p and stunning Dolby Digital or DTS surround sound * Automatically scans your networked and local devices, and organizes your movies, music, and photos * Live Browsing provides easy and fast access to your media collection ntv550 product image tv screen * Built-in SD card slot for convenient access to personal photos and videos (AVCHD™ compatible) * Compatible with a wide range of media file formats including Blu-ray™ * Delivers your movie sound tracks in HD 7.1 surround sound * Improved video and audio navigation using cover art instead of file names * Remote with shortcuts for quick selection and ease of use o Source: Directly access your networked and local devices o Audio: On-the-fly language selection o Subtitle: Display subtitles and change appearance Package Contents; * NeoTV™ 550 (NTV550 and stand) * Infrared (IR) remote control * Two (2) AAA batteries * Ethernet cable * AV cable * Note: HDMI cable not included * Quick install guide * Resource CD * Power adapter (localized to country of sale) Warranty * Localized to country of sale System Requirements * Analog or HDTV Connections * Two (2) USB ports (1 front, 1 back) * SD card slot * eSATA port * 10/100 Ethernet Languages * English, French, German, Spanish, Swedish Media Sources * USB Storage devices * eSATA storage devices * SD memory card * CIFS/Samba, NFS * UPnP AV and DLNA Servers * Windows Media Player 11 Media Sharing Video and Audio Output * HDMI 1.3a, 36bpp deep color, 12 bit xvYCC processing and HDCP 1.2 compliant * Component video * Composite video * Stereo analog audio * S/PDIF optical digital audio Digital Media File Formats * Video: o Codec format: + H.264 HP@L4.1 to 1080p + VC1 MP@HL, AP@L3 + WMV 7/8/9 + MPEG-2 MP@HL to 1080p + MPEG-4 Part 2 ASP@L5 to 10 Mbps (Xvid) + MPEG1/2/4 SD + H.263 o Container format: AVI, Xvid, MOV, MP4, MPEG2 PS, MPEG2-TS, DVD ISO/VOB/IFO, MKV, ASF, AVCHD, DivX, WMV, M4A, M2TS, MTS, MP1, MP2, MPG, DVR-MS o Blu-ray (external USB Blu-ray player not supported) * Audio: o Dolby® Digital (AC3), Dolby® Digital Plus, TrueHD o DTS 2.0+, DTS HD and DTS HD MA (passthru) o MP3 up to 320 Kbps or variable bit rate (VBR) o WMA8 and WMA9 up to 192 Kbps or variable bit rate (VBR) o WMAPro, AAC, FLAC (to 5.1, 192Khz), PCM LPCM/WAV (to 5.1, 192Khz) o Internet radio (streaming MP3) o MKA * Photo o JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF * Subtitle: o SRT, SMI, SSA, SUB, TXT, DVD, PGS