Thursday, December 16, 2004
BIOS Reviews the Pinnacle Wireless G Digital Media Player
Posted by Jason Dunn in "ARTICLE" @ 10:00 PM
"Pinnacle Systems' Wireless G digital media player lets you access certain audio, image and videos stored on your PC or laptop's hard disk on a regular TV in the comfort of your living room - and without wires thanks to support for 802.11g. The silver set-top box and supplied server software is a snap to use, and within a few minutes you'll be finding all of your music, movies and photos, organising them by category, and then playing them back on your TV without a computer in sight. Similar to a PC running Microsoft's Windows Media Center Edition, movies playback as clear as the original and there's no loss of sound quality either, which is great news. The product also supports digital video recording, as long as you have a TV tuner card in your PC. On the downside, the buttons on the remote control aren't very clear (fonts are small and buttons are shiny), audio files are automatically converted into MP3 format, and the server software only runs on Windows systems. Nevertheless, it's a fascinating product that can make your PC and TV do almost everything like Microsoft's Windows Media Center Edition operating system."
