Digital Trends

As PCs, DVD players, and home-theater kits did before them, digital media receivers are morphing from high-priced, nerdy curiosities into affordable, mass-market devices. Hauppauge's first such product, the MediaMVP, follows this consumer-friendly trend, delivering a full array of features and solid performance for a list price of just $99.The silver, wedge-shaped MediaMVP is small, just 6.5 by 5.5 by 1.5 inches. Housed in lightweight plastic and having neither a display nor controls on its front panel, the machine looks fairly pedestrian, but the solid midsize remote inspires a bit more confidence.