img src="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/qnap_ts-639_pro_turbo_nas-150x150.jpg" align="left" hspace="5" vspace="2" title="QNAP TS-639 Pro Turbo NAS" alt="" / For those looking for an enterprise strength home server that offers the ultimate in storage expandability in a compact enclosure, check out QNAP#8217;s latest RAID configurable beast with full on 256-bit data encryption and Load Balancing. Honestly, this is probably overkill for the majority of homes, but if you#8217;re intent on collecting a ginormous media [...]pVisit a href="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com"eHomeUpgrade/a for more breaking news./pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ehomeupgrade/entries/~4/504495548" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/sling_media_slingplayer_mobile_for_iphone-150x150.jpg" align="left" hspace="5" vspace="2" title="Sling Media- SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone" alt="" / The day all you iPhone and Slingbox owners have been waiting for has just about arrived. Sling Media will be demonstrating a version of the SlingPlayer Mobile for the iPhone at Macworld this week, which the company says should be available in iTunes in the first quarter of 2009. Also on display will be the [...]pVisit a href="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com"eHomeUpgrade/a for more breaking news./pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ehomeupgrade/entries/~4/504074791" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/lg_broadband_hdtv_with_netflix-150x150.jpg" align="left" hspace="5" vspace="2" title="LG Broadband HDTV with Netflix" alt="" / LG is announcing the company is getting set to launch a new LCD and plasma “Broadband HDTV” line that will be capable of streaming Netflix video from a subscriber#8217;s Watch Instantly queue via their broadband connection over Ethernet – similar to the company#8217;s BD300 Network Blu-ray Player. According to the press release, users will [...]pVisit a href="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com"eHomeUpgrade/a for more breaking news./pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ehomeupgrade/entries/~4/503730624" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/iomega_home_media_network_drive_on_desk-150x150.jpg" align="left" hspace="5" vspace="2" title="Iomega Home Media Network Drive on Desk" alt="" / Interested in finding an economical, plug-n-play home media server to add to your network for PC backup, file sharing, and media serving duties to digital media adapters (including DLNA certified devices)? If yes, have a look at this little gem just released by Iomega called the Home Media Network Drive selling for just $229.99 with [...]pVisit a href="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com"eHomeUpgrade/a for more breaking news./pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ehomeupgrade/entries/~4/503689609" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/roku_amazon_video_on_demand_coming_soon-150x150.jpg" align="left" hspace="5" vspace="2" title="Roku Amazon Video On Demand Coming Soon" alt="" / Scoot over, Netflix. Roku and Amazon have announced a partnership to provide the Roku Digital Video Player (notice Roku finally changed their device#8217;s name from #8220;Netflix Player by Roku#8221; to the Roku Digital Video Player #8212; good move) users access to Amazon#8217;s Video On Demand library in the early part of 2009. Soon users will [...]pVisit a href="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com"eHomeUpgrade/a for more breaking news./pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ehomeupgrade/entries/~4/503605478" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/zeevee_zvpro_ce_pro_advertisement-150x150.jpg" align="left" hspace="5" vspace="2" title="ZeeVee ZvPro - CE Pro Advertisement" alt="" / CE Pro Magazine gave subscribers an early sneak peek at ZeeVee#8217;s upcoming ZvPro rack mountable, HD over coaxial cable distribution appliance in its latest edition. Unfortunately, the details in ZeeVee#8217;s ad spot were a bit thin for our taste, but it looks like the ZvPro will be able to screen shift (if that#8217;s actually a [...]pVisit a href="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com"eHomeUpgrade/a for more breaking news./pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ehomeupgrade/entries/~4/503559199" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/lg_bd300_network_blu-ray_player-150x150.jpg" align="left" hspace="5" vspace="2" title="LG BD300 Network Blu-ray Player" alt="" / Looks like the guys at LG aren#8217;t threatened by the likes of Samsung#8217;s BD-P2500. LG is announcing that in the next few weeks owners of their BD300 Network Blu-ray Player will gain access to CinemaNow – including its HD library – and YouTube content directly from their player. These new enhancements are in addition to [...]pVisit a href="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com"eHomeUpgrade/a for more breaking news./pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ehomeupgrade/entries/~4/499674109" height="1" width="1"/

I get and respect Cisco’s desire to dig deeper into the home, but I am not convinced that a piece of consumer electronics gear is the way to do it. According to the NYT, Cisco is looking to develop a “a digital stereo system that is meant to move music wirelessly around a house.” I [...]pVisit a href="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com"eHomeUpgrade/a for more breaking news./pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ehomeupgrade/entries/~4/498808273" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/parks_associates_digital_media_evolution_graph-150x150.gif" align="left" hspace="5" vspace="2" title="Parks Associates Digital Media Evolution Graph" alt="" / A new study from international research firm Parks Associates finds consumer demand for networking features will drive the next wave of consumer electronics purchasing, particularly for imaging and mobile devices such as digital cameras, photo frames, and mobile phones. Digital Media Evolution, a new survey from Parks Associates, finds nearly 50% of U.S. broadband households [...]pVisit a href="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com"eHomeUpgrade/a for more breaking news./pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ehomeupgrade/entries/~4/498794224" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/hp_mediasmart_server_ex487-150x150.jpg" align="left" hspace="5" vspace="2" title="HP MediaSmart Server ex487" alt="" / If you live in a dual Mac and Windows PC environment, HP#8217;s new ex485 (750GB - $599) and ex487 (1.5TB - $749) MediaSmart Servers launching in February 2009 are going to be right up your alley. The new machines, which come packed with a 2Ghz 64-bit Celeron processor and 2GB of DDR2 RAM, now offer [...]pVisit a href="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com"eHomeUpgrade/a for more breaking news./pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ehomeupgrade/entries/~4/497974403" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/video_icon.png" align="left" hspace="5" vspace="2" title="VIDEO" alt="" / [VIDEO] Admittedly, it#8217;s been a while since we#8217;ve covered any portable media player (PMP) products on this site. This is mostly due to the fact that the segment has been fairly stagnant over the past year – not to mention#8230; smartphones from Apple, Nokia, HTC, etc. of late have been eating away at their market share. [...]pVisit a href="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com"eHomeUpgrade/a for more breaking news./pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ehomeupgrade/entries/~4/494360359" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/twonkymedia_manager_screenshots-150x150.jpg" align="left" hspace="5" vspace="2" title="TwonkyMedia Manager Screenshots" alt="" / As most of you know already, UPnP PC server apps traditionally have been pretty bland and limited in functionality. Seriously#8230; their sole purpose is to provide media streamers connected to your TV or Internet radios a database of available media content for playback (and handle any transcoding duties, if necessary). Well, one of the leaders [...]pVisit a href="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com"eHomeUpgrade/a for more breaking news./pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ehomeupgrade/entries/~4/494259206" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/twonkymedia_manager_screenshots-150x150.jpg" align="left" hspace="5" vspace="2" title="TwonkyMedia Manager Screenshots" alt="" / As most of you know already, UPnP PC server apps traditionally have been pretty bland and limited in functionality. Seriously#8230; their sole purpose is to provide media streamers connected to your TV or Internet radios a database of available media content for playback (and handle any transcoding duties, if necessary). Well, one of the leaders [...]pVisit a href="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com"eHomeUpgrade/a for more breaking news./pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ehomeupgrade/entries/~4/494254950" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/hdgiants_movie_magic_graphic-150x150.jpg" align="left" hspace="5" vspace="2" title="HDGIANTS Movie Magic Graphic" alt="" / In an effort to provide Niveus Media Server and Niveus Storage Server – Cargo Edition owners a higher end movie experience, Niveus Media has integrated the ability for people to download HD quality feature films from HDGIANTS#8217; movie collection directly through the company#8217;s Niveus Movie Library application. The Niveus Movie Library, for those unfamiliar, is [...]pVisit a href="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com"eHomeUpgrade/a for more breaking news./pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ehomeupgrade/entries/~4/492573820" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/roku_player_whats_new_screen-150x150.jpg" align="left" hspace="5" vspace="2" title="Roku Player - What's New Screen" alt="" / The day many of you Netflix Player by Roku owners have been waiting for has arrived. As of this week your favorite little $99 box will now support Instant HD video streaming from Netflix. In addition, Roku has added a new home screen that in the future will become your gateway to third party content. [...]pVisit a href="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com"eHomeUpgrade/a for more breaking news./pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ehomeupgrade/entries/~4/492461984" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/philips_srm7500_remote_and_flyer-150x150.jpg" align="left" hspace="5" vspace="2" title="Philips SRM7500 Remote and Flyer" alt="" / After the demise of Ricavision, all hopes for a Windows SidesShow remote for Windows Media Center seemed lost (most MCE users were holding out for the RICA100 or VAVE100). Well, folks, Philips apparently stepped up to the plate a while back (May 2007 according to Amazon.com) to fill the niche and didn#8217;t make a big [...]pVisit a href="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com"eHomeUpgrade/a for more breaking news./pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ehomeupgrade/entries/~4/488949977" height="1" width="1"/

Forbes.com reporter, Lee Gomes, is shedding light on an interesting fact that many of VUDU#8217;s customers are probably not aware of. The problem Gomes points out is that VUDU is not being totally transparent that their video on-demand boxes function as peer-to-peer nodes downloading and sharing bits of digital information with other users throughout the [...]pVisit a href="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com"eHomeUpgrade/a for more breaking news./pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ehomeupgrade/entries/~4/488889831" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/gizmodo-s_coast-to-coast_3g_data_test_graphic-150x150.jpg" align="left" hspace="5" vspace="2" title="Gizmodo's Coast-to-Coast 3G Data Test Graphic" alt="" / It#8217;s probably true that most of our readers are more than happy using a traditional broadband provider for their home#8217;s Internet access, but I#8217;m sure there#8217;s a few of you out there who are mobile warriors who want the lowdown on which cellular network currently has the fastest 3G download and upload speeds. So, it#8217;s [...]pVisit a href="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com"eHomeUpgrade/a for more breaking news./pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ehomeupgrade/entries/~4/488058845" height="1" width="1"/

More news from the DLNA today. First, we heard that MoCA became an approved networking standard (as well as 802.11n) for future DLNA certified products. Now, the Digital Living Network Alliance is announcing new features like improved photo, video, audio synchronization, WPA2 support for wireless security, #8220;Play To#8221; #38; #8220;Print To#8221; functionality for sending media [...]pVisit a href="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com"eHomeUpgrade/a for more breaking news./pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ehomeupgrade/entries/~4/488018903" height="1" width="1"/

Here#8217;s some interesting industry news. DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) has approved MoCA#8217;s (Multimedia over Coax Alliance) technology as a connectivity standard, along side Wi-Fi and Ethernet, in the next version of its Networked Device Interoperability Guidelines scheduled to be released in early 2009. For those unfamiliar MoCA, their technology enables users to pipe [...]pVisit a href="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com"eHomeUpgrade/a for more breaking news./pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ehomeupgrade/entries/~4/487921876" height="1" width="1"/