Macpower DMG8 Digital Media Gateway
By Alexander Grundner |
October 3rd, 2005 
It’s official… Macpower definitely needs to hire a new marketing guy, or at the very least a copy editor, to explain what their new Digital Media Gateway is supposed to be and do. Here’s how the company explains it: “The DMG8 is a new Digital Media Gateway, which provides an appliance-like link between PC’s, TVs and stereos. It was created specifically to complement your Entertainment center.”
At first glance, one would consider the DMG8 to be a media adapter of sorts, but then you look over the specs and realize it’s a thin-client Linux PC impersonating a Mac mini. Being the case, the DMG8 should include Samba support for cross-platform (Apple, Windows, Linux) streaming or transferring digital media content from networked PCs, double as a NAS device when equipped with a hard drive, and bunch of other PC related uses. The only thing I’m wondering about is what kind of TV UI does the product offer? (No screenshots or price sheets were available.)
Technical Specifications:
Embedded Linux operating system
Supports a 3.5″ Hard Drive
Onboard Wired LAN connection
Wi-Fi / Bluetooth support
High Definition 1080i/720p Large Video Playback
SPDIP Dolby 5.1 Audio support
All major Video & Audio formats including WMV9 & DivX support
Short URL: http://bit.ly/dz4iXS [+] Filed in: Streaming Media Devices
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Jason
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Visuaguy