ModelCitizen;453296 Wrote: > http://redirectingat.com/?id=223X354&url=http%3A//www.xtreamer.net/ > > This looks very interesting and so very cheap. Currently I connect my > laptop to my tv via the vdu and headphone socket. I also transfer movie > files from my main machine to the laptop before viewing as I don't trust > that a movie will stream smoothly over my wireless network. If this > xstreamer works and I can connect it to my tv via the hdmi socket and > movies (even blu-ray?) stream successfuly then it's a steal. > > I'd very much appreciate it if you'd report back Adam. Also am I right > to think that 5.1 sound is not supported? > > Cheers, MC.
Hi there Simon (and all) This arrived yesterday. The purchase process was easy; they sent an email saying they would despatch on the 15th, but then I got a tracking email saying it had been sent, and it arrived yesterday. It came from Germany, so no problems with customs. I currently comes with a free wifi antenna; this is just stuffed into the outer box. The general feel of the product is really good - it's solid and seems well built. Setup is dead easy - plug into TV, reasonable on-screen system that is easy to navigate, tell it my wifi settings and it was running in seconds. Go onto network and it browses my windows network and happily plays the video files therefrom. Considering that my alternative is to have a 10m VGA cable from the computer and use Windows' multiple monitor settings, and take a split from the audio out again with a 10m cable - or get a little PC, this is a much nicer solution and a real keeper for me. It does exactly what I wanted. Downsides: No HDMI cable; currently using composite and the menus are blurry a bit. Will report back when I have the HDMA cable Wifi is fine for SD stuff but HD is jerky. So I will have a cable from the computer to the TV after all! My wifi is G and not the greatest; the Xtreamer is N, so if you have N then you may be able to stream HD, unsure. I'll check if these are overcome with the extra cables I need. Quality seems fine, but again I'll report more when I've tried more files. BTW it appears to pass through 5.1, so if you're HDMI to the AV amp you should be fine. Not tried as I'm not 5.1. I think this is a great bargain and I'm really happy. Seems to do what it says it does. -- adamslim You can't have too much music, but I do have too much hifi SB+, Audion Pre, 6B4G death traps, Lowther Big Fun Horns, REL Stentor SB+, Audio Innovations L1, Chi-Fi OTL monoblocks, Heybrook Sextets Boom x 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
