Netgears eva8000 is a streaming media player designed to plug into your highdefinition television, allowing you to enjoy your videos and listen to music stored on your network from the comfort. The eva8000 builds on the functionality of the eva700 by supporting tv tuner cards in an associated pc and adding an 1080pcapable hdmi port, playback of content from some popular internet sites such as. What features require that the netgear digital entertainer software is running on a pc. In the box are the eva8000, a remote, pc software, component cables, composite cables and documentation. For custom set up, svideo, or component video connections, see the netgear digital entertainer hd model eva8000 user manual. There are three products in the line, the eva700, the hd eva8000 and the current eva9150 digital entertainer elite. Especially, since the manual was written many months before the latest firmware. Looked like the product i was waiting for but the lack of firmware updates, crashing and general bugs finally did me in anyone that.
Fixes the issue where netgear downloader cannot be enabled. Now the popcorn hour is not as easy to setup as the netgear hd entertainer eva8000 and the popcorn hour doesnt have the fancy pictures and movies descriptions you add with tags in the netgear either. Protect your investment from the hassle of unexpected repairs and expenses. But that powerful unit might just be more machine at a higher price than many home users need. Jul 23, 2007 netgear tells us lossless support might be included in the next firmware upgrade. Digital entertainer hd eva8000, a device amazingly that can stream hd video from. Currently the eva 8000 supports the following container formats. Select install the netgear digital entertainer for windows software. Audience, conventions, formats, and scope this manual assumes that you have basic to intermediate computer and internet skills. Go to the netgear forum for the eva8000 there you will find a thread telling you how to sign up for the beta program. It only takes a minute having done this you can access the beta subforum where you will find another thread with the latest beta firmware in.
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But now netgear has come out with a successor to the eva700. Youre prompted next to install the netgear digital entertainer hd for windows. To find the modelversion number, check the bottom or back panel of your netgear device. Custom setup if you selected custom setup, return to your tv to enter them. I have an nas network attached storage which stores all my photos, videos and music, plugged into my router, you could quite easily plug a hard drive directly into the usb port. Netgear eva8000 digital entertainer hd media receiver page 3. Nov 28, 2008 the digital entertainer elite eva9000 will be the replacement to the netgear digital entertainer hd eva8000, which came out in the spring of 2007. Jan 09, 2008 go to the netgear forum for the eva8000 there you will find a thread telling you how to sign up for the beta program.
What are the current video formats the eva8000 supports. Yes no 9 people found this helpful in last 30 days. However, tutorial information about basic computer network, internet, firewall, and vpn technologies is provided on the netgear website. Netgear s digital entertainer line of products are digital media players that can pull multimedia content from home computers to the typical audiovideo entertainment center. Netgear discovery download software free download netgear.
The pc has to run special server software this is used to organise the content and talk to the clients. Click supporting software, then netgear firmware recovery utility, and follow. Netgear digital entertainer wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Netgear eva8000 digital entertainer hd media receiver. Netgear readynas duo a clear winner in the home nas appliance market pc magazine. I wouldnt yet call the netgear eva8000 digital entertainer hd a.
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Like the kiss 1600 from rival linksys, the eva8000 benefits from the fact that netgear knows its way around a computer. Fortunately, the menu screens are eyepleasing and easy to read. With the music and videos all the clip art is shown on screen with artist, album, genre, year, description etc. Installation guide, the software readme file, or the bittorrent installation guide. What online content does the eva8000 currently supported. I have read quite a few articlesforums posts about the netgear eva8000, enough to surmise the following hope i am right. Just install the included windows software to configure your system for media. Netgear eva8000 digital entertainer hd media receiver page. If you already have a mynetgear account, see how do i register a product on mynetgear. After then entering my zip code to get localized weather information, i was prompted to install the netgear software on a computer connected to my home network. Initial flash file can be found here, with the upgrade files for the slimmer vpn flavor and full featured aio. Make sure that you are connected to the domain either by being on the same network, or by using a vpn connection, if this is not possible, uninstall the digital entertainer for windows software and reinstall it using a local user account. Choose basic setup, and then set up the tv resolution. Ethernet cable, rca stereoaudiocompositevideo cable, installation guide, and resource cd.
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Do you have a suggestion for improving this article. The new eva9000 will support a maximum bit rate of. Download netgear eva8000 digital entertainer software 1. After the setup wizard steps are finished, click configure to use the configuration wizard.
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