The Samsung MediaLive Digital Media Adapter gets a date

by Ben Drawbaugh, posted Sep 23rd 2008 at 4:22PM

We hate to admit it, but the longer we have to wait for something, the more anxious we get. So it should be no surprise that after nine months, we can't wait to check out Samsung's new Media Center Extender. We got word last week that the little guy was available for pre-order on Best Buy, but the lack of expected release date left us hanging. Now Amazon also has it available for pre-order, but this time with a release date of October 15th. That leaves just over two weeks before we can all find out if this thing is all it's cracked up to be -- you know, made to mount on the back of the latest Samsung TVs, and HDMI-CEC for seamless one remote operation.

Filed under: Media streamers, Samsung

Tags: dma, extenders, Media Center Extender, MediaCenterExtender, MediaLive, MediaLive Digital Media Adapter, MedialiveDigitalMediaAdapter, samsung, VIsta Media Center, VistaMediaCenter, VMC

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lindsaypace @ Sep 23rd 2008 8:03PM

I went to Best Buy and they looked up the Medialive adapter. They showed no date for warehouse inventory. The clerk said that meant that it might be another month or two. I preorder from Amazon (no tax or shipping) they gave a ship (after payment) of October 20th.
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Product Description
Combine the connection power of your PC with the superior experience of your TV for the ultimate entertainment system. Play music, view pictures, and stream videos from your home PC to compatible Samsung HDTVs with the MediaLive adapter. Fast, easy operation with the MediaLive remote or your TV’s remote lets you enjoy Web content from MSN Internet TV, Vongo, Amazon Unbox, and Netflix. Record off-air and cable TV programs for later viewing on your home PC, using optional tuner cards. Compatible with 2008 Samsung HDTV’s only: series 4, 26" and up, series 5 and higher. Requires a PC running Windows Media Center in Windows Vista Home Premium or Ultimate editions. Not compatible with Mac.

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Ambient @ Nov 30th 2008 10:51PM

Recently picked up the Samsung MediaLive Digital Media Adapter and have been using it on my Samsung 46A650 television for about three days. Does a nice job playing multimedia content (pictures/mpeg video) directly from my computer via a wireless connection and the interface is top notch (uses Windows Media Center).

However, I'm very disapointed with the adapter's codec support. First off, it doesn't support flash - so forget about YouTube or .flv videos. Also, doesn't support a whole host of streaming video content (windows media, RayV, etc), which you discover when you try to play video through proprietary services offered through WMC. As for so called Netflix on-demand support....where is that? Using a third-party plugin for WMC, I was unable to get Netflix films to run.

Overall, this unit has lots of potential, but I certainly hope that future software updates will provide better codec support.

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