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- Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (parts): 1 year
- Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (labor): 1 year
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Your Windows Vista Media Center (Home Premium or Ultimate edition) has it all: photos, movies, music; with an optional TV tuner, you can even watch your favorite show on it. But your tv and easy chair are in the livingroom, and the computer is down the hall, or upstairs. Enter LinkSys's Media Center Extender.
You've already got a local network, so hooking it up is a cinch: connect your Vista computer to the LAN, hook in a cable from your router or use your wireless router to connect the Extender, and hook the other end of the Extender to your TV. Now you can do pretty much anything you could do with the Vista Media Center, but on the screen or in the room of your choice.
Going wireless means you don't even have to route new cables, and it is compatible with both the 802.11b/g standard and the 802.11n standard for maximum compatibility with older routers or the newest. Take a look and decide for yourself; we'll be ready when you are.
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Easy to Set Up - Remote is cheap
- Pros: Delivers most of the key features of Vista's Media Center to a second TV. Set up was straight-forward and no problems. It requires getting a code from the extender and entering into the Vista PC - pretty easy. Best part is that you can use vmcNetflix to stream netflix movies directly to the extender. People complain about no ability to extend ripped DVD VOB files, but the vmcNetflix partially makes up for this shortfall
- Cons: Remote control is cheap. It will not take Sharp codes. You are better off getting a different remote (microsoft makes them).
- Other Thoughts: If you are at all into HTPC and have more than one TV, this is a must. Great form factor that unobstusive. The bright blue light is stupid though. In a bedroom, you wil need to cover with electrical tape
Be Careful
- Pros: Great device, small form factor. Just what I needed for the bedroom. I don't need the dvd because I download most movies or rip from disc to my server. I was suprised that I could assign it a static IP on my network.
- Cons: BEWARE!!! HDMI to DVI is not supported yet. My Sceptre 20.1 HD monitor won't show a picture. It's a Linksys firmware issue. At first no signal, after firmware update, signal but no picture. Linksys support told me that the next update will correct the issue. For now I have a pretty setup in the bedroom that doesn't work. Back to sleeping the couch again, :(.
- Other Thoughts: If you have a monitor/TV that has HDMI, composite, component, or S-Video you're good, if not hold off on this purchase till the software is ready. Other than that go for it.
| Model | DMA2100 |
| Wireless Standard | IEEE 802.11b/g, IEEE802.11n Draft 2 |
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wired - yes, wireless - not at all
- Pros: i truly wanted this to work, because the notion ob being able to wirelessly stream stuff from my computer leveraging mediua center was quite exciting. with HDTV resolution to boot.
- Cons: unfortunately the wireless setup did not work out of the box. i should note i have a Linksys WRT610N wireless router that has never shown any compatibiity with any piece of equipment, ever. i took the DMA2100 to where i could connect it using the ethernet port, ad it connected and worked flawlessly and updated its own firmware in the process. i tried to get wireless to work again, but no luck - the DMA2100 would freeze up at random points in the install, and obviously could not connect to either the 802.11 B, G or N bands I have available. in fact it got so confused that it started to make up wireless networks that don't exist when searching for a wireless network.
- Other Thoughts: it may have been a defective unit - they were being unloaded at $110 albeit from a reputable source. i know the problem is with the DMA2100, and must send it back.
Works Great !
- Pros: Works just as described. Using it to extend the Media Center Capabilities and Data from our VMCPC and Home Server to the living room. Started off wireless but noticed some glitching while watching backed up DVDs. Now hardwired Cat 5e and it works flawlessly.
- Cons: I only gave a 4 due to a little lag in response from when you hit a button on the remote to when the extender responds. Not bad but worth mentioning thatit can get a little annoying.
- Other Thoughts: Ill probably be buying another one for the rec room in the basement.
As usual, Great service and shipping from NEWEGG !!!
Great product...bad price
- Pros: Works great. Compatible with windows 7.
- Cons: Ridiculous price. I'm not sure how newegg justifies doubling the price of this. Perplexing considering newegg usually has the best prices.
- Other Thoughts: I'm sure newegg will remove this review promptly for being honest.
| Model |
| Brand |
LINKSYS |
| Model |
DMA2100 |
| Spec |
| Supported Formats |
Audio from Vista PC: PCM Audio,MP3,WMA,WMA-Pro,Dolby Digital AC-3 Audio,MPEG Audio,AAC-LC Stereo via Vista Media Center extension
Video from Vista PC: MPEG-1,MPEG-2,WMV9 (Standard and High Definition),VC-1 Advanced Profile 4.0
Pictures from Vista PC: JPG, PNG, BMP, GIF |
| Network Interface |
Ethernet, USB for Service purpose only |
| Wireless Standard |
Draft dual band 802.11N, 802.11G, 802.11B (2.4GHz and 5GHz) |
| Power |
12V Max. 1,5A (18W)
Attached universial (100-240V) Wall Plug Power supply 12V/1.5A DC-plug, for exchangable Mains Plug clips. For Clips, see Specifications below for each region. |
| Dimensions |
7.1" x 6.7" x 4.45" |
| Weight |
1.53 lbs |
| Features |
| Features |
High speed, dual-band Wireless-N enables you to stream content from virtually anywhere in your home.
Stream live TV content, movies, photos and music from your Media Center PC on your living room HDTV and home theater
Includes learning remote control; integrates your TV and A/V receiver controls |
| Manufacturer Warranty |
| Parts |
1 year limited |
| Labor |
1 year limited |
Introduction
Your Windows Vista Media Center (Home Premium or Ultimate edition) has it all: photos, movies, music; with an optional TV tuner, you can even watch your favorite show on it. But your tv and easy chair are in the livingroom, and the computer is down the hall, or upstairs. Enter LinkSys's Media Center Extender.
You've already got a local network, so hooking it up is a cinch: connect your Vista computer to the LAN, hook in a cable from your router or use your wireless router to connect the Extender, and hook the other end of the Extender to your TV. Now you can do pretty much anything you could do with the Vista Media Center, but on the screen or in the room of your choice.
Going wireless means you don't even have to route new cables, and it is compatible with both the 802.11b/g standard and the 802.11n standard for maximum compatibility with older routers or the newest. Take a look and decide for yourself; we'll be ready when you are.
Highlights
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Complete Home Entertainment Solution
With the LINKSYS DMA2100, stream your digital media collection from your Windows Vista Media Center-based PC to your living room TV, watch, pause, rewind and record live TV programming (PC-embedded or optional TV tuner required), or access a broad set of Internet Radio stations and online services from all over the world!
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Dual-band Wireless-N Support
With support for dual-band Wireless-N, the Linksys DMA2100 smoothly streams HD content from virtually anywhere in your home without running wires.
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Expanded Connectivity
The Linksys DMA2100 supports comprehensive video and audio outputs including HDMI 1.2, Component, Composite, S-Video, S/PDIF RCA and Stereo RCA, and features a 10/100 Ethernet port for wired network connection and a USB port for firmware upgrades.
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Learning Remote Control
The included remote control with learning capabilities puts all TV and AV controls in your hand, so you can easily navigate through the on-screen menus, and take command of all playback functions in the comfort of your chair.
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Quick Specs
| Brand | LINKSYS |
| Wireless Standard | IEEE 802.11b/g, IEEE802.11n Draft 2 |
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Reviewed By: xenozar on 7/24/2008
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
