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MvixUSA’s Home Theater PC Media Centers: HDHome S2 & S4

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Mvix HDHomeMvixUSA has a new flagship product, the HDHome, which they’re positioning as the “ultimate dream box for today’s high definition homes.” The Mvix HDHome comes in 2 models, the S2 and S4, with the main difference being the limit in storage, the S2 holding up to 2TB while the S4 goes up to 4TB.

The HDHome runs Windows 7 Media Center and can connect with the rest of your HD AV setup and home network via HDMI out, GB Ethernet, 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi, Optical Audio Out, USB 2.0, Bluetooth 2.0.

The HDHome also includes a Blu-Ray drive, an ATSC TV Tuner, an all-in-one card reader and a remote control.

Buy now!
Prices (starting at): HDHome S2: $999, HDHome S4: $1599
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)

Mvix updates Ultio media player – Ultio Pro can now record with DVR

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mvix ultio pro mx-880hdMvixUSA has updated their flagship media center product, the Ultio, to now include DVR (digital video recording) capabilities. The Ultio Pro plays back Blu-ray quality 1080p hi-def video, photos, and music on your high-def TV via HDMI and stores it all on its internal hard drive which you can get as large as 2TB.

And now, the Pro can record video on the fly from your cable/satellite TV, your camcorder or from DVDs, instead of acting just as a repository. The Ultio Pro is a virtual Swiss Army knife of video, image and audio formats including: mp4, avi, iso, asf, wmv, flv, mkv, rm, ts, mpg, vob, mp3, wma, aac, ogg, flac, jpg, bmp and gif. To see the full list, download the Formats PDF from MvixUSA.

And of course, the Ultio Pro plays back media from your network and the Internet, including from your computer and from services liks Netflix, Hulu, YouTube and more.

Buy now!
Price: $169 without hard drive; $384 with 2TB drive. (You can buy the barebones version and insert whatever sized drive you’d like.)
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)

USB 802.11n/g WiFi Adapters

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Belkin Wireless N+ Adapter

Most modern laptops today have their WiFi adapters built in, but if you have an older laptop and would rather not shell out just to get WiFi, here are some USB WiFi adpaters models that will help you get online without wires.

The fast…

If it’s speed you’re after, the Belkin Wireless N+ 802.11n USB adapter (~$75) shouldn’t do you far wrong – the adapter takes 802.11n connections (as the name suggests), is MIMO (multiple input, multiple output)  enabled, but is also backwards compatible with wireless-g and 802.11b routers. It comes with a very pleasing desk stand should you wish to use it for your desktop.

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Mvix Nubbin – world’s smallest wireless-N USB adapter

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If you’ve decided that you need to get your Wireless-N on, but would rather not shell out thousands for a new laptop or updated wireless device, then you need a wireless-N adapter. The Mvix Nubbin is arguably the world’s smallest such adapter.

The Mvix Nubbin is a USB 2.0 adapter that is 802.11n draft compliant as well as supporting 802.11b/g and 802.1e QoS. It works with Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

It really is small, extending only 18mm (0.7″) out from its host.

Buy now!

More info from the manufacturer
Price: $37.99
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)

Mvix Nubbin – smallest wireless-N adapter

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Mvix USA has just announced the world’s smallest wireless-N adapter, the Mvix Nubbin. The Mvix Nubbin is 802.11n draft compliant as well as supporting 802.11b/g and 802.1e QoS. It works with Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

The Nubbin plugs into USB 2.0 ports and only extends 18mm (0.7″) out from its host. Mvix Nubbin is priced at $39 and will start shipping May 7. You can pre-order right now at MvixUSA.com.

Verismo VuNow VN1000HD streams Internet video to your TV

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Mountain View company, Verismo Networks has just rolled out its appliance for viewing video from the Internet on your TV. The VuNow VN1000HD is a tiny device that fits in the palm of your hand and can output (via HDMI if you’d like) 480i, 480p and 720p (HD) video to your TV.

It naturally includes an Ethernet port so you can hook it into your home network. Verismo has also included the ability to play and watch/listen to the media (video, audio and photos) that’s on your PC or NAS as well.

The view Internet video feature certainly sounds like the Sling.com site which is accessible via your Slingbox as well. But essentially, this is a Media Center device a la Mvix, Neuros, AppleTV, Windows Media Center or any of the myriad of other such devices.

Pick up a box for $148 at Amazon.

Gimme!

More info from the manufacturer
Price: $148.00
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)

MvixBOX WDN-2000: NAS Media Server

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Mvix has a new NAS box on the market. The MvixBOX WDN-2000 is a 2 drive box that can 2 1TB drives either in a RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration (either 1 or 2TB net storage). That’s a lot of storage.

But that’s barely the start of it. The MvixBOX sits on your network and offers up network storage via CIFS, AFP, NFS, & WebDev protocols over a GB NIC. You can drag and drop files to your MvixBOX using your computer, and access it in a myriad of ways.

The MvxiBOX comes with an Apache web server, as well as PHP and MySQL capabilities, so you can run a little home website if you wanted.

Gimme!

Price: $289.99 (without drives)
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)

MvixUSA Launches MV-2500U Portable Media Player Stateside

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MvixUSA is launching the very portable MV-2500U media player in the US. The MV-2500U can hold a 2.5″ ATA hard drive (up to 250GB) and is about the size of a PDA.

The MV-2500U has most of the features of the MX series (760 and 780) and even comes with an IR remote control.

In case you didn’t think the 7x0HD was portable enough, the 2500 may be the unit for you.

The MV-2500U should be available sometime in May.

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