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NetGear EVA9000 for $99.95 + P/H from Megabuy

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A good price for this unit. Mine cost $300 in mid 2010. Note though that these are now EOL units from NetGear and apparently internet features may not work correctly due to website changes (haven't really used that at all myself so can't say). Note sure on expiry date so just put 31st of December for now.

Product Description
Dual Band 11n Wireless, Full HD, All major Video and Audio Formats, Progressive Download, Direct Internet Streaming, Takes up to 2TB HDD

Overview
Do you like to play movies, video clips and audio from your computer on your TV and sound system? Are you currently using USB to get the content from your computer to your TV or do you find yourself plugging your laptop into your TV to be able to play the media files on your TV? We have a solution for you and best of all it's now very affordable. In fact at this price you may as well get one for the living room and one for the bedroom!

With the Netgear EVA9000 Digital Entertainer HD Media Player you can do all of this. Unlike many other inferior devices like Western Digital WDTV Live HD Media Player, Seagate Free Agent Goflex TV Medial Player, Netgear EVA2000 Media Player and others, the Netgear EVA9000 Digital Entertainer HD Media Player come with built-in Dual Band Wireless-N (and a/b/g) support (with internal antennas) and also supports an internal 3.5 inch hard drive, so that you can do progressive downloads as well as store content directly on your media player! The best thing is you have a choice of Hard Drive so you can put something as little as a 500GB drive or something as big as a 2TB drive to store more content. That's right, the Netgear EVA9000 Digital Entertainer Elite Media Player for more than than 50% off RRP.

You'll never have to run around your house with a USB drive ever again and you don't have to fill your house with wires!

Access and enjoy your digital entertainment easily on your TV and HDTV

Plays video, MP3s and digital photos from your PC, Mac or network attached storage device(NAS) to your HDTV
Streams media directly from the Internet such as video-sharing websites, Internet radio, Flickr™ photos, RSS, and podcasts
Automatically finds all digital media files on your home network and organizes them into an easily accessible library
Includes HDMI port, HD upconversion up to 1080p, Wireless-N, two USB ports for iPod® and USB drives
Easily add an optional hard drive for extra storage of movies, photos, and music
Key Features
Play your files stored on your PC, Mac, or directly from network attached storage (NAS) device.
Get instant access to content on a USB flash drive, digital camera, iPod, or other USB storage device via the 2 USB ports
Enjoy full HD up to 1080p when playing back Windows® Media Video 9, H-264, MPEG-2, or MPEG-4 files
Automatically up-converts videos and photos to full 1080p HD resolution via HDMI output
Plays unprotected DVD images stored on your PC, Mac, or NAS including menus, subtitles, and special features
Easy playback of Windows Media DRM (WMDRM10) protected content from major online services
'Follow Me' feature allows you to pause a song or video in one room and resume it in another room (for use with two or more Digital Entertainer Elite units)
Simple wireless connection at a push of a button with Push ‘N’ Connect feature using Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ (WPS)1
Energy-efficient power supply and automatic power-saving mode consume as little as 0.01 Watts
Latest Firmware
Netgear has just released the latest firmware (2.4.170) in October 2011. We highly recommend that you upgrade your unit to use this latest firmware as it fixes multiple bugs including Windows 7 support, access to Windows Shares, YouTube and many more. You can download the latest Netgear EVA9000 firmware here. For details of the updates included please see the release notes for version 2.4.68 of the firmware. Version 2.4.170 of the firmware includes all these fixes as well as the YouTube fix.

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closed Comments

  • the downside of this unit is that it is using the Sigma Designs 8635 chipset, which is now quite old. Compared to the newer WDTV Live SMP which has the 8670 chipset, which can be had for a bit more $$

    • seems to be something in the bin.

  • With the Netgear EVA9000 Digital Entertainer HD Media Player you can do all of this. Unlike many other inferior devices like Western Digital WDTV Live HD Media Player, Seagate Free Agent Goflex TV Medial Player, Netgear EVA2000 Media Player and others

    umm yeah inferior not really!

  • Looks like someone's posted it for us so we didn't even need to do it…

    What you get with the EVA9000 (which is actually the same hardware as the EVA9150 which comes with a 500GB HDD pre-installed) is built-in Wireless-N and a HDD bay, which can be used both to store content and for buffering when streaming from your PC or the internet.

    Also, Netgear has just released the latest firmware (2.4.170) in October 2011. It fixes multiple bugs including Windows 7 support, access to Windows Shares, YouTube and many more. You can download the latest Netgear EVA9000 firmware from the Netgear Knowledgebase and read the release ntoes there (check v 2.4.68 for most changes). Version 2.4.170 of the firmware includes all these fixes as well as the YouTube fix.

    You won't find too many media players for under $100 and you certainly won't find any that have built-in Wireless-N and can take a Hard Drive at that price. If you like running around the house with USB drives or have lots of network wires everywhere or want to spend more money on a WD and then buy a wireless adapter for it you can certainly do it, but if you want something that basically does the same thing for under $100 this is a good option.

    I bought one myself when we got these in (and so did pretty much everyone in the office), upgraded the firmware to 2.4.170 and personally I quite like it.

    Also, for anyone in Brisbane happy to offer pick-up of these at Lawnton if you prefer to drive rather than have it sent out.

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