I’ll admit it: I squealed like a schoolgirl this morning when I saw the Sonos S5 announcement – finally a Sonos solution I could actually afford. At $US399 and controlled by the iPhone, I was entertaining dreams of picking up a few of these bad boys and streaming my music through my house. Then I got the Australian press release and my wallet clenched up tighter than a snare drum. More »
Are you looking for some kind of special gadget deal on which to blow your K-Rudd special $900 stimulus payment? The guys at Eljo Media Solutions reckon they’ve got a great deal for you, based around the Popcorn Hour A-110 Network media player. More »
We first saw it back at CES branded as the Samsung Home Digital Media Adapter. Now it’s been rebranded as MediaLive. Essentially a media streamer, the Samsung MediaLive connects to televisions via HDMI and can stream A/V from Windows systems including AC3, H.264, JPEG, MPEG2, MPEG4, WMA, and WMV over LAN or Wi-Fi (up to the fast “n” standard). It also offers a direct internet connection to various services like MovieLink, XM Radio, and FOX Sports. Look for it this August for US$200.
For audiophiles who prefer not to access their tunes via a PC, or tote their laptops about the house, Philips has just added a bunch of new products into its wireless streaming music range. This includes a new “flagship” hub media-manager, the WACS7500. This has an 80GB hard disk, holding around 1500 CDs worth, which may seem a bit cramped for those of used to bigger iPod drives. But since it wirelessly connects to your PC so you can access its media content, storage shouldn’t be a problem.
