Netgear Digital Entertainer Elite EVA9150 review
in Network media streamers
Verdict
Netgear's latest media streamer is jam-packed with features, but it struggles to compete with the best
Review Date: 24 Aug 2009
Reviewed By: Sasha Muller
Price when reviewed: £246 (£283 inc VAT)
Overall Rating
Features & Design
Value for Money
| Details | |
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| Part Code | EVA9150-100EUS |
| Review Date | 24 Aug 2009 |
| Price ex VAT | £246 |
| Price inc VAT | £283 |
| Overall rating |
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| Features & Design |
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| Value for Money |
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| Display | |
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| Display type | None |
| Screen size | N/A |
| Resolution | N/A |
| Software and OS support | |
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| Software supplied | Digital Entertainer for Windows software |
| Operating system Windows Vista supported? |
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| Operating system Windows XP supported? |
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| Operating system Mac OS X supported? |
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| Operating system Linux supported? |
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| Physical | |
|---|---|
| Dimensions width | 432 |
| Dimensions depth | 254 |
| Dimensions height | 51 |
| Dimensions | 432 x 254 x 51mm (WDH) |
| Audio format support | |
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| MP3 support |
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| WMA support |
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| AAC support |
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| OGG support |
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| FLAC support |
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| ATRAC support |
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| WAV support |
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| ASF support |
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| AIFF support |
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| Other audio codec support | M4A, M4P, AC3, PCM, LPCM |
| Video format support | |
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| DivX support |
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| XviD support |
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| H.264 support |
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| WMV-HD support |
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| WMV support |
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| AVI support |
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| MP4 support |
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| Other video codec support | MOV, M4V, VOB, ISO, IFO, MKV, TS, M2TS, PS |
| Ports and communications | |
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| Remote control? |
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| 802.11a support |
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| 802.11b support |
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| 802.11g support |
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| 802.11 draft-n support |
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| Ethernet interface |
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| Wired adapter speed | 100Mbits/sec |
| RCA (phono) outputs | 2 |
| 3.5mm audio jacks | 0 |
| Optical S/PDIF audio output ports | 1 |
| Electrical S/PDIF audio ports | 1 |
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User comments
not sure what your reviewer was doing but I am well able to stream video podcasts and Youtube videos directly from the EV!9150 without any of my PC's being switched on!
By nrmsmith on 24 Aug 2009 
Interesting
Seems there have been some rather serious issues with the Youtube playback, as detailed here on Netgear's forums:
http://forum1.netgear.com/showthread.php?t=40494
I'll try updating the firmware again and see what happens. Thanks for bringing the issue to my attention! :)
By SashaMuller on 28 Aug 2009
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