07-30-2003, 09:59 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Linksys WMA11B Wireless-B Media Adapter: Wireless Media
 "The Linksys Wireless-B Media Adapter lets you bring the digital pictures and music stored on your computer to your Home Entertainment Center, without running cables through the house. Using a wireless connection, the Media Adapter displays your digital photographs on the TV for the whole family to enjoy. And your digital music collection is finally freed from those little computer speakers and can play in full glory through your stereo system.
The Wireless-B Media Adapter sits by your home stereo and television and connects to them using standard consumer electronics cables. Then it connects to your home network by Wireless-B (802.11b) wireless networking, or if you prefer, it can be connected via standard 10/100 Ethernet cabling. Using the included remote control and the user-friendly menus on your TV, you can browse through the digital pictures on your computer by folder, filename, or thumbnail. You can view pictures one at a time, or watch an automatically created slideshow of all the pictures in a given folder. The Media Adapter supports five popular picture formats: JPG, GIF, TIF and BMP. Use the remote control's Zoom button to get a close-up of the details in your pictures. You can also use the remote to browse your MP3 or WMA formatted music collection by title, artist, genre, folder, or playlist. Choose the music you want, and let the Wireless-B Media Adapter play it through your stereo system. You can even let music play in the background while you browse your pictures."
This looks really cool! 8O I'm having a vision of it being hooked up to my entertainment area upstairs... [Affiliate]
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07-30-2003, 10:09 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Sep 2002
Posts: 405
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But is this really practical for $179.99? I can see something for $70-80, but $180!? This costs more than my 802.11g router!
This is definitely a good idea, but at that price, I don't know how practical it will be to many "middle-class" society members like me.
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07-30-2003, 10:16 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 64
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why would you build something like this and not support mpeg/divx/wmv and the like? :?
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07-30-2003, 10:18 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 468
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Nifty! Of course, my TiVo can do pretty much the same thing. 
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07-30-2003, 10:31 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 122
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Anyone know of something like this that also supports .ogg files?
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If it can't be done with XS, then it shouldn't be done at all!!!
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07-30-2003, 10:33 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 31
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Media adapter huh???
When I saw the name of the device, I immediately got all excited, thinking (wrongly) that it was a SD Card/Compact Flash wireless adapter....and thought WOW!!!!!
big disappointment!!!!
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07-30-2003, 10:37 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 214
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Am I missing something here? What about video? Why waste the dollars on bringing such a limited solution to market?
I would like to see it behave as a TIVO. It's cheaper to burn the files to a CDRW. I couldn't imagine buying that for strictly music and static pictures.
Rod
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07-30-2003, 10:39 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 76
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Price needs work. I guess it is a good idea to have it if you really have a lot of movies and the such on your pc or laptop. IF so, then by all means you are the market niche for this product. I am not as of yet. While I want to put movies on my laptop, I am spending to much time getting the darn thing fixed.
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07-30-2003, 10:53 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 28
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for about $30-70 you can buy a DVD player that plays DVD+/- RW DVD's, and plays DiVX 5, and Mpeg, even obb and has PC Card slots to upgrade to wireless connectivity...
I would go for that before I went for this!!!!
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07-30-2003, 11:13 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 361
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Originally Posted by rpommier
Am I missing something here? What about video? Why waste the dollars on bringing such a limited solution to market?
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Because it's turn key. For the 75% of consumers out there who don't care to know how things work (which is the segment consumer companies really count on to make money), this represents a solution they hook up and then don't have to fiddle with at all. And even though they *could* incorporate every feature under the sun, that would increase testing costs, support costs, and leave them without a reason to sell you the next best model. :?
This is the same reason why we turn a key to start our car, instead of having to crank it every time before we go. People want to turn the key and drive, without having to worry about how it works. Ignorant, but true.
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