HP Digital Media Receiver EW5000

22% of reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

HP continues to live off their printer reputation by engineering over-priced products that are riddled with bugs and incompatibility issues. I spend most of my time manually unplugging the set from the power supply because the system continually wigs...

The box seems incapable of handling any network unreliability which can happen in a wireless network. If I shutdown my WAP, the connection to the server is lost, but when I bring it back up the EW5000 does not reestablish the connection--you either...

The box seems incapable of handling any network unreliability which can happen in a wireless network. If I shutdown my WAP, the connection to the server is lost, but when I bring it back up the EW5000 does not reestablish the connection--you either...

I bought this wireless media device early last year. The other reviews were right. It does not play consistently, the wireless link randomly goes up and down, and it hangs my pc as it attempts to index the media files. I just checked HP's website...

I bought this wireless media device early last year. The other reviews were right. It does not play consistently, the wireless link randomly goes up and down, and it hangs my pc as it attempts to index the media files. I just checked HP's website and...

I have read a few bad reviews of this product, but I had to verify it for myself. I added the media receiver to my existing wireless network. The unit was placed about 15-20ft (through 1 wall and around 1 corner)from the access point. Upon initial...

I bought this a couple weeks ago and got it hooked up to my Linksys wireless network quickly with no problems. I even have Panasonic 2.4 ghz wireless phones and there appears to be no intereference between the ew5000 and the phones.

I bought this a couple weeks ago and got it hooked up to my Linksys wireless network quickly with no problems. I even have Panasonic 2.4 ghz wireless phones and there appears to be no intereference between the ew5000 and the phones.

Per the other reviews listed, out of the box wireless performance is very poor. HP posted a firmware update on 10/7/2003 that DRAMATICALLY improve wireless performance. Before, my player would drop its connection after 5-15 minutes. After the...