FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., April 21, 2008 — D-Link, the end-to-end networking solutions provider for consumer and business, today began shipping a new kind of media player, D-Link® PC-on-TV, which enables users to bring their entire PC experience to their television. PC-on-TV (DPG-1200) is ideally suited for watching popular Web-based content available on their PC from a TV.

D-Link PC-on-TV, to the newest member of the MediaLounge® family of media players, connects directly to the television with VGA, component or included composite cables and then connects via Wi-Fi to a computer on the home network. The user can then control the connected computer using the PC-on-TV remote control. The trackball remote control includes buttons for all common navigation functions.

D-Link PC-on-TV lets users go to the Internet and stream Web-based content, such as YouTube videos, Google Video, Veoh Networks’ content and more, directly from their PCs via the web pages. They can watch virtually any local video content, and use existing media player programs, such as iTunes, Nero, Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, etc. directly on their digital television*. This capability eliminates the time and cost to burn DVDs and play the videos from a DVD player.

D-Link PC-on-TV works both with TVs and projectors and supports photo viewing at 1024×768 screen resolution and streaming video at 640×480 resolution at up to 30 frames per second. It allows consumers to easily browse all their PC content with a mouse-like trackball remote control, effectively giving them control over the host PC.

The D-Link DPG-1200 player will also include a portal landing page on the TV with links to VeohTV and active-TV ONLINE applications, each offering a single interface to search, browse and view nearly all video on the Internet. These services allow users quick links to find videos and much more on screens designed to fit their television screen and be viewed from their couch. VeohTV offers programming from media companies, as well as independently produced content available on sites such as YouTube, Google Video, Veoh.com, MySpace and BitTorrent.

“The D-Link PC-on-TV is an elegant solution for extending the PC experience to a television in the other room,” said Chris Wong, director of product management, multimedia for D-Link Systems, Inc. “We’ve developed a simple way for our customers to leverage their big screen television for accessing and enjoying applications traditionally reserved for the computer. Users can now share virtually any movie, song or Internet video with others from the comfort of their family room, with only the click of a few buttons.”

D-Link PC-on-TV also allows users to control their computer remotely from the television, including navigating the Internet via a standard web browser, playing many online games and more.

Other features that make the PC-on-TV device easy to use for the consumer are: 10/100 Ethernet wired and 802.11g wireless network interface, composite, component and VGA video outputs for plugging into the television.

via DLink and Engadget

It’s not everyday you come across a device designed solely with the gamer in mind. The D-Link Xtreme N Gaming Router (DGL-4500) is one of those few devices built especially for gamers. Experience the power of our Xtreme N Duoâ„¢ wireless technology for data transfer rates of up to 300Mbps* and Gigabit LAN and WAN Ports to get your game on faster than ever before. D-Link have also added an updated version of our award-winning GameFuelâ„¢ technology to get your game going smoother. To top it off, D-Link have thrown in a high-performance CPU and a Network Activity Display to give you a serious gaming router.

Product Features of the D-Link DGL-4500 Xtreme N Gigabit Router:
• Dualband Draft 802.11n Technology (2.4GHz or 5GHz) for Getting Your Game on in the Wireless Band of Your Choice
• Network Activity Display that Gives You Vital Information about Your Router and Network Settings
• Updated GameFuel Engine to Keep Your Game Going Smoother
• Gigabit LAN and WAN Ports to Power Your Wired Network
• Backward Compatible with 802.11a/g/b Devices

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The Welland Luxury External 3.5 IDE USB Ethernet Enclosure is a USB 2.0 and Ethernet combo enclosure, adopts advanced NDAS (Network Direct Attached Storage) technology that exempts the need for complicated TCP/IP settings. Just connect the drive into a local area network (LAN) and install driver into each computer that will share the drive. Not only acts as a portable USB mass storage, also acts as a LAN sharing disk in workgroup.

Specifications of the Welland Luxury External 3.5 IDE USB Ethernet Enclosure:
Main Application Any single 3.5 parallel hard drive
Interface

* USB 2.0 high speed interface
* Fast Ethernet 10/100Base-TX Auto MDI/MDI-X, 1 port

Supported File system

* Network mode: FAT16/32/NTFS
* USB mode: FAT16/32/NTFS

Security & Management

* An unique hardware ID and access key-code allows specifying right of read or write access
* The drive is invisible and safe from external hackers without TCP/IP

Expansibility

Easy backup / expansion by software features

* Aggregation ： Combine 2 to 8 units to work as one large capacity enclosure
* RAID0: Combine 2, 4 or 8 units to work as one large capacity enclosure
* RAID1: Allow 2, 4, 6 or 8 units to be mirrored at the same time.

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I know it’s almost a week late but better late than never! Photo via Cnet.

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January 15, 2008 – Belkin presented its new Flywire wireless HDMI box at the CES 2008 show in Las Vegas, offering wireless video connectivity for HD TVs.

The unit supports the transmission of uncompressed 1080p HD video, and six sources can be connected to the transmitter. The Belkin Flywire operates on the 5GHz wireless band, which could however place it at odds with the recently completed Wireless HD (WiHD) specification.

The Belkin Flywire connects directly to the AV equipment’s HDMI port, meaning that it may also be able to route HDMI control data and allow users to control devices such as a DVD player from another room, although this has not been confirmed by Belkin. The unit can also connect to non-HDMI sources such as games consoles, TiVo PVRs or DVD players, as well as upscale their signal to 1080p. In terms of connections, the unit offers two HDMI ports, two sets of component connections, composite and SCART.

The unit is expected to be launched in the middle of this year, with a suggested retail price of US$499-599.

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The new Netgear WNHDEB111 HD / Gaming Networking Kit was designed for high-performance network gaming and simutaneously streaming multiple HD videos. With 5GHz wireless-N band, you’ll get more wireless channels, less interference and better connections . Works with Xboxâ„¢, PlayStation®, Wiiâ„¢ , TiVo® HD, Slingboxâ„¢, digital set-top boxes, NETGEAR’s Digital Entertainer HD, Apple® TV, network attached storage (NAS), and more

Netgear WNHDEB111 HD/Gaming 5 GHz Wireless-N Networking
- For high-performance network gaming and simultaneously streaming multiple HD videos
- More wireless channels, less interference and better connections using 5 GHz Wireless-N band
- Automatic Quality of Service (QoS) ensures lag-free gaming and jitter-free HD streaming

Features of the Netgear WNHDEB111 HD / Gaming Networking Kit
- Enables super-fast file transfers at highest possible Wireless-N speeds
- Connects to any existing router/gateway
- Simple “Push ‘N’ Connect” using Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS)
- Supports wireless “ad-hoc” mode for wireless LAN peer-to-peer gaming
- Supports multicast point-to-multi-point HD video streaming
- Automatically configures to access point or bridge mode

To hit Australia in the next couple of weeks.

Here’s the Netgear WNHDEB111 Link.

Linksys make reliable wireless routers. Out of the 5 wireless routers I’ve had in the last 4 years, the best has been a Linksys. This is one of the reasons why I recommend the new Linksys WRT350N Wireless Router. The other reason is that it is jam-packed with functionality e.g. access point, 4 port full-duplex 10/100/1000 switch, Gigabit speed, fast 802.11n (draft) wireless and broadband sharing.

Features of the Linksys WRT350N Wireless-N Router:

• Internet-sharing Router and 4-port Gigabit Switch, with a built in speed and range enhanced Wireless Access Point
• Also connects hard drive or flash-based USB storage devices directly to your network to share music, video, or data files
• MIMO technology uses multiple radios to create a robust signal that travels up to 4 times farther and reduces dead spots
• Up to 12 times faster than Wireless-G, but also works great with Wireless-G and -B devices

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