Re: Recommendations for a EVA8000 Media player replacement

[Phillip Harris <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

C200 motherboard (which is MiniITX format) in a 19" case?

Phil

On 2 Apr 2010, at 23:50, Neil Wrightson wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I have a Netgear EVA8000 that is probably the biggest dud I have ever
> bought.
> Seriously the only good thing about it is that the 19" box looks
good with
> the rest of the system.
>
> My system as it stands is
>    - WHS with Movies, MP3 etc in a separate building but 100BaseT to
the
> entertainment area
>    - Sony entertainment system
>        - 46" LCD fed via HDMI from receiver - No Ethernet on TV
(Bugger)
>        - Sony Receiver (4*HDMI Inputs) EVA currently uses one of these
>        - Sony PVR
>        - Sony PS3
>    - Logitech Harmony One remote
>    - Netgear EVA8000
>
> I did try to use the EVA8000 as a TV recorder with a standard PAL
based TV
> capture card. This did not work well.
> I could not find a HD digital TV capture card. Anyway, now all of this
is
> replaced by the above PVR.
>
> I like the idea of the RSS, YouTube, playing stored movies & MP3's
etc but
> the EVA8000 would just continually stop mid movie etc.
> So I need to do the above via a Ethernet connection as well as via a
> connected USB drive.
> And also prefer something slim. preferably 19" as well.
>
> What recommendations?
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Neil Wrightson.
> N.W.Electronics
> ABN 76 768 513 867
> Embedded Controllers and Home Automation Products
> Skype : Neil_Wrightson
> Web     : www.nwe.net.au
>
>
>
>
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