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RYAN B.

RYAN B.

Joined on 11/07/08

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Good for Netflix, Youtube & Pandora.

D-Link DSM-312 MovieNite Plus Streaming Media Player
D-Link DSM-312 MovieNite Plus Streaming Media Player

Pros: Very compact easy to set up remote is little and easy to use Netflix works pretty good Youtube works really well Has a weather app that is pretty nifty Picture quality is pretty good No complaints about the sound either Love that you can password the other apps

Cons: *** UNIT DOES NOT STREAM MOVIES FROM HOME PC!!! *** Inputting/searching/navigation is a little frustrating, kinda laggy when typing in a search Be sure you have a router that can handle a good amount of data xfer (i had to buy a new one) or it lags real bad Only comes with the AV and power cable, no other cables included (for higher def) Instructions are pretty much non existent Power and AV cords are super short and limit placement of the device

Overall Review: This was my first only pure media streaming type device I've ever owned and for the price I would say it works pretty well. It's defiantly not as fast or smooth as watching Netflix on my Xbox or Wii however I've burned up 2 Xbox's from using Netflix all the time in the last 2 years. So this is a great alternative to purchasing a new Xbox every year.

Worked perfect for 1.5 years, then died.

EVGA 04G-P4-2768-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 760 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support SC 4GB w/ EVGA ACX Cooler Video Card
EVGA 04G-P4-2768-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 760 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support SC 4GB w/ EVGA ACX Cooler Video Card

Pros: Quiet, great graphics, great customer service

Cons: Died after 1.5 years

Overall Review: Card ran everything I threw at it on highest res for quite a while. Then one morning I powered up and 1 out of 2 of my screens wouldnt work and the 1 that did had green lines going through it and very low resolution and would cause my whole system to freak out. Dealt with EVGA on the return and they were great. Very helpful and the warranty replacement was quick and easy. EVGA makes great cards and are good people to deal with.

Get ready to be frustrated......

WD TV Live Media Player WDBHG70000NBK-HESN
WD TV Live Media Player WDBHG70000NBK-HESN

Pros: Netflix work great Love the remote control app Youtube works great Quick responding interface and looks good Lots of channels

Cons: Bricked my 3tb external hard drive ($350) when I plugged it into the media player, Lost 1000's of movies Super frustrating when trying to play downloaded movies For the short time I got it to actually see the movies on my hard drive (which took me about 10 hours of monkeying with it) it played them choppy and would randomly quit and kick you out to the home screen. I didn't get it to successfully play 1 full movie before it bricked my external, and they were XVID/AVI format, the simplest of the simple format. Instructions are basically non-existent both in the packaging and on the website The cords to the device are short and limit placement The remote is kinda bulky

Overall Review: If you want to use it for Netflix, Youtube and other web services this is a great device. If your going to try to stream movies from your collection on your hard drive, you better back up your files cause you might lose it all.