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D-Link DSM-750 Wireless HD Dualband Draft 802.11n Media Center Extender
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(2.5 out of 5)
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Most Helpful First | Newest First | + ShareGreat product when when wired to a network / Wireless is useless
(3 out of 5) by Saverio Strangis on Apr 19, 2009Pros:
Dual mode.
Works with many servers in medialounge mode WMP11, DLINK Medialounge, PlayOn, HAVA Titanium
Works as a Windows Media Center Extender.
Works great when wired
Cons:
Wireless receiver is poor.
Gets unresponsive or very slow if wireless reception is not good.
Remote control doesn't control other equipment neither has backlight. Hard to use in darkness.
I reccommend to buy this product ONLY for wired network connection. Forget about watching a full uninterrupted movie using the wireless network connection.
I've bought a DLINK DIR-825 dual band N router. Connected the 5GHz band dedicated for this unit and couldn't get a stable signal to stream composite TV (don't even dream about streaming HDTV wirelessly with this unit).
I had to buy a bridge DLINK DAP-1522 to be able to provide a good wireless communication. The MCE is only 20 ft away from the router in the same floor. DLINK made me waste lots of time tuning and nothing helped. With the DAP-1522 I've tuned it in a breeze. That means that the wireless receiver of the DSM-750 is poor designed.
Finally, I end up wiring my home for CAT6 and it works fine now. I don't understand why 6 Mbps internet bandwidth doesn't work well over a 300 Mbps WiFi network. My WiFi works fine for streamming TV to the UVERSE set top boxes.
Note that, most of the problems other people report in the forums are due to bad network tuning.
Nevertheless, It steel gets unresponsive every now and then. DLINK didn't update the firmware in a while to solve its issues. That means, they aren't planning to support this product for too long.
Dual mode.
Works with many servers in medialounge mode WMP11, DLINK Medialounge, PlayOn, HAVA Titanium
Works as a Windows Media Center Extender.
Works great when wired
Cons:
Wireless receiver is poor.
Gets unresponsive or very slow if wireless reception is not good.
Remote control doesn't control other equipment neither has backlight. Hard to use in darkness.
I reccommend to buy this product ONLY for wired network connection. Forget about watching a full uninterrupted movie using the wireless network connection.
I've bought a DLINK DIR-825 dual band N router. Connected the 5GHz band dedicated for this unit and couldn't get a stable signal to stream composite TV (don't even dream about streaming HDTV wirelessly with this unit).
I had to buy a bridge DLINK DAP-1522 to be able to provide a good wireless communication. The MCE is only 20 ft away from the router in the same floor. DLINK made me waste lots of time tuning and nothing helped. With the DAP-1522 I've tuned it in a breeze. That means that the wireless receiver of the DSM-750 is poor designed.
Finally, I end up wiring my home for CAT6 and it works fine now. I don't understand why 6 Mbps internet bandwidth doesn't work well over a 300 Mbps WiFi network. My WiFi works fine for streamming TV to the UVERSE set top boxes.
Note that, most of the problems other people report in the forums are due to bad network tuning.
Nevertheless, It steel gets unresponsive every now and then. DLINK didn't update the firmware in a while to solve its issues. That means, they aren't planning to support this product for too long.
hard install, bad customer service
(1 out of 5) by K. Aquil on Jul 27, 2008 (Gaithersburg, MD United States)DSM 750 is for one only high bandwidth links. Wireless G did not work with the plasma, the movies were choppy. Should work well with wireline links. It was hard to configure with a wireless router due to firewall issues in with media center PC. Over all not happy at all after wasting so much time this product is bad
DSM-750
(2 out of 5) by Dublin25 on Jul 25, 2008 (Ohio)Ordered this product, the first one I received did not work out of the box. The second one I received worked ok, but did not play VOB files through media center. I know it doesn't say it supports those, but I contacted tech support and they said it would.
I also tried out the Linksys Media Center Extender and found the D-link 750 to be significantly faster.
I also tried out the Linksys Media Center Extender and found the D-link 750 to be significantly faster.
Nothing Special
(3 out of 5) by M. Thompson on Jul 24, 2008 (Mason Neck, VA)This problem with this unit is that it gives you a taste as to what a good extender could be but then leaves you hanging. As an extender it cannot perform all the functions of MCE that you can do on the PC. For example third party software "Mynetfilx". Also I never had any luck with using the unit wirelessly. It connected but even near the router (D-Link Gamerlounge wireless n) it didn't stream content successfuly. On the positive side if hooked up to ethernet the functions that it does perform, it does well without hangups, skips etc.
If you want to use Windows MCE I strongly recommend that you bite the bullet and get an HTPC. If you don't want to build one, the HP Pavilion elite series are good ones for about a grand.
If you want to use Windows MCE I strongly recommend that you bite the bullet and get an HTPC. If you don't want to build one, the HP Pavilion elite series are good ones for about a grand.
falls short
(3 out of 5) by Mark A. Perry on Jun 29, 2008The blue power button needs to be brighter. Can't tell if the unit is on or off more than a few feed away. Can't do all tha Media Center can do on a PC. Can't play DVD files. Unless your wireless router is very close by you'll need a wired connection to get decent performance while streaming video. This unit is okay however if your budget allows I'd opt for a HTPC (which is what I'm now in the process of building).