Best media players
- — 24 February, 2011 10:20
If you've got a shiny new TV and a Blu-ray player, but want to play back music or photo or video files from your desktop PC or notebook, a media player is the way to go. You can load up these devices with media files and easily access them, or you can connect them to your home network and stream video easily. We've put together a list of what we think are the best media players in Australia.
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Dvico TViX M-6600N
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Olive Olive 2
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ASUS O!Play HDP-R1
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Telstra T-Box
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Topfield TRF-7160
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NETGEAR Digital Entertainer Live EVA2000
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Iomega ScreenPlay TV Link Director Edition
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Topfield TRF-2460 Masterpiece HD Plus
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Apple TV
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Western Digital Elements Play Multimedia Drive (2TB)
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Sony SMP-N100
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D-Link Boxee Box
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Western Digital TV Live Hub
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Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex TV (STAJ100)
The Apple TV is competitively priced and boasts an excellent interface, so if you want an easy to use, basic solution to rent movies you'll appreciate its simplicity. Unfortunately, the lack of content – particularly the fact that Australian users can't rent TV shows or access a service like Netflix – limits this device from appealing to a wider audience at this time.
- Review Date:
- Reviewer:
- Manufacturer:
- 27th Oct., 2010
- Ross Catanzariti
- Apple
- Rating:
- Price:
- $ 129.00
- Pros:
- Compact size and design, ease of use and setup, excellent interface, good quality, AirPlay feature
- Cons:
- No way to rent TV shows, no hard drive, HD content limited to 720p, limited content available compared to US
Comments
samil
1
great for price, but recommends
veola android hub full hd media player at www.ozrealdeals.com.au
allan
2
great for price, but recommends
veola android hub full hd media player at www.ozrealdeals.com.au
surfer
3
Why do you recommend Veola android ? for a media player given todays requirments it offers very little storage capacity "Memory Cards SD/SDHC up to 32GB"
Stig
4
You missed the best of all. The Patriot Box Office.
Around $100 and way better than any of these.
Steve Kurlin
5
Media Players, Shmedia Players, Nothings better than a Jailbroken ATV2 with Firecore. I am so confused though. a Jailbroken device should not be the best media player out there. I have brought loads of different ones because I am convinced there must be better but I just cannot find one.
I will keep looking but the Dvico TViX M-6600N is pretty ho hum.