Product Description: HP MediaSmart Connect x280n Exceed your expectations for home entertainment. Add our MediaSmart Connect to your HDTV And get ready to stream photos, music, and videos from your PC network to your TV. You'll also get direct access to on-line services, plus thousands of movies and millions of songs.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - excellent product
HP X280N MediaSmart Connect
Excellent product, easy to set up, easy to use. If you are using windows vista home premium or home ultimate this product is virtually self operating.I used a wired ethernet connection as opposed to a wireless set up for best connectivity.This really is the best product that I researched before purchase from the standpoint of home entertainment pcs. I really didn't want a whole other computer set up.I set out looking for something that had all the features I wanted from a home entertainment pc without having to buy the whole pc set up.So far I have not encountered ... Read More
Rating: - HP X280N MediaSmart Connect
The HP MediaSmart Connect is a quality product. It performs as stated in the product literature. Set up went prettly smoothly. The only challenge was configuring the security settings on my home network. With the help of an internet query, I was able to get the security setting set up. Once the network was set up, everything has worked perfectly.
Access to my pictures, music library and video library are great. Viewing TV from my PC tuner is excellent plus you have the benefit of using the PC DVR capability. Built in access to online internet video is fair from the standpoint what ... Read More
Rating: - The Best Streamer
How I wrote my review:
Timing for this review: After one month of Daily use of the HPx280n
Background: I did not read any other review of this product. I'm trying to be the most objective I can.
Previous experience with other streamers: I will try to compare my Experience with HPx280n to my experience with my other streamer: Netgear EVA8000 (I have used the EVA8000 for more than one year . You also can read my review about that device in Amazon.com).
Everything that is stated in the box that this device can do is true (not the same with the EVA8000). ... Read More
Rating: - Needs a little fine tuning
This is my fourth extender. I also own three of the Linksys DMA2100 extenders.
The HP model is nicely constructed. It installed very nicely as a media extender without installing the HP software.
I highly recommend NOT installing the HP software. It made a mess of things on my test machine, and frequently caused the MCE to hang.
Using it as a straight media extender seems to work as expected. Picture quality is nice. The remote control is better than the Linksys boxes. It also boots much faster than the Linksys.
On the down side, I have had several ... Read More
Rating: - Poor HP Support
I purchased the HP MediaSmart Connect X280n soon after they were released for market in early August. The unit setup in about 30 minutes as advertised. The unit integrated into my home network without a hitch. The jpeg files played flawlessly on my HD TV. The colors and resolution were superb; the best quality photos that I have been able to produce on a TV. However, I could not play the music or video files on the unit and they were the file format that is advertised as being supported. Whenever I attempted to play the files it would produce an error that the file format was not supported. I even attempted ... Read More
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