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Have you been eyeing all the smart TVs in the marketplace but don't want to buy one because your current TV works perfectly fine? Netgear has your solution – just add NeoTV. Priced at only $79.99, the NeoTV streaming player (NTV200) turns any television with an HDMI port into a smart TV, allowing you to stream movies, TV shows, music and more from Netflix, Vudu, and YouTube (to name a few). The device comes with a free NeoTV Remote app as well, which turns your iPhone or Android smartphone into a remote control for the NeoTV. No smartphone? No problem. The NeoTV Player comes with a regular remote control too.

The NeoTV Player connects to the Internet through built-in high-speed 300Mbps WiFi or through an Ethernet cable. An optical audio out (S/PDIF) is also included so you can connect your surround sound.

"There's no longer any reason to miss out on all the new entertainment choices streaming to homes through the Internet," said Damir Skripic, Product Line Manager for Connected Entertainment at NETGEAR. "The NETGEAR NeoTV Streaming Player is an easy, affordable way to transform the television you already own into a smart TV."

The NETGEAR NeoTV Streaming Player (NTV200) will be available in late September for $79.99 and can be pre-ordered now from major retailers and online stores. Go to www.netgear.com/ntv for more information.

Walk into any electronic superstore and you will find Internet-capable devices everywhere you look...TVs, Blu-ray players, video game consoles and more. But how can you connect all of these devices if your home router is in one room, while your home theater is in another? Netgear has a solution with its 3DHD Wireless Home Theater Networking Kit (WNHDB3004) which delivers 1080p high-definition video streams throughout the home (yes, even on another floor!).

The NETGEAR 3DHD Wireless technology includes:

• Four transmitters and four receivers built into each 3DHD Wireless adapter for Multiple Input Multiple Output transmission (4x4 MIMO), significantly increasing WiFi range and reliability.
• Dynamic digital beam forming to steer and target WiFi signals towards the receiver rather than broadcasting the signals in all directions, boosting range.
• Space Time Block Coding (STBC) to send multiple and redundant copies of the same data across different paths, minimizing packet loss and improving video reliability.
• A feedback control loop that allows the transmitter to adjust its activity based on responses from the receiver, for reliable video streaming even in a changing or high-interference wireless environment.

NETGEAR today announced NETGEAR Stora, a new network attached storage (NAS) device for home media. With Stora you can centralize photos, music, movies and files and use them on nearly any network device. Easy to use (even for non-technical users), Stora lets you share photos, videos, and files without uploading them to the Internet or transferring them over email. Through www.MyStora.com, you, along with friends you give access, can view media files from an Internet-connected device, such as laptops, PCs and smartphones.

NETGEAR Stora (model MS2110) comes with a 1 TB disk and an extra drive bay that can be used to insert an optional disk for mirroring. Stora is now available for $229. Read more

Today, NETGEAR announced the availability of their Digital Entertainer Live (EVA2000) -- an Internet-connected set-top box that plays digital home media and streams Internet videos on big-screen TVs.

With this device, you can access movies, videos, music and photos from USB drives, computers and network attached storage; YouTube; Roxio CinemaNow On-demand Movies; Hulu; Netflix; and more.

The Digital Entertainer Live features an integrated network port, so you can access digital media content stored on your computer and network storage devices in your home network, as well as Internet content over the web. If you don't have an Ethernet connection near the TV, an optional Digital Entertainer Live Wireless USB Adapter (EVAW111) is available that connects the Digital Entertainer Live to the Internet and the home network via Wi-Fi. Read more

NETGEAR's new Digital Entertainer Elite (EVA9150) is a new digital media player that lets you stream your digital content (video, MP3s, photos, recorded TV shows) over your home network to your HDTV. And with its 500GB hard drive, the Digital Entertainer Elite is the largest capacity home video jukebox currently on the market.

The Digital Entertainer Elite works with Windows, Mac and Linux computers, and Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices. It features two USB ports so you can access your content from a USB flash drive, digital camera, iPod or other USB storage device. The Digital Entertainer Elite also doesn't require a UPNP server running on your machine. Searching is done directly on the device, so you can navigate content on multiple PCs (and devices) at the same time. To make it even easier, the Digital Entertainer Elite automatically finds all digital media files on your home network and organizes them into a library.

Jumping on the "green" bandwagon, the Digital Entertainer Elite is environmentally friendly with features such as an energy-efficient power supply and auto-sleep mode which uses as little as .01 watts.Read more

If you are using Skype, then you already know how great it is to communicate affordably. In the age of controlling your telephony and voice communication, and now video phone, it is only fitting that Skype makes it easy to buy products that work with their services. Sure, some computers have cameras built right into the screen frame. What about those who don’t want to buy a new computer for a camera? The Skype Shop has all you need.

Here are just a few of the products available directly from Skype:

Logitech High Quality Web Cams – There are three Logitech Web Cams available in the Skype Shop. The QuickCam Pro 9000 and QuickCam Pro for Notebooks are both $99 MSRP. The Logitech QuickCam Orbit AF is $129. Read more