Netgear EVA 9150 Digital Entertainer Elite unboxed, previewed, well loved

When we last got some hands-on time with Netgear's EVA9150 Digital Entertainer Elite at CES, we found it to be a pretty impressive media streamer. The aptly-titled MyDigitalEntertainer's managed to get an early unit -- packaged and everything -- and has provided ample unboxing pictures and some hands-on impressions. It's love all around, with a faster interface, extended support, and a new buffer ability that makes it a lot smoother than its predecessors. The RSS feature is functional enough, but any video podcast streams you subscribe to should be great. YouTube HD support is an added plus, but we've got no word on CinemaNow and we're admittedly a bit bummed by no Netflix. Hit up the read link for the full preview.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 7th 2009 8:06AM]

You may want to update the title to Netgear... instead of Netflix...

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 7th 2009 7:34AM]

Don't you mean Netgear and not Netflix in the title?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 7th 2009 10:21AM]

Is this really worth $399 when you could get a PCH or SageTV HD200 for 1/2 the price along with a more robust community???

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 8th 2009 12:15PM]

And the PCH offers more connectivity (HTTP, DLNA, NFS etc). The EVA is only SMB and is way over priced for what it offers. Even if they dropped the price to match the PCH, it still doesn't have the feature set and support the PCH has.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 7th 2009 6:28PM]

The specs are pretty good for the money. Handling 1080p at high video nitrates.. I think an SDK would be killer so the community can expand functionality.