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Best Products to Stream Audio and Video With Ease

Want to watch your movies in the bedroom of listen to your albums in the kitchen? We identify which devices do the best job of streaming PC-based video and audio all over your home.

Lincoln Spector, PC World

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D-Link D-Link DSM-520 Wireless HD Media Player

82

Apple Apple TV

82

Apple Apple TV

67

ZyXEL ZyXEL DMA-1000 Digital Media Theater

69

Mvix Mvix Wireless HD Media Center MX-760 HD

82

Netgear Netgear Entertainer HD EVA8000

73

Ziova Ziova CS510 High Definition Network Media Player

68

Buffalo Technology LinkTheater Wireless A&G Network Media Player

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Photograph: Marc Simon
It's easier than ever to liberate your collection of audio, video, and photo files from the confines of a PC--so you can enjoy it at the level of comfort and quality that your home theater setup provides. Streaming media players, also known as digital media receivers, connect to your TV and surround-sound speakers and, via an interface on your television, let you stream multimedia files from networked PCs, hard disks, and (in some cases) the Internet.

Products Reviewed in This Story

For this roundup, we evaluated the following seven digital media adapters:


Features Comparison Chart

For details about the seven streaming media players in our review matched head-to-head, see the features comparison chart, "Best Streaming Media Players."

Beaming and Streaming Without Screaming

Complementing our product reviews are brief discussions of several issues relating to streaming media. We cover the following topics in these sidebars:

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