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D-Link DSM-320 Wireless Media Player, Audio/Photo/Video, 802.11g Reviews

Customer Rating:
Summary: D-Link OSs are very bad
Comment: Dlink operating systems are very bad, they seem to be developed by complicated designers and programmers, always a lot of bugs so you need new firmware to avoid half of the bugs.

They devices work but you need a lot of hours dedicated to understand their OS. So if you are not an IT expert, do not buy them.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Never received my order :(
Comment: I ordered this product last month. I never received it and the seller would not respond to my e-mails. Beware of this seller before you buy!!!!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Right concept, wrong hardware
Comment: I bought this media player despite the questionable reviews. I figured if they had to do with setup I could figure out.

The setup was fairly easy and I got it working in no time. I even got videos to stream from my PC even when the router was on the first floor and the media player was downstairs.

The problem is the hardware. D-Link needs to fire all their programmers because they don't know how to program worth anything. I settled for the awful UI but that's not why I bout it, but the devide would lock up more often than it would work and twice already I've had to return it to D-Link to get a replacement. The kicker is that they don't pay for the shipping to them so I've had to foot the bill. If I keep this up I'll spend more in shipping charges than the actual device!

Look, save your money and don't bother with this. You can spend a little bit more and get a xbox 360 and use it as both a game console and a wireless media player. The UI is ten times better and the hardware is flawless.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: HATE HATE HATE This !@#% Piece of Garbage KILL KILL KILL
Comment: Even my wife and kids hate this thing. Just work for once, please, without me having to call tech support, who always make you do the same 5 things and nothing works. I want my 15 hours of life back Dlink. This product BLOWS CHUNKS. I want the engineers who created it to have to sit on the phone for a day with various tech support people from another country and be forced to repeat the same 5 steps over and over.

The beauty is that when it breaks (often), it's always something new and exciting. Of course you haven't changed a single thing since the last time you turned it on.

I wouldn't even waste my baseball bat on beating this thing hanging from a rope. I HATE the DSM-320 and hope it burns in hell forever.

*** Update ***

Uninstall the OLD media server that comes with it BEFORE trying to install the updated (1.10) version. You know, because the software engineers knew that you'd be smart enough to do that since you OBVIOUSLY have to do it with all your other software that you upgrade.

So now it works, even for videos, but I still want my 15 hours of life back, to erase the frustrated look on everyone's faces who is waiting for the movie to start, etc. I still hate you DSM-320. Just a little less now.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Apple TV its not
Comment: I bought this when it first came out and was disappointed. I was finally able to play videos, and music even from my PC, but the process was time consuming and never seamlessly enough to be used regularly. skipping through videos was a total waist. often crashing the video and was too picky about just how the video was encoded. every now and then I see it in the back of closet and think. I bet they have fixed all this, so I drag it out to find out still no updates. The DSM 320 came out when MicroSoft first tried to strong arm the media center PC on everyone, at that time you could not buy the software or build your own. In the end I bought an Apple TV and haven't looked back.

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