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B&O Beosound 5 Still Has A Long Way To Go, Reviewed: AC Ryan PlayOn! HD Essential, a media player...
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B&O Beosound 5 Still Has A Long Way To Go
Smarthouse
- Summary: The new Beosound 5 sound system from Bang & Olufsen has been a long time coming and is primarily designed to move B&O into the world of digital content management and while the system looks the part at $9,200 I think I would prefer a simple iPod touch.
- Pros: This is a smart looking unit which does extend the B&O family into sound management. It is well built but lacking in several areas.
- Cons: The fact that this system is designed only for right handed consumers shows that B&O have not thought this product out enough as it is faily easy today to design a swivel mount. As for the system there in not much in the software that you will not find in an iPod Touch.
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AC Ryan PlayOn! HD Essential, a media player for over 20 file formats
PC & Tech Authority
- Summary: The AC Ryan Playon! is an entry level media player for people looking for simple solutions
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Apple TV (third gen, early 2012)
MacWorld
- Excerpt: The new model of Apple TV looks and acts exactly like the previous model. I’ve spent the last week with the new, 1080p-compatible version of the Apple TV , and I’m here to report that it’s exactly like its predecessor in all but one way.
- Pros: Good value for money; 1080 video standout feature
- Cons: Not much difference from the previous model; 1080 videos require fast internet connection
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Apple TV 2: an Australian perspective
MacWorld
- Excerpt: Apple’s first real update to its ‘iPod for TV’ since it was first announced four years ago (save for a minor hard-drive size bump) has just begun shipping around the world. The device was announced around a month ago , and has been hotly awaited since, in the hope that Apple has taken the Apple TV...
- Pros: Tiny; cheap; responsive; great streaming performance
- Cons: Limited content from iTunes; HDMI only
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Netgear's Digital Entertainer Elite EVA9150 is a good media streamer, let down by a clunky interface
PC & Tech Authority
- Summary: Jam-packed with features, but it struggles to compete with the best.
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