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NETGEAR MP115 Wireless Digital Media Player

NETGEAR's follow-on to its MP101 Digital Music player handles most popular still, music and video formats through wired and wireless connections. Jim Buzbee reports on his sometimes trying experience with the MP115.

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QuickView: Actiontec Internet Phone Wizard with Skype

If you can use your regular phones with VoIP services such as Vonage, why not also with Skype? Actiontec's IPWS lets you do just that.

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Linksys Wireless-G w/ 2 Phone Ports Broadband Router

VoIP providers are transitioning from supplying simple Analog Telephone Adapters (ATA) to bundling in full-fledged broadband routers with the ATA function built in. Jim Hubbard takes a look at the Vonage version of the Linksys WRT54GP2.

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Viewsonic WMG120 Wireless Media Gateway

Our recent look at Viewsonic's WMA100 Media Adapter found a basically good product, but with rough edges in its user interface. This time Jim Buzbee looks at the companion WMG120 Media Gateway, which he found lacking in a number of important areas.

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ViewSonic WMA100 Media Adapter

ViewSonic recently decided to expand into the home networking space with a line of products aimed at multimedia networking. The WMA100 Media Adapter can play digital audio, video and still image files, but Jim Buzbee found that it took some getting used to the product's way of doing things.

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Apple AirPort Express

You might think that the Apple AirPort Express is just a high-priced iTunes peripheral. But while you'd be right about the high price, you'd be missing a product that has a lot to offer wireless networkers from both sides of the OS divide.

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Keyspan Express Remote

Anyone who has used Apple's AirPort Express to connect to a remote iTunes server knows the frustration of having to trot back and forth to change playlists or even advance to the next tune. Fortunately, Keyspan's Express Remote lets you stay put and let your fingers do the walking.

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Roku Labs M1000 Soundbridge

Roku Labs' SoundBridge Network Music Player has been getting rave reviews, so we decided to check it out for ourselves. Jim Buzbee found a lot to like beyond its unique and elegant styling, though it, of course, still has room for improvement.

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Head to Head: Slim Devices’ Squeezebox and Creative’s Sound Blaster Wireless Music

Networked music adapters can be a less expensive (though not cheap!) alternative to a Media Center PC for getting your digital music files out of the back bedroom office where your computer sits and into your living room where more comfortable listening options await. Scott Sidel takes a look at two products that both get the job done, but take different approaches in getting there.

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icube Play@TV reviewed

There's a lot of multimedia locked in many computers, yearning to be viewed and listened to in the comfort of the family couch potato patch. icube's Play@TV is capable of doing the trick, but we found it to be undistinguished in an increasingly crowded field.

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Axis 205 Network Camera Review

The Axis 205 is small and compact and those features alone draw most of the attention. However, the lack of pan, tilt and zoom features as well as a merely average image quality might deter some buyers.

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Linksys Wireless-B Media Adapter reviewed

Many consumers are looking for a way to free their growing library of digital pictures and music from their PC prisons. Linksys' WMA11B Wireless-B Media Adapter can provide the bridge to your home's entertainment equipment, but it won't be the answer for everybody. Read our review and see if it's the solution for you!