Different with other stereo component size Sage TV extender, the Buffalo Link Theater HD resembles one of those compact, arrangement $20 DVD players. It measures just 2.0 by 8.3 by 8.3 by inches (HWD). In accession to the above USB ports, the foreground console has a ability button forth with ability and standby lights that afterglow blooming if the assemblage is in operation. The rear of the accessory contains addition USB port, an aberant D4/component HD video-out, an optical digital audio out, and an Ethernet port.

Buffalo Technologies may accept hit a candied atom with the Link Theater. Accept account priced at $199, it offers top analogue video streaming at 720p or 1080i, an HDMI port, and simple-to-use software. Compared with the aboriginal Link Theater, the HD adaptation drops the wireless affinity and DVD tray but adds high-definition video abutment while animadversion $100 off the price.

In accession to acknowledging Digital Living Network Alliance or known as DLNA accordant media servers, the Link Theater HD lets USB connection available harder discs and beam drives anon to the two USB ports on the foreground of the unit. This is something Sage TV doesn’t get appropriate with its contrarily solid HD Media Extender, whose USB ports are adorning and which has alone MIA external disc support.

The Link Theater Digital Living extended network accessory is aswell accordant with MP3, WAV, WMA, AAC-LC, and AAC-HE music tracks, and it even supports Windows DRM10–encrypted files, which agency you can beck music purchased or busy from some online stores, including Napster and Rhapsody but not the Zune Marketplace or the iTunes Store. For images, the LinkTheater HD can affectation JPG, BMP, PNG, and GIF formats and automatically creates playlists and slideshows whenever you admission a DLNA-certified agreeable source.

There’s aswell an HDMI port, which is decidedly welcome. This and the abnormal basic drudge are your just options for high definition video. If your TV links doesn’t accept a chargeless HDMI port, its plain-old low-end blended A/V outputs for you, back the Link Theater HD lacks both basic video of the five-jack YCbCr left/right variety and S-Video outputs. I activated the Link Theater HD affiliated via HDMI to a Panasonic 42 inch claret television. Installed the included Buffalo Media Server software on an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ PC with 4GB of RAM and 750GB of harder drive space.

Link theater HD digital living network handles MPEG-2, MPEG-4, WMV9, and H.264 video formats at both 720p and 1080i resolution. If you wish built-in 1080p, go with the SageTV, back the LinkTheater doesn’t abutment it. Neither one supports DivX or Xvid. - Source: Buffalo

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