Netgear® EVA9150 Digital Entertainer Elite

Prices: $400.00 – $450.00 USD

The EVA9150 is truly the king of the hill of the Netgear® digital media players.  Boasting a built-in 500 gigabyte hard drive and video output of 1080p with all the connections you need.  EVA9150 will play video, MP3s, and digital photos from your computer, PC or Macintosh, and from any networked storage device.  This player has similar features to the EVA8000 like “Follow Me” and “Party Mode”, but there are some other differences that need to be mentioned.  The added capability of up-conversion, where the EVA9150 will up convert your standard definition playback movies up to full 1080p high definition.  It will automatically search your network for media and make them available to play on your television without having to search for them and add them yourself.  Simple wireless is available with just the push of a button supporting Dual Band 11n with Push N Connect.  Here’s the rest of the specifications:

• Includes HDMI port, HD upconversion up to 1080p, Wireless-N
• Includes a 500 GB hard drive for extra storage of movies, photos, and music
• Enjoy full HD up to 1080p when playing back Windows® Media Video 9, H-264, MPEG-2, or MPEG-4 files
• USB ports for iPod® and USB drives
• Audio formats: MP3, WAV, WMA, AAC, FLAC, WMA-Pro, M4A, M4P, AC3, DTS Passthrough, PCM, LPCM, AIFF
• Video file formats: AVI, DivX, Xvid, WMV9, MOV, M4V, VOB, MPG, MP1, MP2, MP4, ISO, IFO, MKV (with AC3 only), TS, M2TS, PS
• Photo formats: JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF
• Connections: Video: HDMI, AV  Composite, Component Video, S-Video; Audio: Digital Audio Output S/PDIF (coaxial/optical), Stereo RCA audio ports; Other: USB 2.0, Ethernet port, SCART connector for regions that require it
• Remote Control Included

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