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Netgear Digital Entertainer HD Wins 2008 PC WORLD 25 Most Innovative Products Award

Community Headlines — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:17:04 GMT

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - January 8, 2008 NETGEAR, Inc. (NASDAQGM: NTGR), a worldwide provider of technologically advanced, branded networking solutions, today announced that the NETGEAR Digital Entertainer HD (EVA8000) was honored by PC World magazine with a 2008 PC World 25 Most Innovative Products Award. The winners were announced on December 28, 2007 on www.pcworld.com and will also be featured in the February 2008 issue of PC World. The award marks the second year in a row that a NETGEAR product has received a top 10 ranking by PC World. Last year, the NETGEAR ReadyNAS NV+ was named number eight in PC World’s “100 Best Products of 2007 Awards.” Ranked number six in the list of PC World’s 25 Most Innovative Products, the NETGEAR Digital Entertainer HD was selected from among hundreds of products in the award program which recognizes both benchmark and breakthrough products that set the standard for innovation with unique qualities that distinguish them from the pack. PC World selected the EVA8000 for being the only streaming-media device that can play protected files in both iTunes and Windows Media formats and also praised its ability to handle 1080p HD video. “NETGEAR’s Internet media player, the NETGEAR Digital...

Netgear ReadyNAS Duo Announced!

Community Headlines — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:16:56 GMT

LAS VEGAS - January 6, 2008 NETGEAR, Inc. (NASDAQGM: NTGR), a worldwide provider of technologically advanced, branded networking solutions, today announced the launch of the ReadyNAS Duo 500GB Gigabit Desktop Network Storage (RND2150), ReadyNAS Duo 750GB Gigabit Desktop Network Storage (RND2175) and ReadyNAS Duo 1TB Gigabit Desktop Network Storage (RND2110) solutions, the first members of the award-winning ReadyNAS family of network-attached storage solutions designed to meet the digital storage needs of today’s connected home. ReadyNAS Duo brings the award-winning, patent-pending storage technology of the business-class ReadyNAS NV+ down to consumers who demand secure data protection, scalability, and ease of operation, in an intelligent, affordable network storage solution that enables consumers to centralize, organize and share all digital media in the home with best-in-class performance, scalability, versatility, and data redundancy. Read more at Netgear's official website here!

Check out MyDigitalEntertainer.com

Jeff Block — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 04:06:54 GMT

Just wanted to make everyone aware of the MyDigitalEntertainer.com site. It's a sister community to this one, where folks are discussing the NETGEAR digital entertainment and related topics.

Review: NETGEAR EVA8000 Digital Entertainer

David Schmitz — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:52:42 GMT

The NETGEAR EVA8000 Digital Entertainer is a standalone unit designed to stream various types of audio and video content from your PC to your TV. It's similar to a DVR, except that it doesn't have a tuner card built into it. NETGEAR offers two models of their EVA Digital Entertainers: the EVA700 , which only streams SD content, and the EVA8000 which is their high-end model, capable of streaming content in HD format. When I first encountered the EVA8000 (from here on out referred to as EVA because it becomes tedious having to type 8000 all the time), I wondered aloud, “Why?” After all I’m the happy owner of a TiVo and I couldn’t for the life of me figure out why I’d want a DVR sans the tuner. After a week of playing around with it, real-world style in my living room—by no means the exhaustive and scientific method you’d find in a lab—I’ve come to understand, if not respect, most of the designs and philosophies behind the EVA. Opening the Box The first thing I did, of course, was to open it up to see what sorts of accoutrements were included with the unit. I was happy to...