• By Wilson Rothman
    Jan 3, 2008 2:20 AM 8,290
    more about

    #80211n

    802.11n Wi-Fi Adapter For Tivo Lands At The FCC

    Atheros Wireless N for Smartphones Actually Uses Less Power Than Slowass G

    Roku XR Slightly Less Underwhelming With Addition Of 802.11n and USB
    read more: #ces2008, #80211n, #hp, #mediasmart, #wireless, #homeentertainment, #hpmediasmartreceiver, #x280n, #verizonbestmodo

    HP MediaSmart Receiver x280N Doubles As HD Media Center Extender

    If you lack the wherewithal to afford one of HP's dandy new MediaSmart TVs, you can get the next best thing, a $300 HP x280N MediaSmart Receiver for your plain old non-connected HDTV.

    It runs HP's own MediaSmart interface and can download movies from CinemaNow (with help from a PC), but it also has a complete Windows Media Center Extender interface as well, connecting wirelessly to your home network with all flavors of 802.11 including N, plus it has HDMI and USB jacks. The Vista-friendly x280N handles MPEG-2, DivX, H.264 and WMV, plus MP3, WMA, WAV, and unprotected AAC. It's got a slot for HP's Pocket Media Drive for carrying video from your PC by hand, but the drive doesn't mean this thing can be a standalone DVR.

    Here's what it looks like with open maw:

    [HP]

    Note: Due to a publishing error, this post was unavailable for several hours.


    Send an email to Wilson Rothman, the author of this post, at .