LinkTheater Hi-Def Wireless Media Player

[Suhit Gupta]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/entry/525/buffalo_technology_usa' target='_blank'>http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/entry/525/buffalo_technology_usa</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Buffalo Technology, a global leader in the design, development and manufacturing of wired and wireless networking, storage and memory solutions announces the LinkTheater High Definition Wireless Media Player (PC-P3WG/DVD). This landmark solution is the only wireless progressive scan DVD player that enables users to wirelessly access on their TV or HDTV just about any audio, video or digital photo file stored on their computer or storage device."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/buffalo_technology_linktheater.jpg" /><br /><br />The LinkTheater Wireless Network Media Player (PC-P3WG/DVD) will be available in February at an estimated street price of $349.

[Felix Torres]

Okay, there's gotta be a catch.
This is simply too good to be true.

It plays everything.
Mpeg.
DiVX
WMV
WMV HD?!!
Off disk.
Off a server.
Off a network-attached drive.
Off a USB external drive????!!!
And it upconverts to HD?
For a street price of around $300?

Don't get it.
Its january, not April 1st.
Lets check that spec sheet again; no DVI output.Okay, that's a minor minus.
The server software looks to be proprietary, a definite minus.
No Apple AAC support, a big plus. :twisted:

But it plays media off a USB attached HD.
(To say nothing of pictures straight off a camera.)
So I could stick my spare 200 GB drive and stick it in a $30 USB case and just plug it in.
Its gotta be the software. Gotta be absolute crap. ;-)

Cause this thing is well-nigh perfect.
And that just doesn't happen, right?
(on the other hand, if its good, I'll have my mother's day present all covered...) ;-)

Now, if only somebody would do this *plus* add in MCE extender features... :-D

[makicr]

I guess that this one should be added to my previous post at:
http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7476

Edit: It was already there, huh.

[makicr]

No Apple AAC support, a big plus. :twisted:

The buffalo website shows that it plays MPEG4-AAC (*.M4A).

Audio Formats CD-DA, Renear PCM (*.WAV), Ogg Vorbis (*.OGG), MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3 (*.MP3), Windows Media Audio (*.WMA), MPEG4-AAC (*.M4A)

File Extensions Video Files - dat, mpg, mpe, mpeg, m2v, m1v, vob, avi, divx, xvid, rmp4, mov, mp4, vro, m4v, m2p, (in network mode) hnl, wmv; Audio Files - mp3, mp2, ogg, wav, aac, wma, pls, m4a, ac3, mp1, mpa, asf; Picture Files - jpg, gif, bmp, tif, png

Sorry to let you down.

[Felix Torres]

The buffalo website shows that it plays MPEG4-AAC (*.M4A).

Sorry to let you down.

I'll bet you are!
&lt;sigh>
I guess I'll have to go with the LG LRM-519 after all, even if it means waiting till the fall... :wink:

[iand]

I bought a Prismiq MediaPlayer a while ago based on a similar set of compatability specs, and let me tell you, that wasn't all milk and honey.

That company hasn't fixed any of the many bugs in well over a year, and there's no sign that there will ever be any more fixes. I would strongly recommend *not* being an early adopter with media players, because there's a pretty good chance you'll be burned.

Right now the only way you're going to get a system that's completely compatible with everything you throw at it is to attach a PC to your TV.