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• Steve Lindsay on Paul Thurrot's (non) review of Linksys Extenders on his Windows Weekly show.

  I have already mentioned my disappointment of Paul Thurrot's dismissing of the Linksys Extenders ( here ) and Steve Lindsay expresses his thoughts. He mentioned some points that Paul completely missed, things like form factor, weight, power consumption, Read More... Posted 22 March 2008 07:52 by Ian Dixon | 2 Comments Filed under: Windows Media Center, Extenders for Windows Media Center, Linksys

• Part 3 of Chris Lanier's Linksys review posted

  If you have been following part 1 and part 2 of Chris Lanier's Linksys review you want to read his wrap up in part 3 . He has a nice table of pros and cons of the Extenders. I still think the Xbox 360 makes a great extender if the form factor works for Read More... Posted 27 February 2008 14:24 by Ian Dixon | 0 Comments Filed under: Windows Media Center, Linksys

• Chris Lanier reviews Media Center Extenders and PC setup

  Chris Lanier has started a review of the Linksys extenders and he walks through the setup process including wireless networking. Part 1 is up now and part 2 and 3 are coming soon. Between Microsoft and Linksys I’ve received a whole package of Media Read More... Posted 25 February 2008 13:56 by Ian Dixon | 0 Comments Filed under: Windows Media Center, Linksys

• Video: Unboxing and setting up a Linksys DMA2200 Media Center Extender

  Now that I have the video out on Linksys' DMA2100 I thought I would try the DMA2200. This is the big brother of the 2100 and includes an upscaling DVD Player. ( You can read my first impression in here ) This video shows the unboxing of the DMA2200, the Read More... Posted 08 February 2008 12:13 by Ian Dixon | 5 Comments Filed under: Windows Media Center, Extenders for Windows Media Center, Linksys

• Video: Comparing The Xbox 360 with a Linksys DMA2100

  I was about to packup the Linksys DMA2100 and unbox the 2200 when I thought it would be interesting to compare the Extender function of the Xbox 360 with the Linksys DMA2100. So with both extenders connected up to my TV I made a side by side comparison Read More... Posted 07 February 2008 14:40 by Ian Dixon | 7 Comments Filed under: Windows Media Center, Xbox, Extenders for Windows Media Center, Linksys

• Linksys DMA2200 First Impressions

  Tonight I had my first play with Linksys's DMA2200 , over the last week I have been using the DMA2100 ( see this video ) and have found it pretty good, not quite up to the Xbox 360 as an Extender but its silent and small. The DMA2200 is the 2100's big Read More... Posted 06 February 2008 23:24 by Ian Dixon | 7 Comments Filed under: Windows Media Center, Extenders for Windows Media Center, Linksys

• Video: Linksys DMA2100 Unboxing and Setup

  As promised on my "first impressions" post here is the video of the unboxing and setup of the DMA2100. The video shows the unboxing and how I setup the Extender to connect with my Media Center PC. It wasn't all plane sailing, mainly due to the Read More... Posted 01 February 2008 14:12 by Ian Dixon | 0 Comments Filed under: Windows Media Center, Extenders for Windows Media Center, Linksys

• First Impressions of the Linksys Extender

  Tonight I had my first play with Linksys's DMA2100 Media Center Extender, so here are my first impressions. I have been using an Xbox 360 as an extender for nearly two years now and am very happy with it so going to be hard for the new Extenders to match Read More... Posted 31 January 2008 00:29 by Ian Dixon | 19 Comments Filed under: Windows Media Center, Extenders for Windows Media Center, Linksys

• My Linksys Extenders have arrived

  Having waited for for Media Center Extenders to come to the UK for years today two have arrived at once! Linksys have sent me a DMA2100 and DMA2200 for a review. So I plan on unboxing and recording my first impressions tonight.  Is there anything Read More... Posted 30 January 2008 12:50 by Ian Dixon | 6 Comments Filed under: Windows Media Center, Extenders for Windows Media Center, Linksys