GoVideo D 2730 Networked Progressive-Scan DVD Player
Manufacturer: GoVideo
Product Type: CE
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Product Description
The GoVideo Networked DVD Player is a high end, slim-line Progressive Scan DVD player, and is the first player of its kind to be able to stream video files through a wireless network to a consumer electronics component. The Networked DVD Player works with either a wired PCMCIA Ethernet Adapter (included) or an optional PCMCIA 802.11b Wireless Network Card. The D2730 can also stream MP3 and WMA audio files and JPEG image files, as well as MPEG1 and MPEG2 video files.
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Early Adopters Pick: July 2003. This is the world's first consumer electronics component featuring advanced DVD functionality that enables users to stream audio, images, and video from the PC to the TV at the touch of a button on the remote control.
Finally, there's a home-entertainment device that integrates PC entertainment with traditional audio/video sources. GoVideo's slim and stylish D2730 is not only compatible with a wide range of physical media, but it comes with a rear-panel PCMCIA slot for either wired or wireless networking with a desktop or laptop PC--it even comes with wired networking card. Now you can easily stream audio, images, and video files from the PC through to the TV at the touch of a button. The unit streams JPEG images, MP3 and WMA audio formats, and MPEG1 and MPEG2 video formats. Compatible physical media includes DVD-R/DVD-RW, video CD, Kodak Picture CD, and MP3 and WMA CDs.
The D2730 comes equipped with a network card for wired home networks, allowing instant out-of-the-box set-up and use. Just open the box, install the D2730's server software, hook it up to the TV and an Ethernet-capable PC or networked PCs, and start enjoying its innovative capabilities. If your home isn't networked yet, the unit still operates as a full-function DVD player. And the player operates wirelessly, too, using an optional wireless 802.11b (16-bit) network card.
An intuitive graphical user interface simplifies operation, ideal for novice and technically proficient users of both DVD players and computers. User-upgradeable onscreen "skins" give operation a personalized look and feel, and the unit's upgradeable firmware ensures that you'll be ready for future DVD formats, too. A headphone output with a dedicated volume control facilitates private listening--perfect for tuning into Internet radio in the living room while the rest of the family reads or sleeps.
Top-of-the-line component-video outputs (switchable between progressive-scan and interlaced) help minimize digital and line-scan artifacts on compatible advanced televisions, while composite- and S-video outputs bring compatibility with nearly any television. Whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you're merely thinking of "someday," the D2730 stands ready to deliver the full potential of DVDs. Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts.
A set of left/right analog-audio outputs channel audio to Dolby Pro Logic receivers and stereo televisions. Both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1-channel surround-sound signals can be routed through the player's digital-audio outputs (one each of RCA coaxial and Toslink optical) for direct connection to a full-featured audio/video receiver, and--in case your existing receiver is merely "Dolby Digital ready" (with multichannel RCA analog inputs), the D2730 decodes Dolby Digital 5.1 to six discrete analog signals (left, center, right, left/right surround, and subwoofer).
What's in the Box
DVD player, full-function remote control, 2 AAA batteries, wired Ethernet adapter (PCMCIA), installation CD-ROM (PC system software), onscreen user interface skin, stereo analog/composite-video interconnect (3 feet), user's manual, warranty information.
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T-Mobile to Go Prepaid Plan
Manufacturer: Product Group: Wireless Binding: Wireless Plan ASIN: B000056K68 |
Emergency Use: Under 100 min
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| Cell Phones & Service
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<b>Calling Range: national (roaming not included)</b>This cell phone service plan lets you call throughout T-Mobile's nationwide network, with no additional fees for long distance service.
<b>Included Minutes: n/a</b>
Free minutes for long distance or roaming are not part of this pre-paid plan. However, a prepaid airtime card worth $15 is included for service activation.
<b>Mobile-to-Mobile minutes: no</b>
This plan offers no reduced fee for calls made between two T-Mobile cell phone plan subscribers.
<b>Calling Range: national (roaming not included)</b>
This cell phone service plan lets you call throughout T-Mobile's nationwide network, with no additional fees for long distance service.
<b>Included Minutes: n/a</b>
Free minutes for long distance or roaming are not part of this pre-paid plan. However, a prepaid airtime card worth $15 is included for service activation.
<b>Mobile-to-Mobile minutes: no</b>
This plan offers no reduced fee for calls made between two T-Mobile cell phone plan subscribers.
<b>Services included at no additional fee</b>
Access to the T-Mobile nationwide long distance network is available at no additional cost to the by-minute rate (see Services Available, below) when you purchase individual phone cards. Customers can also listen to voice messages for free (voice mail service sold separately). There is no monthly fee, deposit, or credit check with this program. For more information call 1-888-STREAMS.
<b>Services Available for an additional, per-use fee</b>
Calls cost between $0.20 and $0.33 per minute depending on the type of pre-paid phone card you use. Cards are purchased separately.
<b>Upgrade Highlights: n/a</b>
No upgrades are available for these plans.
<b>Plan Duration: n/a</b>
Calls are paid for with prepaid phone cards, sold separately and refillable by T-Mobile and most cell phone retail outlets.
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