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D-Link's New Digital Home Solution Merges Home Entertainment Center With Home Network for Seamless Delivery of Multimedia Content Anywhere in the Home (20/1/2004)

D-Link, the true leading global manufacturer of broadband, wireless, and networking hardware for Home and Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) environments today announced the D-Link Wireless Media Player that distributes digital music, video and photos stored on PCs to play and view on a television and/or stereo system. The standard- based D-Link Wireless Network Media Player enhances the usability of both a home network and a home entertainment center by creating a seamless connection between computers and consumer electronics.

"The new wireless media player gives consumers access to more content than ever before in the area where they congregate the most, the family room," said Steven Joe, President and CEO of D-Link. "Now a family can view a catalogued library of digital photos on their TV or listen to pre-set configured MP3s in surround sound stereo, all of which represent the next step in the evolution and convergence of the CE and PC for the digital home."

The D-Link Wireless Media Player is a stand-alone unit that resides within a home entertainment center and connects to the television and/or stereo using standard A/V or S-video cables. Using the included remote control and step- by-step TV interface, it is then easily connected to a home network via 802.11g wireless, or if preferred, through standard Ethernet cabling.

In addition to streaming digital music, photos and video from networked PCs within the home, D-Link also incorporates AOL(R) Services, allowing users to experience a free trial opportunity of up to 6 months for Radio@AOL(R), the #1 Internet streaming radio service.

The D-Link Wireless Media Player is IEEE compliant, supports the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) standard for immediate network recognition of the device upon installation, and also support UPnP AV for immediate device recognition and content playback, as well as the emerging standards set by the Digital Home Working Group. The wireless connection is secured with Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) 64/128-bit encryption.

The D-Link Wireless Media Player includes D-Link Media Server Software for Windows 98SE, ME, 2000 or XP which intuitively compiles digital content on the network, organizing the data from the network library and AOL entertainment services into playlists by file type (audio/video/photo) and cataloguing the individual files by categories such as genre, artist and title for immediate access through the Media Player.

Users can wirelessly locate and stream multiple types of digital content from the Internet or hard drive using the included remote control and intuitive interface. The Player supports virtually all digital content standards, including the popular MP3, WAV, AIF and WMA audio formats, the JPG, BMP, PNG, TIFF, JPG2000 and GIF Image formats, the MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 DivX, Quicktime and WMV Video formats and the M3U, PLS, ASX and RMP Audio Playlist formats. The Wireless Media Player also supports streaming audio and video Internet services including an exclusive offer with the best-of-breed Radio@AOL broadband service.

Price and Availability

The D-Link DSM-320 Wireless Media Player will be available in late February through authorized retail, reseller and distribution partners at a Manufacturer's Suggested Price MSRP of $149 and an Estimated Street Price ESP of $129. Radio@AOL and other services will be available in April. The D-Link DSM-320 Wireless Media Player comes with a One Year Warranty and absolutely FREE 24/7 Technical Support including firmware updates.

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