Buffalo's LinkTheater mini: Too Little, Too Late. buffalo linktheater mini too little too late. A $100 networked media adapter handling music, photos and video sure got our attention. But Jim Buzbee found that Buffalo made too many compromises to get under...

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Since I already have a high-definition capable Buffalo LinkTheater in my entertainment center, it's natural for me to make some comparisons. Both handle picture slide shows fine but only the LinkTheater is able to play music that contains album art. Although...

to be a UPnP-based streaming media server that can provide access to TeraStation-stored media files for Buffalo's LinkTheater [reviewed here] and other streaming media players. Buffalo told me, however, that PCast is available in a firmware download currently...

the market that support the UPnP protocol, but for my testing I used a Buffalo LinkTheater. Figure 9 shows the main menu from the LinkTheater when communicating with the StorCenter. Figure 9: Buffalo LinkTheater talking to StorCenter The media server was fairly...

for display or playback. Figure 10 shows the main menu of the LinkTheater once it has connected to the G600. Figure 10: Buffalo LinkTheater connection to the DSM-G600 Media Server I found that the G600 worked fairly well in this mode; I was able to play LinkTheater-supported...