You may have get a line about the newfangled Media Center Extenders from Cisco ’s Linksys division . The DMA2200 shown above is a gamey - def MCE with 1080p - upscaling DVD player and Dual - Band Wireless - N , price at $ 350 . The minuscule $ 300 DMA2100 MCE is pitch for bedroom and kitchens , places where you ’re going to want less muddle , though to be good , the build - in DVD player is quite the mare’s nest - reducer all by itself .
Both MCE machine require Vista - based Media Center PCs , which means most every microcomputer running Vista . One of the good things about the new port , which looks almost incisively like the Vista MC interface , is that you could actually graze through the DVR agenda and regulate up shew to keep an eye on . It means you’re able to really leave your self-aggrandizing despicable personal computer in the den , but use all of its Media Center functions when you ’re on your lounge . This was n’t really possible before , and peculiarly not in high - def .
Besides the Wireless - N ability to pour HD throughout the house , the beauty of Linksys ’ dual - band system is that both the high - def video and your ordinary average applications can share the air , without one elbow the other out of the way ( or without one forcing the whole organisation to a crappier bandwidth ) .
Both MCEs will be available by the destruction of the class — you could easily guess which one I ’m lining up for . But that was n’t all that the Linksys team had on hand when I paid them a visit . There ’s a new camera and a pretty mad router , and a antecedently released NAS product , all which fit nicely in a family - connection ecosystem with the MCEs . I do n’t remember Linksys wanted me to spill the bean on the router and television camera just yet , but they did have me take some pictures . Have a look — it ’s just stuff and nonsense .
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