Netgear EVA-9000

[dbott67]

Oooohhhh... Christmas comes early!



http://www.netgear.com/Products/Enterta ... A9000.aspx

Access and enjoy your digital entertainment easily on your TV and HDTV

* Plays video, MP3s and digital photos from your PC, Mac or network attached storage device(NAS) to your HDTV
* Streams media directly from the Internet such as YouTube™, Internet radio, Flickr™ photos, RSS, and podcasts
* Automatically finds all digital media files on your home network and organizes them into an easily accessible library
* Includes HDMI port, HD upconversion up to 1080p, Wireless-N, two USB ports for iPod® and USB drives
* Easily add an optional hard drive∞ for extra storage of movies, photos, and music

Features

* Play your files stored on your PC, Mac, or directly from network attached storage (NAS) device.
* Get instant access to content on a USB flash drive, digital camera, iPod, or other USB storage device via the 2 USB ports
* Enjoy full HD up to 1080p when playing back Windows® Media Video 9, H-264, MPEG-2, or MPEG-4 files
* Automatically up-converts videos and photos to full 1080p HD resolution via HDMI output
* Plays unprotected DVD images stored on your PC, Mac, or NAS including menus, subtitles, and special features
* Easy playback of Windows Media DRM (WMDRM10) protected content from major online services
* 'Follow Me' feature allows you to pause a song or video in one room and resume it in another room (for use with two or more Digital Entertainer Elite units)
* Simple wireless connection at a push of a button with Push ‘N’ Connect feature using Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ (WPS)1
* Energy-efficient power supply and automatic power-saving mode consume as little as 0.01 Watts

∞hard drive not included
1Works with routers supporting WPS

Network Connections/Speeds

* Wired LAN: 10/100 Mbps Ethernet, RJ-45
* Wireless 802.11a/b/g/n dual-band (2.4 GHz or 5 GHz) at up to 300 Mbps‡
* Recommended for use with dual-band Wireless-N networks for best performance
* Three internal dual-band meta-material antennas

Security

* Hardware-based Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) 40/64-bit & 128-bit encryption
* Wi-Fi Protected Access™ (WPA2-PSK, WPA-PSK)
* Push ‘N’ Connect makes connecting to your secure network simple and fast using Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ (WPS)

Standards Compliance

* Windows Media Player 11 Media Sharing
* SMB networking (includes Macintosh)

Digital Media File Formats¥

* MP3 up to 320 Kbps or variable bit rate (VBR)
* WMA8 and WMA9 files up to 192 Kbps or variable bit rate (VBR)
* WMV9 up to 1080p (to 40 Mbps)
* Internet radio (streaming MP3)
* Video codecs: MPEG 1/2/4 SD; MPEG-2 HD HP@HL to 40 Mbps; MPEG-4 Part 2 HP@HL to 10 Mbps (Xvid); H.264 HP@HL 4.1, VC1/ WMV9HD to 1080p 40 Mbps
* Video file formats: AVI, DivX, Xvid, WMV9, MOV, M4V, VOB, MPG, MP1, MP2, MP4, ISO, IFO, MKV (with AC3 only), TS, M2TS, PS
* Audio formats: MP3, WAV, WMA, AAC, FLAC, WMA-Pro, M4A, M4P, AC3, DTS Passthrough, PCM, LPCM, AIFF
* Photo formats: JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF
* Playlist formats: WPL, ASX, WAX, WVX, PLS, M3U, RMP

Physical Specifications

* Dimensions (HxWxD): 50.8 x 431.8 x 254 mm (2 x 17 x 10 in)
* Weight: 2.0 kg (4.4 lb)

Power

* EVA9000 can accept 100-240V, 50-60 Hz, 2.5A maximum
* Power-saving active and passive standby modes

Input/Output

* HDMI for A/V output
* RCA connector for composite video output
* RCA connectors for component video output (high-definition support)
* Digital audio output S/PDIF (coaxial/optical)
* Stereo RCA audio ports
* USB 2.0 mass storage interface
* 2x USB 2.0 port
* Ethernet port
* S-Video port
* SCART composite and RGB for regions that require it

Package Contents

* Digital Entertainer Elite (EVA9000)
* 4-device Universal Infrared (IR) remote control (2 AA batteries included)
* Power cable, localized to country of sale
* Ethernet cable
* RCA stereo-audio/composite-video cable
* HDMI™ cable
* Installation guide
* Windows/Macintosh (Intel-based OS-X) resource CD
* Warranty/support information card

Warranty

* NETGEAR 1-year Warranty

[Jetlag]

The link is down, must have posted it a bit early or just testing the page.

Specs look good, all that remains now is the price which we most likely won't get until CES time.

[m_stolle]

What I always wonder is - how well do they deal with large pictures? What's the horsepower on the CPU? In order for these to really replace a HTPC, they I would like to be able to browse through my digital camera pictures (2-10MP) and just view them without having to convert them. I've tried with a bunch of devices that claim to view pictures, but anything above 2MP, and it's a test of patience. Flipping through pictures to find the one that you want to show? Forget it!

Anyone have any experience with the EVA 8000?

Martin

[smartwombat]

No experience, but it all depends on the software.
Picassa as a picture browser on my PC is blindingly fast, even with 10M RAW files.
Nothing else comes anywhere near its speed, and that's doing the display conversion, too.
That's even on a 1.7G laptop and 100Mbit network, it's just stunning performance.

Thumbs+, Microsoft RAW viewer, Lightroom - all are slow.
Canon Digital Photo Professional and ZoomBrowser aren't even worth installing.

[sorjai]

This definitely looks sweet, and if it's priced competitively compared to the Popcorn Hour (which I kinda doubt seeing the current price of the EVA-8000), I would consider getting one of these.

[tcronin]

looks pretty cool, I got a PCH-A110 it's good for the price (still rough around the edges...) The PCH took about 10 minutes to setup and watch movie. the PCH lets me browse the file system no need for some media software. The biggest short coming is audio on the pch. I tried the dlink DSM-510 , it had a nice foot print but trying to get it to work was futile... I hope that it's netgear it'll work well with readynas NV+.

[sorjai]

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/12/n ... shows.html

Hmmm, at 400 dollars, it's way too expensive, even with an included 500gb hard drive. It almost feels like they're using the same strategy as they did with the ReadyNAS Pro where they're bundling a hard drive someone may not necessarily want. I think at this point, the Popcorn Hour seems like a more viable option. The only thing it's missing that the Netgear EVA9150 is providing is built-in wireless. I hope they do that at the next update... maybe incorporate Netflix streaming as well since more and more units are doing so.