At $80 street, this 7-inch digital photo frame sounds like a steal. It displays images and videos in widescreen format, integrates small speakers to play MP3s, and is even smart enough to automatically rotate pics when you switch the orientation from port...

Very inexpensive. Interchangeable faceplate patterns.

Poor image quality. Cumbersome menu system. Blatantly visible IR receiver is an eyesore. Poorly placed USB port.

This frame's 480-by-234-pixel screen resolution is the kiss of death. It makes images appear boxy, jagged, and pixelated.

Media extenders, devices that pull content off your computer and put it on your TV, have become more popular with the launch of the Apple TV. And that very intuitive device has sparked competition, such as Netgear's Digital Entertainer EVA8000, which, sad...

Wirelessly loads its hard drive with content from your PC. Supports HD playback. Streams audio and photos from PC. Plays content off USB flash drives. Nice-looking user interface.

Lousy video-streaming capabilities. It's a pain to set up. Hard drive is not included. Manual needs a serious update.

It's the best dedicated media extender we've seen, aside from the Apple TV.

Many outputs connectors, including component video and both 720p and 1080i. Support for HD TVs and video formats. Great image quality.

Balky SQL server-based database, which proved difficult to work with. Persistent Wi-Fi troubles remained unsolvable.

Pinnacle Systems ShowCenter 200 seems to offer all the right ingredients for getting content from your PC to your HDTV. With both wired and wireless connectivity, support for Windows Media Video (including the HD version), several digital audio formats an...