Netgear Digital Entertainer Live EVA2000 Released
Written on Sep 8, 2009 by Brian and filed under News
Netgear is getting into the streaming box game with the Digital Entertainer Live EVA2000. The EVA 2000 connects to the Internet to play YouTube videos, movies from Roxio CinemaNow, and content from Hulu, Netflix, CBS and other partners.The EVA2000 also connects to your home network to play media files stored on connected computers.
Just a few weeks ago, Netgear launched their home theater Internet conenction kit, this latest release reaffirms Netgear’s commitment to being a player in the home theater space. Netgear faces a much more crowded space though with the Digital Entertainer Live; with everyone from Kodak to Western Digital involved, along with a dozen other smaller companies.
The Digital Entertainer Live hopes to set itself apart form the crowd by supporting the most popular Internet streaming sources and by being easy to setup and operate. The former looks to be addressed with a lengthy list of content partners out of the gate. The usability promises to be solid as well, with a ”plug in and go” setup and simple remote control.
Aside from the streaming and networked content sources (via Ethernet port), the EVA2000 offers two USB ports that users can connect drives to for media playback. On the output side, the EVA2000 has both HDMI output and composite cable. Full specs here (PDF).
Online Content
To make it easy to find what you want online, the Digital Entertainer Live has an Internet video search engine that searches more than a hundred thousand websites and automatically categorizes popular subjects into easy-to-find folders.
Additionally, the EVA2000 includes a free trial of VuNow, which provides access to hundreds of other Internet videos, live Internet TV and live Internet radio streamed from the likes of Bloomberg, CNN Video, C-SPAN, ESPN, Germany’s 2DF, Al Jazeera, BBC Worldwide, China’s CCTV, Germany’s DWTV, Euronews, EuroSport, France 24, France’s Orange Sport, Germany’s RTL, and Sky News.
The Digital Entertainer Live also comes with a free trial of PlayOn software. By running this optional software on a computer also connected to the Internet and home network, users enjoy hit TV shows and movies from popular Internet video services such as Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Video On Demand, BBC iPlayer, CBS, NFL, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. and more, wherever the service is normally available via the Internet.
Pricing and Availability
The Netgear Digital Entertainer Live (EVA2000) is available soon for a suggested $149.99.
Update 12/29/09 – Netgear Digital Entertainer Live EVA2000 Review Posted