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Summary: Dial-up Quality Audio
Review: I bought the PRISMIQ MediaPlayer to replace a broken 25 disc CD player. I have my entire music library on my computer in Windows Media format. I wanted a device that could play that media from my computer over my wired network. The PRISMIQ MediaPlayer looked like a perfect fit. Unfortunately the audio playback quality is terrible. I used the MediaPlayer for several hours. On average, every other track I played was distorted. The distortion included slow play, intermittent pauses, play stopping halfway through the track, etc. It felt very much like listening to streaming media over a 28.8 modem connection. I experienced the distortion both when I was navigating the menus and when the MediaPlayer was idly playing music. Navigating the menus caused immediate and reproducible problems. When I left the MediaPlayer alone to play music I experienced fewer problems. But there were still many problems. I consider 1 distorted track per 100 tracks played too many for a device in this price range. My experience was closer to 50 distorted tracks per 100 played. That is not acceptable at any price. As an earlier reviewer said; the PRISMIQ MediaPlayer is an excellent idea poorly executed. Even if the audio playback worked perfectly this product is poorly designed. The software is something only a Linux fanatic could love.
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Summary: Unit was a failure out of box, No Support
Review: I followed the directions and to my surprise the unit would do nothing but cycle over and over. I called the support number and was put in a que listening to the same 3 min track of piano music only to be transfered to a voicemail box afer about 10 min.
Looks Like I will be returning it.
days later and still no call back from support, I have returned the unit for a new one and it actually gives me the home screens etc. I hoped to get at least the ability to play music out of this device but find that even after firmware updates it gets more and more flaky.I can maybe squeeze a song or two out but expec to reboot the PC and this unit everytime you use it I am running a machine that is above specs for this unit and can get some use sometimes definatly wouldnt trust it at a party. I will be returning it for good
trying the Linksys product next.
dont waste your money unless you like the abuse and can return it fairly easily.
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Summary: Frustrating
Review: I had a similar experience as the other low star postings. 1- Had to update firmware (with a wired connection) before the unit would accept my Linksys card. 2- Mp3 streaming is choppy at best and my wireless base is only 30' away. 3- Prismiq customer service is friendly but cannot fix a substandard product. I did experiment using a wired connection and the unit works fine. But this defeats my whole reason for purchasing media player. I want a "wireless" connection to my home entertainment center! Product will be returned.
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Summary: It's one of the best !
Review: I have been looking for a media player - and was astounded to find Prismiq. I was only looking for mp3 and jpg player but this one has two features which are really awesome -- the Internet Radio (which I have programmed stations from all the over. I used to use stream ripper to rip and burn on CD to listen in the living room) and second, the MPG Player (imagine watching your mpgs and divx in your living room in the big screen). The jpg slideshow with music is wonderful. The mp3 allows m3u import which is great since I use MusicMatch playlist. Additional thing to consider: the RCA output is not very good at least not on my Sony Dream system. The coaxial digital output is great but is in RCA coaxial not optical. So you need to go to Radio Shack or Frys to get a $15 converter and optical cable $15 - plug them into our optical input of your receiver. It is incredible then! Both Mp3 and 128kbps streaming radio come in amazingly well with surround sound now! Last thing is the output - it has 4:3, 16:9 and 2:235:1 but the 16:9 didn't quite work with my plasma- but was ok with the 2:235:1. I am running 4.0.1 software. Not sure. This is an awesome product!
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Summary: Just what I was looking for
Review: I have been trying to find a solution for watching downloaded computer videos on my television for years. I have had the MediaPlayer for a few hours and I am very happy. I have watched videos and I am listening to a stream from WFMU as I type this. The audio quality is excellent. The only problem with the video is a problem with my files, not with the MediaPlayer. Obviously, when a video meant for the computer is stretched to a 32" television there will be some degradation. But, they are still completely watchable.
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Summary: The most frustrating Xmas ever
Review: I have finally sent this back after a month of trying to get it to play more than one song before locking up. It simply does not work as advertised. It locks up constantly, the media server software is a CPU hog (I have a P4 3Ghz) and crashes all the time, the media manager software is amateurish, it constantly loses connection to the wireless network and when it does so you have to hard reset the unit. I mean losing the connection is one thing but having to pull the plug is ridiculous. The interface is very poor and slow. Tech support is laughable. They actually told me that they didn't know when they could help me because they were too busy working on their new DVR hard drive version!! Disappointed is a great understatement.
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Summary: This thing is GREAT! It's a Got-To-Have for 2004.
Review: I have had my Prismiq Media Player for 4 months now and I LOVE it. Through a very cool control screen on my TV with voice cues, I now have access to ALL of the digital camera pics, MP3s, and movies/TV shows on my 2 PC's. (I can also now listen to my favorite internet radio stations on my stereo.) It's easy to use, and an incredibly fun and spontaneous way to access your media collection for your own enjoyment, or to share it with friends who come over to visit. I've read all the reviews, and this is the one that has won all the awards (PC Mag Editors Choice, TechTV, Cnet, Electronic House, and a lot more). There are a couple of "me-too" new products on the market that claim to do what this thing does, but read the specs very, very carefully. The others support far fewer media formats and, if they do video at all, handle only low bitrate video (so your movies are going to look very bad). None of the other boxes include the ability to surf the web and do instant messaging like the Prismiq does. None of the others are software upgradeable like the PRISMIQ either. No, I don't work for the company...I just really love this product. (BTW, I had a couple of questions and used the free tech support. The people at Prismiq seem to take pride in their technology and really like to help out their customers.)
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Summary: This product is AMAZING!
Review: I love this device. It does 802.11G, the only product to offer it (I think). My house is Wireless. I can send Video, Audio, my photos, and I can access the Web, my email and Instant Messenger. Better yet, I can stream commercial free Internet Radio stations to my stereo. This is the best product I have seen! Finally, I found a device that will allow me to enjoy my home movies, my entire MP3 collection (I have close to 20,000 songs), my digital photo library..... all of this is displayed and enjoyed in my living room on my big screen TV. I may end up buying a second one for my Master Bedroom. I'm telling you, this device is awesome!
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Summary: Support not as advertised
Review: I purchased the PRISMIQ Media Player based on the reviews both editorial and customer in December. Even though it was advertised to work with "G" wireless I was able to only get it to work via plugging cables into it, this defeated the purpose of the media player. I placed numerous calls for support and never received anything that made the device work properly. The PRISMIQ support finally sent me a 20 line patch for the software that I needed their keyboard in order to enter. After nearly a month of trying to get it work I returned the product and will wait on a product that performs as advertised.
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Summary: Painfully Slow
Review: I read about this device a while ago and couldn't wait to get it home. Got it up and running (wired at 100mbps) in no time flat. Required both software and firmware upgrades which worked flawlessly. (I was really impressed that the unit recognized the need for a firmware upgrade, found it, downloaded it and installed it without any intervention from me.)
However, overall I am terribly disappointed with the unit. I can't understand how anyone could use this device. The interface is is PAINFULLY SLOW... to the point of being unusable. Browsing playlists, or scrolling up and down is ridiculously slow.
I might have understood this type of delay with wireless, but at 100Mbps, it should be lightning fast.
Sadly, it's going back to the store. Linksys is next. Lets hope it's better.
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