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Ziova CS510 High Definition Network Media Player

Last updated
June 19, 2007
Hands On Reviewed by
Lincoln Spector
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Full Specifications
Pricing - $200 (Inexpensive) Warranty (parts and labor) - One year
Design and usability - Good: 73 Overall ease of setup - Fair
On-screen user interface - Fair
Device design and build quality - Very Good
Remote control ease of use and build quality - Good
Documentation - Very Good
Ethernet performance - Good: 73 Standard-definition video streaming quality - Good
High-definition video streaming quality - Good
Audio streaming quality - Very Good
Photo streaming quality - Poor
Features - Good: 70 Dimensions (width by depth by height) - 8 by 13 by 2 inches
Weight - 3.96 pounds
Device display - Single-line, 13-character scrolling display provides ID3 tag information or elapsed time
Hard disk - No
Networking - 10/100 ethernet, 802.11g Wi-Fi (with WEP security)
High-definition video - Up to 1080i
Video outputs - HDMI, component, composite, S-Video
Audio outputs - Optical S/PDIF, coaxial S/PDIF, stereo RCA
Bundled hardware - Remote control and batteries, ethernet cable, stereo RCA audio/composite video cable, antennas, power plug
Bundled software - No
Supports Apple Store DRM - No
Supports Windows Media DRM - No
Major file and format support - MPEG-1/2/4 (with .aac or .mp3 audio), .mp4 (QuickTime MPEG-4 with .aac audio), .wmv (with .wma audio, up to 1080i), DivX, Xvid, .iso DVD images, DVD files (.vob and .ifo), Nero Digital (.asp), 3ivx, .avi (with .mp3 audio). Player can upscale through HDMI if TV has HDCP support.
Supported photo formats for slide shows - .jpg, .bmp, .png
Supported audio formats - .mp3, .wma, .m4a/.aac (low complexity), CD audio (with freeDB support), .ogg, .flac .wav
Internet radio - Shoutcast
Surround-sound support - Dolby Digital, DTS
Playlist file formats - .m3u, .pls, .asx
Subtitle format support - .smi, .srt, .sub, .ssa
Weather information - Streams weather from the Internet; location-specific four-day forecast
RSS feed support - None
Internet photo streaming - None
Internet video streaming - None
DVR/electronic program guide functionality - None
PC application access - None
Multiroom playback features - None
Number of USB ports - One
Firmware upgradable - Yes
Key standards compliance - UPnP AV, Windows Media Connect, SMB networking
Supported operating systems - Windows Vista, Windows XP, Mac OS X, Linux
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