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ZYXEL NMP1100W Wireless Music Box (NMP1100W) Reviews

Digital multimedia receiver More product details

$28.53

alaTest Review Summary for ZYXEL NMP1100W Wireless Music Box (NMP1100W)

We have collected and analyzed 13 user reviews from international sources. Users rate it 65/100. The average review date is July 4, 2008. We have compared these reviews to 1932 reviews from other Media Hubs. The alaScore™ for this product is 72/100 = Good. Last update: November 21, 2009.

alaSCORE 72

720100

13 reviews

November, 2009

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65 / 100

13 Users

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User Reviews (13)

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ZyXEL NMP-1100W - digital multimedia receiver

By aintnorock (cnet.com)

Looks good on paper, but the instruction manual was extremely confusing, never explaining why you...

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ZyXEL NMP-1100W Wireless Music Box - Retail

By btobey (newegg.com)

My recommendation to ZyXEL: provide user with additional options to compress audio before transmission. Use algorithm similar to AAC. This would prevent the buffer failure issue. I have yet to contact the company, but I do plan to.

Product does what it is SPECed to do. Connects using various security settings, works great under vista x64 and 32. Easy to work with. Good software design. Provides an organized sensical design.

Performance and Buffer. Not sure why the company decided to go with 48khz sampling rate with uncompressed transmission without maintaining a decent buffer. I have tested it using WPA and WPA2, TKIP and AES, but not WEP. Maybe WEP or OPEN, the buffer works...

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Shoddy Performance

By Doc Stew (newegg.com)

Emailed customer service, got no reply. Also emailed them several weeks ago about my missing mail-in-rebate, and never got a response. Will NEVER buy a Zyxel product again.

When it works, it's convenient. Offers DTS playability, which sounds nice with a good HT setup.

BUFFER, BUFFER, BUFFER! Constantly low buffer makes my music cut in and out consistently. I can't listen to music anymore due to such poor performance. When the buffer is 100%, it works great. But most of the time, the buffer swings all over the place, bo...

Manufacturer's Description

Whether you use a stereo receiver or a set of 5.1 speakers, the NMP 1100W Wireless Music Box will stream digital music files from your computer to your speakers via a wireless connection. The NMP-1100W can receive and play any format of digital music files that your computer sends. The NMP-1100W has control software based on C-Media technology which allows your computer to automatically scan and find the Wireless Music Box. Once the computer detects and connects with the Wireless Music Box...

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