Philips' Streamium SL400i media extender reviewed

by Evan Blass, posted Jan 31st 2006 at 2:35AM

Our sister blog PVR Wire just took Philips' Streamium SL400i media extender for a test drive, but unfortunately they never really got it out of first gear. Martin Conaghan over at the 'Wire (who may be the only member of the WIN family save for the titular Blogging Baby who doesn't use 802.11) says that the initial setup couldn't be easier: simply plug the SL400i into your TV's SCART port (you do have one of those, don't you?) and the USB WiFi adapter into your PC if you're not already rocking a WLAN. From here, the Streamium is supposed to catalog all of your media files using the included software, and provide you with a pain-free way to transfer content back and forth with the mothership. Well it apparently performed the first of these tasks swimmingly, but only allowed Martin a few precious minutes of actual streamiuming before conking out, making a brief revival, and then going down for the count (oh SL400i review unit, although we hardly knew ye, R.I.P.). PVR Wire's suggestion to SCART-carrying Brits is to save their 180 pounds ($320) and spend their hard-earned quid elsewhere, perhaps on a unit that even supports DRM and Xvid files.

Filed under: Home Entertainment, Media PCs, Peripherals, Wireless

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Carlos @ Jan 31st 2006 3:18PM

Nothing can beat the price and functionality of the AVeL LinkPlayer2 Network DVD Players:

http://www.iodata.com/usa/products/products.php?cat=HNP&sc=AVEL&pId=AVLP2%2FDVDLA

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Bud Manley @ Feb 1st 2006 1:16AM

Is the AVeL LinkPlayer2 Network DVD Players able to play off of a simple shared folder, or do you have to use "media connect" what ever that is? I don't use Windows so it's a pretty important question.

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Shashwat @ Feb 1st 2006 9:17AM

well..;i think the guy just had a bad experience coz his WLAN connection was too weak. We have a streamium aswell but another model. that works fine..i can watch all my XVIDS and stream my 20+GB of music without any glitchs or stops.

overall i think it is a great DVD/ media player. the only problem is that it doesnt have any Region free hacks. so if u were wanting a Region free dvd to play all ur NTSC and PAL dvds, look for somthing else coz this just cant be hacked.

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