Netgear Releases Updated Wireless Digital Media PlayerNetgear Releases Updated Wireless Digital Media Player

Netgear Inc. today announced its new $220 Wireless Digital Media Player MP115.

Netgear's MP115 is designed to provide easy access to video, photo, and music file collections from anywhere within a home network. Users can share digital home movies and slideshows and can stream MP3s and online radio stations through television sets and home entertainment systems without leaving the couch.

The MP115 connects to TVs through popular AV jacks without special cables or expensive adapters.

The included media server software automatically catalogs every stored digital image and music file on the network, enabling users to access the photo and video file organization while searching music files by title, artist, album, genre, and playlist.

It also streams digital content available through premium online content services.

A remote control unit and on-screen menus enable users to flip through and access the categorized library of songs, movies, and pictures.

The MP115 is an improved version of Netgear's existing MP101 product.

The MP115 supports MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, MP3 (up to 320kbps), Windows Media Audio (WMA8 and WMA 9), WAV, M3U, PLS, and streaming MP3 formats. Buyers will be given access to 50 radio stations of their choice from vTuner.com, in addition to a free trial to commercial-free music stations and Internet audio services from RealRhapsody Internet audio services.

The MP115 interfaces with other home theater devices through stereo audio, composite video, component video and S-Video jacks. A dual 2dbi antenna provides increased quality in wireless reception. The media server software works with any existing PC running with Windows 98, 98SE, Me, 2000, or XP, a Pentium 500 MHz processor, 128 MB of memory, and 20 MB of free disk space. And with hardware-based WEP 64-bit and 128-bit encryption provide security.