NETGEAR EVA8000 Digital Entertainer
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The EVA8000 from Netgear is an excellent piece of hardware for the home or company demo suite. It is a device the same size as a slimline DVD player, is completely silent, but plays all your movies, music and photos through your TV an surround sound systems. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED by the Brightcity team.
EVA8000 Main Functions: stream, directly to your TV, HD film, music (MP3, even FLAC), Internet radio and photos from your PCs
and storage devices.
Resolution: 1080p HDMI Interface. The eva8000 comes with a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) for HD video resolution up to 1080p
Library: Once the setup the eva8000 with automatically scan for media and build a library that it will store on one of your drives. This changes daily as you add or remove material.
There is no time lag or delays when playing media through this device. Our engineers searched the internet and found customer reviews - and the eva8000 came out very well. The "others" all experienced stutters and delays.
The eva8000 device is driven by a very easy to use remote control - with the main buttons Video - Music - Photos taking you directly to the media you would like to play see. below:

The unit also has front and back USB2 ports. With these ports you can plug USB storage devices such as memory sticks or hard drives and play media directly from these units. The eva8000 playback does not depend then on the strength of your wireless signal.
The remote control can also be used to let your eva8000 view and control your PC. You can view applications such as email and the internet. If your PC also has a TV Tuner Card (eg Haupgage) then you can treat your unit like a Skyplus service, pausing or recording you viewing as you see fit.
Click here for the full pdf spec sheet as completed by Netgear.
Below is a diagram of a typical installation for an eva8000. You main desktop PC is often directly connected to the router, with a laptop and the eva8000 both linking to each other using the WiFi network.
AUDIO Formats:
MP3, WAV, WMA, ACC (unprotected), FLAC
VIDEO Formats:
MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, AVI, WMV, XVID
PHOTO Formats:
JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF