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Karl J.

Karl J.

Joined on 08/30/04

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Great device but setup sucks -- sometimes

LINKSYS DMA2200 Media Center Extender with DVD
LINKSYS DMA2200 Media Center Extender with DVD

Pros: nice dvd player. looks well made. Not that many choices out there.

Cons: Setup problems - my WAP key is a full sentence. works fine on PCs but not this device. could not get a wirless connection going until i changes the passphrase to something much shorter. - my media center is connected to a TV with Vista's LARGE FONT at 1024x768. Could not get past license agreement because it displayed funny (usually TAB does the trick even if I cant see the screen). Had to change settings -Required two more reboots of the media center to get all the software installed. -At Step 2, went through almost all the setup functions and got a communication error; had to restart extender and retry. During that time the extender shows "CANCEL" on LCD and nothing on screen. That happens b/c i simply took too long -finished setup, got the main screen on the MCE. Went to play a resume a show. Acted choppy (disappointing since XBOX 360 is nice and smoothe switching through stuff). Hit resume on a show... FROZE . -Pulled the power on it, restarted it,

Overall Review: slow to respond; so you should plan ahead on what you're going to watch. a pain to setup.