Netgear Launches Digital Entertainer
September 25, 2006 | by Ian Bell
Netgears new Digital Entertainer EVA700 streams media from your PC to your television and home theater system.
The Digital Entertainer EVA700 is the company's first Intel Viiv technology-verified digital media dapter allowing consumers to stream digital media, applications and services from PCs NAS drives, USB devices and the internet to TVs and home theater systems.
Although the Digital Entertainer EVA700 does not need an Intel Viiv PC to work, Netgear is working closely with Intel to offer content though the Intel Viiv Zone such as music videos, sports, TV shows, full length movies and other content.
The NETGEAR Digital Entertainer (EVA700) decodes many leading audio formats (MP3, WAV, WMA, AAC), video formats (MPEG1/2/4, WMV, XviD) and image formats (JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF, GIF). It integrates a 10/100Base-T Ethernet controller, support for 802.11g wireless networking, and a USB 2.0 port for additional connectivity with flash memory, digital cameras, iPod, or other portable music and video players. The Digital Entertainer also includes RCA connectors for composite and component video outputs with HD video support, stereo RCA audio ports, an S-video port, and a SCART connector for regions that require it. The Digital Entertainer complies with multiple interoperability standards, including UPnP AV, Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA), and emerging digital rights management technologies such as DTCP-IP and Microsoft Windows Media DRM 10 for Network Devices. It supports several security standards including WEP, WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK.
The Digital Entertainer EVA700 is currently available for an MSRP of $269. Most information can be found on Netgear's website.
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Donny on Sep 25th, 2006 at 12:54 PM:
It sounds like a cool product, but I think Netgear will confuse people with their Viiv integration. I don't think enough people even know what Viiv is to be honest.