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Media streamers

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Latest Media streamers

Western Digital WD TV Live 2011
Western Digital WD TV Live 2011 review
Media streamers

A big improvement on the outgoing version, yet for the same low price. It's a worthy award winner

Published :
£80 inc VAT
A.C.Ryan Playon!HD2
A.C.Ryan Playon!HD2 review
Media streamers

A media streamer with a sluggish interface - there are better models available

Published :
£159 inc VAT
Eminent HDMedia DVB-T EM7195
Eminent HDMedia DVB-T EM7195 review
Media streamers

Eminent's EM7195 is expensive, and its clumsy interface makes it hard to justify its high price

Published :
£240 inc VAT
Sonos Play:3
Sonos Play:3 review
Media streamers

Excellent sound quality in a small package, the Play:3 is a good introduction to Sonos and a good way to expand an existing system

Published :
£259 inc VAT
Teufel MediaStation 6
Teufel MediaStation 6 review
Media streamers

The Teufel MediaStation 6 may be packed with features and have great format support, but the sheer number of flaws and limitations mean it’s one to avoid

Published :
£269 inc VAT
Q-Waves Quicklink HD
Q-Waves Quicklink HD review
Media streamers

An expensive niche product, but it works well enough.

Published :
£122 inc VAT
Orb 1
Orb Music Player MP-1
Media streamers

The MP-1 is small, easy to use and can play music from any PC associated with your Orb account

Published :
£55 inc VAT
Sling Media Slingbox Pro-HD
Sling Media Slingbox Pro-HD review
Media streamers

There’s no HDMI input, the web interface can be slow and we wish it had wireless networking, but it’s still an easy way to stream video content over the internet.

Published :
£250 inc VAT
Netgear NeoTV 550
Netgear NeoTV 550 review
Media streamers

Apart from a fairly fiddly internet content browser, there’s not much wrong with the NeoTV 550. It’s not special enough to justify its premium price, though.

Published :
£138 inc VAT
Syabas Popcorn hour
Syabas Popcorn hour A-210 review
Media streamers TVs

Although its format support and basic functionality are good, the A-210 is expensive and lacks polish.

Published :
£209 inc VAT