Mede8er Multimedia Monster

I’m quite a fanatic when it comes to High Definition TV, media and hardware. I have a 42” Plasma screen set-up together with a new 23.6” AOC monitor. Having a plasma screen I am very picky when it comes to video and the quality thereof. I have been keeping up with the times and been enjoying Full HD content a lot, this leads me to the subject of this post.

There are a few media players on the market but to date I have not even considered getting my hand on one of them. Mvix did in the later models support Full HD content which was the first product I looked at. However it only had HDMI 1.0 support which means no sound through HDMI, so I was still not sold. I am pleased to say that I have found a media player worth looking at. This nifty device is called the Mede8er MED500X.

I’ve recently had the pleasure of upgrading to one nifty new LCD screen. The screen is the 2436Vw by AOC. In a nutshell it has a aspect ratio of 16:9, 5ms response time, a native resolution of 1920 x 1080 (1080p), a whopping Dynamic Contrast ratio of 60,000:1, a corner to corner measurement of 23.6” and even a USB Port.

I am quite delighted to announce that I have found an Anti Virus package that I am 99% happy with!

The software goes by the name of G Data. I recently installed the 2010 version on my personal computer at home for reviewing purposes. Initially the installation is a bit of a lengthy process, taking an odd 30mins or so. On top of that it had to download about 60mb of virus definitions and updates. To justify this it does run a dual engine virus protection module, which means you have two different monitoring modules keeping your PC safe with both these engines needed to be updated. I was also pleased that there were no tedious registration forms and activation processes, I was simply asked to enter a email address and a desired password, that’s it.

After installation I can with all honesty say that I did not have any hassles at all. I have a network setup of 5 PCs at home, one of them running as a remote desktop only. When sharing files on my PC I did not encounter any firewall or permission problems, there were also no issues regarding networking in any of the games I tried. It even runs on the Windows 7 RC without any hassles. G Data just quietly runs in the background doing its job, or did it?