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LINKSYS DMA-2200-CA Media Center Extender with DVD Player - Retail

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Total Reviews:	5

Some Dude

Reviewed By: Whatsinanickname on 11/23/2009

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: more than 1 year

Pros: Easy to setup with Vista. Will play WMC recorded tv in HD without a glitch. HDMI out is great with a HDTV(HD programs and DVD upconvert). Costs less than building another computer for my bedroom.

Cons: The remote does suck. I would suggest getting another media center remote. Any MC remote will work with it. I'm currently using a spare ASUS from my second tuner card. Won't play many file types. There seems to be no firmware update coming to add codec support. The unit will play XVID freely, and if you use an AVI FourCC Code changer, change DivX to XVID and most will work. For other files(MKV or M4V) there is a WMC plug-in called transcode 360 that will convert and stream to the 2200. With all files but DVRMS, you cannot fast forward, so you must skip through the file, but if you hold the button down, you end up at the end. It is a bit slow, but you do get what you pay for, and if you're just going to veg out and watch a show, why the hurry?

Other Thoughts: I have a HTPC in my living room that records over the air TV. I don't have cable or dish. The HTPC solution has been wonderful as we don't have to watch a show when it's on. The Dma-2200 as limited as it can be has been great for viewing the programs we record. It plays at 1080i in the bedroom, and you can even watch the same program on it that is playing on the HTPC at different times in the show. I've read that if you use a wireless network, HD playback can be intermittant, but with a wired network, I've had no issues. I don't use the DVD player at all, because I've ripped all my discs into XVID and can watch them all on the 2200. I would give it five eggs if Linksys would offer upgrades to the firmware for playback compatability. I would like to get 2 more of these for other rooms in my house, but I guess I'm too cheap to pay $170 for one of these. If I had more money, I would just put a PC in every room in my house and setup a network tower with all of my media on it.

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Great Product

Reviewed By: ferkel on 11/17/2009

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Excellent Display on my 42" 1080p television with the HDMI connection. It does exactly what i wanted it to do... play my movies in the other room.... has no problem with my large library of movies.

Cons: the movie stutters if the file size is large (>6gb) just something i've noticed, but it only pauses for a few seconds to re-buffer.

No netflix... yet...

Other Thoughts: great buy, i'm very happy with it (using windows 7)

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Disappointing

Reviewed By: Andy on 10/23/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

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Pros: Connects easily to Vista Ultimate. Connection options and DVD playback is quiet. Nice looking device.

Cons: Unfortunately many. Price for starters - even on sale this device is too expensive. I decided to take the plunge though and have been disappointed with it's performance and compatibility. It is very slow to power on, slow to change applications, slow when streaming videos that stream to the MCE fine, and just generally slow. Second issue is lack of compatibility with applications. Many apps available for MCE simply don't work on the extender. Also the remote seems unable to consistently communicate with the device.

Other Thoughts: MCE is Vista premium on Core2 duo with 4gb ram, Vista ultimate x64 so the MCE should not be the problem. Connection is 100 base Ethernet. 7Mb Cable internet.

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Model
Brand	LINKSYS
Model	DMA-2200-CA
Spec
Supported Formats	Audio from Disc: CD-Audio / LPCM - WAV Audio from Vista PC: PCM Audio,MP3,WMA,WMA-Pro,AC-3,MPEG Audio,AAC-LC Stereo via Vista Media Center extension Video from Disc: DVD/MPEG2 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
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11b/g/n
Ports	HDMI 1, 2, Component Video, Composite Video, S-Video, SPDIF RCA+Toslink, Stereo, Ethernet 10/100 connector, Power connector, USB port for Service purpose only, 3 Antennas
Power	100-240V, 18W Build in universial SMPS with low standby consumption <1W
Dimensions	12.9" x 9.1" x 4.9"
Weight	4.85 lbs.
Features
Features	Canada version with Both English and French language version The Linksys DMA-2200-CA integrates the latest in 1080i upscale DVD players with Windows Media Center and your digital music, movies and photos to any TV in your home without running wires. Integrated high bandwidth, dual-band 802.11n wireless.