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Netgear Entertainer HD EVA8000

Netgear Digital Entertainer HD EVA8000 (Front)
Netgear Digital Entertainer HD EVA8000 (Front)
82.0 Very Good
Last updated
June 19, 2007
Hands On Reviewed by
Lincoln Spector
Pros
  • Supports both Apple and Windows Media DRM
  • Can work as a DVR
Cons
  • Setup menu is hard to get to
  • Occasional stutter on 1080p high-def content
Full Specifications
Pricing - $350 (Very Expensive) Warranty (parts and labor) - One year
Design and usability - Good: 77 Overall ease of setup - Good
On-screen user interface - Very Good
Device design and build quality - Good
Remote control ease of use and build quality - Very Good
Documentation - Poor
Ethernet performance - Very Good: 88 Standard-definition video streaming quality - Very Good
High-definition video streaming quality - Very Good
Audio streaming quality - Superior
Photo streaming quality - Very Good
Features - Very Good: 89 Dimensions (width by depth by height) - 17 by 10 by 2 inches
Weight - 4.4 pounds
Device display - No
Hard disk - No
Networking - 10/100 ethernet, 802.11g Wi-Fi (with WPA, WPA-2, MAC address filtering, and 40-/64-/128-bit WEP security)
High-definition video - Up to 1080p
Video outputs - HDMI, component, composite, S-Video
Audio outputs - Optical S/PDIF, coaxial S/PDIF, stereo RCA, headphone jack
Bundled hardware - Remote control and batteries, ethernet cable, stereo RCA audio/composite video cable, component cable, power plug
Bundled software - Digital Entertainer Windows utility, media tagging tools (including Fixtunes), BitTorrent download client
Supports Apple Store DRM - Yes
Supports Windows Media DRM - Yes
Major file and format support - MPEG-1/2/4, .mp4 (QuickTime MPEG-4 with .aac audio), .wmv (with .wma audio), DivX (3/4/5/HD), Xvid (with PCM, .mp3, .ac3, or .aac audio), H.264 (as .avi, .mov, .m4v, .mpg, or .ts with .aac, .ac3, or MPEG-1/2/3 audio), OpenDivX (as .avi, .mov, .m4v, .mpg, or .ts with .aac, .ac3, or MPEG-1/2/3 audio), .ts (streaming MPEG-2 DVD files). All video upconverted as needed to 1080p.
Supported photo formats for slide shows - .jpg, .tiff, .bmp, .png
Supported audio formats - .mp3, protected .wma and .m4a/.aac files, .flac, .wav, .ac3
Internet radio - Shoutcast, Radioio, .mp3 or .wma streams
Surround-sound support - Dolby 5.1 digital passthrough with S/PDIF or HDMI or downmixed to analog stereo
Playlist file formats - .m3u, .pls, .asx, .wpl, .wax, .wvx, .rmp
Subtitle format support - .smi, .srt, .sub, .vob
Weather information - Streams weather information from the Internet; supports NOAA (U.S.)/WMO (international) weather
RSS feed support - RSS news and blog feeds, RSS podcasts, and RSS video
Internet photo streaming - Can stream images directly from Flickr
Internet video streaming - YouTube, any RSS video
DVR/electronic program guide functionality - With a TV-tuner card (not included) installed in your PC, device can schedule recordings and pause and rewind live TV from your living room.
PC application access - Use the remote control and TV to view and access your PC desktop and applications such as e-mail or the Web browser
Multiroom playback features - With two or more devices, synchronize music throughout the house (Party Mode) or pause a video in the living room and resume it in another room (Follow Me); send a message to the other room; or monitor and control what's playing in the other room.
Number of USB ports - Two
Firmware upgradable - Yes
Key standards compliance - UPnP AV, Windows Media Connect, SMB networking; DLNA and Viiv not certified but operational
Supported operating systems - Windows Vista, Windows XP, Mac OS X, others that support SMB/CIFS file sharing

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