Actiontec Electronics, a maker of products for use with broadband Internet connectivity, today announced a new set of network storage devices with wired and wireless configurations. Pricings for the new Actiontec Network Attached Storage products are $149.99 for no hard drive, $264.99 for 160GB and $329.99 for 250GB, while the Actiontec Wireless Network Attached Storage products are $184.99 for no hard drive, $298.99 for 160GB and $359.99 for 250GB. All should be available in mid-January.
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Actiontec Wireless Digital Media Player Review
Summary
With a host of important features, the Actiontec Wireless Digital Media Player offers just about everything you could want in a networked media player; support for video, audio, images and Web browsing. Unfortunately it falls short in two of the four categories. While batting .500 would be history-making in baseball, when it comes to consumer electronics, having only half of your features work as intended just doesn’t make the cut.
Actiontec’s Wireless Digital Media Player handles the playback of images and video quite well, but it falls short in its Web browsing capabilities and the feature that most people are going to want the device for
Actiontec Wireless Digital Media Player
From Actiontec’s Press Release:
SUNNYVALE, CA (December 8, 2003) – For consumers who want to enjoy their digital movies, photos, music and online activities from the comfort of their couch without the need to run cables from the home office to the living room, Actiontec Electronics today announced the Actiontec Wireless Digital Media Player — a VCR-sized appliance that wirelessly links PCs to home entertainment centers for a bigger and better media experience.

