Welcome to the digital media player big leagues the Xtreamer 1080P HD Media Player & Network Streamer H.264 MKV.  Released in advance of the holiday season on November 1, 2009, the Xtreamer 1080p HD player comes absolutely loaded with features like iPhone remote control compatibility, of course as the name suggests 1080p TrueHD, Dolby Digital and DTS sound, Google Movie Juke Box, Bluray ISO support, and much more to be discussed.  Ups and downs, this network media tank is leaps and bounds ahead of the competition when it comes to features, but leaves a little in the connection department.  Overall, my rating is that this player is a must see!

Xtreamer 1080P HD Media Player & Network Streamer H.264 MKV Streamer

Price: $129.99USD (updated 11/10/10)

At the onset, one of the most impressive attributes of the Xtreamer is its compatibility with all sorts of codecs and formats.  This streaming wireless media player will play just about any type of file in the world.  Also, no more hard to sort through menu systems.  The Xtreamer HD Player utilizes Google’s Movie Jukebox and Music Jukebox software programs*.  Xtreamer 1080p Network Streamer is also one of the first digital media players on the market to offer Bluray ISO support.  This is a huge feature as the price of Bluray players and discs are coming down and more and more the ability to play Bluray ISO files will be needed.  On the go all the time, or just want the ability to access your network, the Xtreamer is compatible with and comes with iPhone remote control which allows the Xtreamer to be controlled by the iPhone or any mobile phone with web browsing capabilities.  Sound as clear as it comes with the support for Dolby Digital Dolby TrueHD down mixing and also DTS-HD Master Audio.  Hear every detail and get the full capailities of you Bluray player with up to 7.1 audio channels output supported through the HDMI output or the Digital Optical Output.

The Xtreamer Media Player can be hard wired directly through the ethernet port or it can be set up as a wireless media player with a wireless WiFi connection to your home or business network with the purchase of the optional Xtreamer Wireless N USB 2.0 WiFi Adapter / Antenna available for around $29.99USD.  Whether hard wired or wireless, you can enjoy browsing through your home media collection on the HD menu system graphic user interface.  You can also download or stream live internet content like CNN and ESPN streams.  The Xtreamer Media Network Player also gives you the ability to install an internal 2.5″ SATA hard drive to expand the capabilities  of the Xtreamer and also to store your media directly on the device.  The Xtreamer offers multilingual support also.  To top it all off the Xtreamer is Windows 7 compatible.  Here is the low down on the Xtreamer 1080p player:

• Audio/Video Outputs – HDMI v1.3a (up to 1080p), Composite Video, Stereo Analog Audio, S/PDIF Optical Digital Audio
• Video Files and Codecs – MPEG1/2/4 Elementary (M1V, M2V, M4V), MPEG1/2 PS (M2P, MPG), MPEG2 Transport Stream (TS, TP, TRP, M2T, M2TS, MTS), VOB, AVI, ASF, WMV, Matroska (MKV Streamer), AVC HD, MOV (H.264), MP4, RMP4, FLV – Flash Video; Codecs – XVID SD/HD, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MP@HL, MPEG-4.2, ASP@L5, 720p, 1-point GMC, WMV9, MP@HL, H.264, BP@L3, MP@L4.0, HP@L4.0, HP@L4.1, VC-1, MP@HL, AP@L3.
• Audio Files and Codecs – o AAC, M4A, MPEG audio (MP1, MP2, MP3, MPA), WAV, WMA, FLAC, OGG; Audio codecs - Dolby Digital, DTS (DTS DownMix Supported), WMA, WMA Pro, AAC, MP1, MP2, MP3, LPCM, FLAC, Vorbis
• Realtek 128X Chipset (Special Edition)
• Connectivity – WIFI, UPnP, SSDP, UPnP AV, NTFS
•  Web Stuff – Video : Picasa, Yahoo Video, CNN, NBC Today, CBS Face the Nation; Audio : Live365 Radio, iPodcast, Radiobox, ABC News, BBC Podcast, CNN News , Indiefeed, Jamendo; Photo : Picasaweb; RSS feed : Yahoo! Weather, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Xchange, MSNBC News
• Interfaces – 1x USB 2.0 slave, 2x USB 2.0 host, Internal SATA (Internal HDD not included)
• Network – Ethernet 10/100, Optional Xtreamer Wireless N USB 2.0 WiFi Adapter / Antenna

*For more information or to download, there is a link in this previous article to download  YamJ Movie Jukebox program available from Google.

New Products From Xtreamer:

2010 XTREAMER PRO Media Player & Network Streamer

New for 2010 and released on March 24, 2010, is the NEW 2010 XTREAMER PRO Media Player & Network Streamer digital media player.  The 2010 Xtreamer pro is jam packed with all new features and comes standard with a dedicated storage controller, which allows you to add 3.5″ drives to store your movies.  You will have a capacity of up to 4 terabytes!  The Xtreamer Pro supports Full 7.1 digital audio including DTS-HS MA & Dolby True-HD.  One of the features that stands out the most is the breathtaking menu system (see picture below).  This is by far heads and shoulders above any menu system I have seen on any digital media player.  There are so many features to mention, I’ll just get to the list, but of course this player will let you stream almost every type of video file on the market, including MKV H.264, up to 1080p.  By the way, did I mention this player will also support the BluRay ISO files??  Enjoy your head off on this one.  Here are some of the highlights:

Internal Memory:
256MB DDR 2 SDRAM, 256MB Flash

Realtek 1283X chipset
JM20336 – Dedicated Storage Controller

Video outputs:
HDMI v1.3a (up to 1080p)
Composite Video

Audio Outputs:

Stereo Analog Audio
S/PDIF Optical Digital Audio

Connections:
1x USB 2.0 slave
2x USB 2.0 host
Internal SATA 2
eSATA Front

Connections/Network:
Ethernet 10/100 RJ-45
WIFI USB Antenna 802.11n (optional – SOLD SEPERATELY)

Supported Media Types:
BluRay BD Iso with Simple Navigation
DVD and menus.
Artistic GUI:

Design your own or use preset HD menus

Languages Supported:
Arabic, Thai, Hebrew,Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, German, Italian, Turkish, Greek , Dutch, French, Latvian, Russian, Croatian, Portugese,
Swedish, Polish, Romanian, Ukrainian, English, Magyar, Czech, Slovenian, Finish, Danish, UTF-8

*A Firmware update will be available soon to allow HD Audio Pass-thru. Firmware scheduled to be released in May 2010 will also include Google Movie Jukebox free of charge!