Buffalo Technology LinkTheater High-Definition Media Player LT-H90LAN (Black)

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 11.8 x 3.8 inches ; 4.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00169C4LC
• Item model number: LT-H90LAN
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 20, 2008

Product Description

Product Description

Enjoy High Definition digital movies, music & photos on your TV with Buffalos LinkTheater Network Media Player! The perfect device for the home the Buffalo LinkTheater Network Media Player will stream high definition digital movies, music & photos from a Windows PC, a LinkStation Live, a LinkStation Quad, a TeraStation Live, USB storage devices, or any DLNA media server device. It includes an Ethernet port, digital audio output, a USB port to directly connect your media files on your USB storage device, S-video and component video outputs, and the ability to natively play an array of the latest audio/video formats. It is the missing piece to your entertainment system, and will seamlessly integrate with your stereo components as well as your HDTV.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Downgraded to 1 star., April 29, 2009

By	P. Morgenroth "High Voltage" (Seattle) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

UPDATE** 7-5-09
I have had this for a few months now and it has let me down in every way. Crashes, freezes, funny noises duing playback and start up. Its is VERY slow going thru the many different menue options. The remote control response is quirky and the lack of support is maddening.

I have been trying to contact Buffalo "support" for months and get NO RESPONSE. I even found a phone number for them. I ask for customer service, get put on hold for half an hour, then disconnected, EVERY TIME!

Do NOT buy this doorstop! The Dlink, although not five star, blows this thing away.


Older Review:
I have a Dlink unit (DSM510) that worked resonably well. But had limited functionality especialy in the music department. I have a huge music librabry stored on a NAS, the Dlink had trouble listing all the songs, it would only find the first 100 songs or so in a folder, and playback was screwy. It would play 3 or 4 songs and then crap out.

I bought the Buffalo unit in hopes of better functionality. I was wrong. The UI is pretty primitive and navigating is sketchy. You can navigate to the video folder and it will show music... with some fiddling around, like exiting all the way out, then back to the same folder and magicaly, it shows your videos. The video playback is good. It has never lagged or skipped during playback. However, the volume control on it does nothing. It has crashed a few times when I click play on a video.

Music playback is decent. If you have your music separated into different folders, like Rock, Pop, etc, you can open one of those folders and play back all the music in that folder. There is however no suffle feature, which is a real downer unless you want to listen to all your songs in a row in alphibetical order. It will not recognize playlists created my Windows media player or iTunes either.

Like a mentioned before, the UI (user interface) is primitive. The Grey and white pinstiped background makes the white text difficult to read. I have not found a way to change the color of either.

I can't say i would really recommend this. The cons are greater than the pros in my book. It does playback your music and movies, and pictures, but thats it. The quirks, lack of support, lack of shuffle feature and playlist compatibility are a real downer.

1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Linktheater High-definition Media Player, August 19, 2008

By	DXH - See all my reviews

Linktheater High-definition Media Player Enet USB 2.0 HDmi D4

Unit workds ok and as expected. Support is basiclly non existing. It is the cheapest unit I could find.