Netgear Unveiled Digital Entertainer EVA700

Netgear, one of the leading players in wireless networking industry announced a new set top streaming media box named EVA700. Equipped with 802.11G wireless and 10/100 Ethernet, EVA700 is the first top set player in the market that is verified as an Intel Viiv technology compliant. By default, the EVA700 wireless encryption is protected with WEP, however you can update its firmware to support WPA-PSK. I'm surprise it does not have HDMI or DVI output, as it uses RCA jack output and RCA component output. The EVA700 pricing is set at $269.

The EVA700 support the following format:

MP3s up to 320 Kbps or variable bit rate (VBR)

WMA8 and WMA9 files up to 192Kbps or variable bit rate(VBR)

WMV up to 1080p (down-converted)

Internet Radio (streaming MP3)

Video Formats: MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, AVI, WMV, Xvid

Audio Formats: MP3, WAV, WMA, M3U, PLS, ACC

Photo Formats: JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF, GIF

Playlist Formats: M3U, PLS

Netgear Announces Digital Entertainer EVA700 [via dailytech]