New Media Centre Tests: eGreat and Icy Box

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We've just added two new media centres that are hoping to find a place in your front room.  One is a network gateway while the other comes with an SDHC card reader.


The Egreat EG-M34A is a first-generation Networked Media Tank, so it starts from the same base as the PopcornHour A-110 and uses the same interface.  That's great news as PopcornHour set a very high standard--but does Egreat bring anything new to the table, or is this just a clone of the A-110?

Next up is the Icy Box IB-MP305, which has some very attractive specs.  It promises to offer faultless handling of HD content, support for DTS audio, network compatibility and even an SDHC card reader.  But does that make it a good choice?  Let's take a look …

> Test: Egreat EG-M34A
> Test: Icy Box IB-MP305

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