D-Link MoCA Spotted at Fry’s!
Another sign that MoCA is gaining momentum, recently spotted at the local Fry’s, the D-Link DXN-221 MoCA Bridge Kit aka Mediabridges ! Located right next to the NETGEAR MCAB1001 MoCA Kits as well as competing powerline and 11N bridges, the D-Link MoCA kits give users another option for building a high speed entertainment network for HD movie streaming, gaming and entertainment. MicroCenter will also be carrying the D-Link products and since they are all MoCA compatible, you’ll be able to choose different brands to add to your MoCA network.
Look for more brands and new MoCA products coming later this year!
Add comment February 7, 2010
MoCA Installation Tips and Videos
With all the new connected TVs, Bluray Players and Game Consoles, there are a lot of people wanting to add a MoCA network to their home. We’ve collected the best installation instructions and videos from the web, right here on the MoCABlog.
Click on the links below for even more info on installing a MoCA Home Network:
Actiontec MoCA page with installation instructions and video link
Add comment January 26, 2010
The Official Netflix Blog: Netflix Coming to Nintendo’s Wii Console
The Official Netflix Blog: Netflix Coming to Nintendo’s Wii Console.
It’s official – you can now catch Netflix in more places than H1N1. Netflix recently announced that it’s coming to the final missing game console, Nintendo’s Wii, joining the Xbox, Playstation 3, HDTVs, Bluray Players, Roku, TiVo, etc… With all the access to streaming movies, maybe they can start catching up to their DVD library.
Just another reason to add a MoCA home network to your living room. With all the connected electronics available, consumers will need the speed and reliability of a wired network available to their home theater.
Read the article here.
Add comment January 15, 2010
Need a Few Ethernet Ports in your Living Room?
Entropic Communications and Wistron NeWeb Deliver Internet Entertainment Bridge for the Home Theater.
From the “What’s New” file from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, a new product that connects up to 4 Home Theater devices to the Internet from your living room. WNC’s 4-Port MoCA Ethernet-to-Coax bridge uses the coax cable in your living room to connect to your home network, providing up to 170 Mbps to your connected HDTV, Bluray player, Xbox, PS3, TiVo, etc… And since the 4-Port bridge is MoCA-compatible, it can interoperate with other MoCA devices from NETGEAR, D-Link, Actiontec and other manufacturers for a whole home wired network. Just a peek at what’s new for MoCA in 2010.
Read the article here.
Add comment January 7, 2010
Why-Fi? LG Electronics BD390 Blu-ray Disc Player – washingtonpost.com
LG Electronics BD390 Blu-ray Disc Player – washingtonpost.com.
This PC World reviewer raves about the top of the line LG Blu-ray player stating:
The images it delivered to an HDTV were among the best we’ve ever seen. And with support for BD-Live, CinemaNow, DLNA, Netflix On Demand, Wi-Fi, and YouTube, the BD390 provides top-flight networking capabilities.
However, just the only thing he finds lacking is the built-in Wifi networking:
Speaking of poor video quality, the BD390 is one of two Blu-ray players we’ve seen with built-in Wi-Fi (the other is the Sony BDP-S560). This is a convenience for viewing BD-Live and YouTube content, but unless you have an exceptionally strong signal, we would advise against using Wi-Fi for CinemaNow or Netflix. When we tried it, we noticed a serious drop in image quality.
If that’s not screaming for a wired home network connection, either Ethernet or MoCA, to the living room – expect to hear more. Stay tuned for more news from CES on why MoCA is THE way to go for networking to the Home Theater.
Add comment December 23, 2009
Which Networking Technology Is Right For Your Home? : The Connection Less Traveled – Review Tom’s Hardware
Another MoCA review is in the books, this time by Tom’s Hardware and the conclusions versus Wireless and Powerline are what everyone has come to expect:
For those who can’t string Gigabit Ethernet, MoCA is clearly the only choice when high performance is needed.
Tom’s Hardware puts MoCA through a number of tests, but where MoCA really shines is in whole home network performance as seen in the chart above. When there are multiple video streams through the house, MoCA performance is almost double what Powerline and Wireless-N have to offer. That means better HD streaming from Netflix, Xbox, TiVO, VUDU, DLNA or whatever movie services happen to be watched in your home.
Read the full review here.
Add comment December 2, 2009
Roku adds Flickr, Facebook, Pandora, and more video channels | Crave – CNET
Roku adds Flickr, Facebook, Pandora, and more video channels | Crave – CNET.
Just off the heels of adding 2 new models of Roku set-top boxes, now Roku is adding new channels to it’s lineup of Netflix, Amazon, and MLB.com. Although most of the new channels aren’t video including Pandora, flickr, and Framechannel, we can expect that Roku will be adding even more video soon. Now that you can get Netflix on many other TV devices like Xbox, PS3, HDTVs and Blu-ray Players, you’ll start to see Roku begin to establish itself as much more than the Netflix TV box.
Add comment November 23, 2009
VIZIO’s Matthew McRae Discusses the Future of Connected TVs | eHomeUpgrade
VIZIO’s Matthew McRae Discusses the Future of Connected TVs | eHomeUpgrade.
You’ve probably seen them at your local Costco or Walmart and in 6 short years, VIZIO has displaced many of the Consumer Electronics titans as the king of flat panels. In this interview from NewTeeVee LIVE, VIZIO’s Matthew McRae discusses how VIZIO went from rags to riches in flat panel HDTV, it’s plan for connected Internet experience across it’s product line, and plans for the future of remote controls, TV apps, and creative places where people are putting TVs nowadays.
Add comment November 18, 2009
Update on Netflix coming to PS3
The Official Netflix Blog: Update on Netflix coming to PS3.
Netflix has already begun updating PS3 customers with instant streaming discs to enable Netflix on their game consoles. Now, Xbox users won’t be the only ones able to access the streaming movie service on their televisions. No word yet on support for Wii users, but hopefully it won’t be long.
Add comment November 9, 2009
Home Computer Network Is Already Linked – Yahoo! Finance
Home Computer Network Is Already Linked – Yahoo! Finance.
Even Investor’s Business Daily is picking up on the growing demand for connecting the home theater to your computer network. The article mentions both Powerline and MoCA as the best wired alternatives. For connecting the home theater, coax networking makes the most sense due to the availability of coax outlets in consumers homes as well as being “far simpler than their electrical system”.
Read the article here.
Add comment November 9, 2009
