New Set-Top Boxes: Bridging the PC/TV Divide

The DMA2200 acts as a wireless media extender for a Windows Vista Media Center PC. You plug your cable, broadcast TV, or satellite card into the back of your PC to grab the content, and Media Center sends it out to the DMA220 in the living room (using 5-GHz Wireless-N) in response to your commands on the DMA220's remote control. You can play CDs and DVDs or access MP3s and photos in the same way. The DMA2200 also has its own DVD player on board, if you like to keep your DVDs in the living room. The device will sell for $349. The 2200's sibling, the DMA2100, comes sans DVD player and will sell for $299.