Truth be told, we were pretty intrigued by the sheer quantity of features and the very respectable price tag affixed to the EZfetch
Wireless HD Digital Media Player, but according to a review over at
Networking Audio / Video, there's a lot left to be desired. Of course, the device seemed to have no qualms playing back video over a wired connection, but the lackluster audio streamer and underwhelming photo viewer started putting a real damper on the party. Worst of all, reviewers never could get the unit to function as advertised over a wireless network, which we assume would be a huge selling point for many. Granted, we suppose another unit in another setting may set up just fine, but we'd recommend giving the review below a once over and doing a bit more digging for user experiences before pulling the trigger on this one.
posted Feb 6th 2008 7:12PM
Streaming video (esp. HD video) over a wireless network is spotty. If you're out in the woods somewhere where there are no other networks and don't use a cordless phone or microwave, you should be able to get it to work. If you're like everyone else and can see 10-or-so networks from your house, I wouldn't count on it working without stuttering/pausing.
Another review written by a novice. Every time I see complaints in an article about about the smoothness of rewind and glitches streaming HD over wireless networking, I take the rest of the review it an enormous grain of salt. What's next, dinging the quality of the appliance's video for MPEG artifacts in the encoded content? Seriously, how do these clowns get jobs reviewing hardware?