Netgear launches new net connected Set-top Box
By siliconindia   |   Monday, 14 September 2009, 21:39 IST
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Netgear launches new net connected Set-top Box
Bangalore: NetGear has launched its latest net connected Set-top Box (STB) - Digital Entertainer Live (EVA2000) - in the Digital Entertainer product family. This STB enables viewers to play their digital media collections, YouTube videos and a range of other Internet content on big-screen TVs. Consumers can easily browse, download and play newly released pay-per-view movies from Roxio CinemaNow. Consumers can also view videos on their TV from a variety of internet sources, such as Hulu, Netflix and CBS, through free software trials and optional subscriptions. NetGear Director of product marketing, Phillip Pyo says, "People are amassing a huge amount of their own downloaded and personal digital music, photos, and videos, as well as consuming more and more Internet video." According to comScore's Video Metrix service, between January 2007 and July 2009, there was a 331 percent jump in the number of minutes of video watched per average viewer per month. It went from 2 hours, 31 minutes to 8 hours, 20 minutes. Pyo added, "The vast majority of people are still watching these videos on small computer screens, so it's logical to assume that the amount of time spent will continue to increase, since devices such as the Digital Entertainer Live make it even easier to watch online video on HDTVs. Netgear is thrilled to offer an affordable, content-rich, and easy-to-set-up and use solution that bridges this gap and enables people to fully enjoy their home media collections and online video from popular Internet sites on the best screen in their home - their big-screen TVs." The Digital Entertainer Live is a compact, "plug in and go" home media player with a simple remote control that enables consumers to easily access their digital movies, videos, music and photos directly from their USB storage devices and watch them on their TV. The Digital Entertainer Live also features regular RCA jacks for connecting to older analog TVs.

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