Based on a POLL at MPC CLub, 76% of media enthusiasts would consider an "all you can eat" download program based on a monthly fee of €25 - €50. Only 23% would continue downloading for free... This poll shows people are often downloading due to freedom and convenience or availability and not necessarily should be classified as "pirates" and "criminals"... Examples on how this may work for games and software is showcased by "Wolfire" at the time selling their...

The QNAP is a great concept combining both NAS and media player functions into a single device and it succeeded in keeping things easy and functional overall and never gave me the idea it fails "in any way" to show balls. Both ends of the product are done quite well as a NAS and as a media player until you start transfering files. If you are familiar with QNAP NAS, you will recognize the old interface as the QNAP NMP-1000 did not get the new and more appealing AJAX interface.
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I can only imagine how parents are upset about the latest developements in teaching people about "piracy". Ruth Katz from EMI seems to lead a program in the UK to teach our "young guns" about "the evils" of music piracy at schools. Several schools have already participated in this "educational" (read brainwashing) program and the program will be extended. What is upsetting? It's taught to children age 5 and even younger...

No wonder, the whole...

Well well... Our older members might remember there used to be a dissagreement between Novatron and MPC Club in 2007 which blew up all bridges. Today, we actually started talking again and will look at the future bringing back Novatron products amongst the ones we cover. With players incorporating DVB-T and using the recent chips (Sigma SMP8653 amongst the ones we spotted), Novatron seeks to find your interest.

Good looking designs, the overall known 2" color display we liked before,...

Let me count now... oh yeah... we seen 5 RealTek based players now, didn't we? So, time to post a current TOP5 purely based on what I feel, i think, I see, I tested, I experienced. Can we handle that? Let's start by saying i'm dissapointed on several levels which concern the interface where only 2 players where surprisingly different, Xtreamer and DviCo TViX M-6600N. The others, too much "RealTek" style but nothing they cannot change in future updates to get rid of static limitations and...