Neuston Virtuoso MC-500

Anyone had any experience of using the Neuston Virtuoso MC-500 or perhaps
the Pinnacle ShowCenter Video/Audio Receiver? The former looks the better
machine as it also provides internet access as well as the multimedia access
capabilities of the Pinnacle.

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"Chris" <aardvark99@(remove)lineone.net> wrote in message news:<40ca1f5b$0$20516$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> Anyone had any experience of using the Neuston Virtuoso MC-500 or perhaps
> the Pinnacle ShowCenter Video/Audio Receiver? The former looks the better
> machine as it also provides internet access as well as the multimedia access
> capabilities of the Pinnacle.
>
> If replying direct, please remove spam trap

I've been using the Neuston for a few weeks now and I find it very
good

It appears to play nearl al the DIVX's I've downloaded. It will even
play part downloaded files similar to avipreview.

The latestfirmware helps in displaying different aspect ratios.

4:3 letterbox, 4:3 fullscreen 16:9 etc.

The only drag is that it only takes 80211b cards and when I queried
Neuston they have no plans to support 54g cards Some of the cards are
now difficult to get.

Is it worth it. Yes!

I'm now going to use my PC as a video recorded and play back via the
Neuston.
It uses iTunes to create playlist for MP3 files which works well.

The optical audio works well with Divx files encoded that way.

From my research its has better software then the Pinnicale

Some smart Linux guys can even get it to stream Digital TV.

Regards


Paul

"Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Chris" <aardvark99@(remove)lineone.net> wrote in message
news:<40ca1f5b$0$20516$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> > Anyone had any experience of using the Neuston Virtuoso MC-500 or
perhaps
> > the Pinnacle ShowCenter Video/Audio Receiver? The former looks the
better
> > machine as it also provides internet access as well as the multimedia
access
> > capabilities of the Pinnacle.
> >
> > If replying direct, please remove spam trap
>
> I've been using the Neuston for a few weeks now and I find it very
> good
>
> It appears to play nearl al the DIVX's I've downloaded. It will even
> play part downloaded files similar to avipreview.
>
> The latestfirmware helps in displaying different aspect ratios.
>
> 4:3 letterbox, 4:3 fullscreen 16:9 etc.
>
> The only drag is that it only takes 80211b cards and when I queried
> Neuston they have no plans to support 54g cards Some of the cards are
> now difficult to get.
>
> Is it worth it. Yes!
>
> I'm now going to use my PC as a video recorded and play back via the
> Neuston.
> It uses iTunes to create playlist for MP3 files which works well.
>
> The optical audio works well with Divx files encoded that way.
>
> From my research its has better software then the Pinnicale
>
> Some smart Linux guys can even get it to stream Digital TV.
>
> Regards
>
>
> Paul

Many thanks