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D-Link DSM-520 MediaLounge Wireless HD Media Player | List Price: $249.99
Discount Price: $159.99
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Brand: D-Link
Binding: Electronics
Features: - Effortlessly streams your media from your computer to your home entertainment system
- High-definition video playback with digital surround sound
- Enjoy Internet radio and downloaded content from premium online services
- Access media directly from USB drives
- Supports Windows Connect Now technology
OK but expected more... [Posted on 2008-11-04]
This was easy to setup and connect to the newtwork. There are reqired services in WinXP that are required in order to share media in Windows Media Player, but the docs do not provide the information. Had to search Google for the info.
The player displays the library title not the actual file name so it makes it hard to select the correct movie when watching a series with the same name but different episodes.
Video quality was marginal as was the sound. Honestly, get a better picture and sound when connecting my laptop to the SVGA port on the TV. By no means is it HD quality as it states it is.
The deal breaker for me was the box was unable to read all of my DRM video files even though they were downloaded from the same site using the same license. We download multiple series' from 1 site each week and the idea here is I can use the media player to play all the DRM protected videos. In order to watch one of the series I was required to plug in the laptop. So if I'm going to do it for 1 series (5 shows) then I may as well just use the laptop connected to the TV to watch all the series' and save the added expense.
So hence, I returned the box. The concept is nice but the execution is not great and hopefully Microsoft will make it easier to connect and share media in products from other vendors. Right now it's D-Link and their own XBOX. Too bad.
DSM-520 HD Media Player [Posted on 2008-11-09]
I Am using it with a D-Link DNS-321 network server having (2) 1TB drives.
PROS: Well made. Real easy to set up.
CONS: Finicky about how some AVI files are ripped.
I do recommend this product. Works quite well.
Not real HD player. [Posted on 2008-11-16]
It will play limited HD files but it will NOT play MKV files or even WMA with HD sound. Due this these limitations I returned this produced and got Popcorn Hour A-100 that plays every media file.
D Link DSM-520 [Posted on 2008-11-18]
I have recieved 2 of these items from Amazon. The first has a defective remote control which had to be sent back and second works fine. Setup of the DSM-520 itself is a breeze, however the wireless networking of the computer was a headache and a half. It doesn't respond well to firewalls of any type to include the windows firewall. I had it operating wirelessly one day and the next day it wouldn't play any files. I have since given up on the wireless aspect and have hard wired it with a 50' Cat 5 cable. It works as required in this setup and saves me a lot of processing time to convert my XVID files to DVD and burning to watch. The setup directions are for those with a more than rudimentary knowledge of networking and leave something to be desired. But the product works as it should. Support from DLINK is a joke. I sent 2 emails for support and recieved 0 replies. Good luck there.
Great Product [Posted on 2008-11-22]
This is a great product, it does everything I hoped it would. I use it 100% over my wireless network streaming videos, and it works perfect. I did use Tversity instead of the server that came with it because of other reviews but it plays all my videos I don't have to worry about what format they are in. Only problem I have had was with a camcorder recording that was 12 gigs in size, it made it to about 10gigs then froze but that's not surprissing.
Fast foreword isn't fast but you can't expect it to be because it is streaming over a network so it can only go so fast. Remote works great, very easy to use, setup took about 10 minutes from opening the box to watching my first video. I would highly reccomend this to everyone who likes watching tv shows that they have downloaded, movies, music and sharing photos on a large screen.
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