http://www.mediagater.com/blog MediaGater.com - Reviews, Discussions and Firmware Updates Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:13:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We have been seeing some good promotions on these media players now. xPCgear.com currently has $10 and $20 MIR for MediaGates, plus free 2 day shipping. Get a $69 500GB SATA II hard drive from newegg and you have the best deal in town. http://www.mediagater.com/blog/2008/07/10/mediagate-rebate-deal/ It's oficial. Firefox 2 only had 1.6 million downloads on the first day of launch, which only took Firefox 3 five hours. http://www.mediagater.com/blog/2008/07/03/mozilla-firefox-3-officially-sets-guinness-world-record-with-8002530-downloads-on-first-24-hours/ The Mozilla team had hoped for five million downloads for Firefox 3 in its first 24 hours of release. Approximately 13 hours after its release, Firefox 3 passed the 5million download mark. They are almost confirmed to set a Guinness World Record. Their SpreadFireFox site shows 9,459,616 total downloads as ... http://www.mediagater.com/blog/2008/06/18/firefox-3-exceeds-83-million-downloads-in-24-hours-and-keep-counting/ It seemed that the new 1.1.11 firmware has also solved the intermittent freezing/crashing problems. I found that the MediaGate player tends to freeze when streaming wirelessly. It is pretty stable when wired to a router. http://www.mediagater.com/blog/2008/05/22/mg-450hd-freezes-crashes/ MG-450HD 1.1.11 Firmware is available now. It fixed the following problems: HDMI/DVI detection problem. Some usb devices in USB host ports, were not detected correctly. IRadio Buffering and "Stop" lockup issue. You can download this new MediaGate firmware on the MG-450HD page. I also added a How-to guide if you need help flashing firmware. http://www.mediagater.com/blog/2008/05/15/mediagate-mg-450hd-new-firmware-available/ The MediaGate manual is posted on the MG-450 HD page. There are detailed installation instructions, basic configuration setup, explanation of the main menu icons, setup menu icons, video/audio connectors and buttons. http://www.mediagater.com/blog/2008/05/02/mediagate-mg-450hd-manual-and-package-pictures/ I had taken the pictures of MG-450 HD, but really don't have time to Photoshop them. I will try to post them before next weekend. http://www.mediagater.com/blog/2008/04/21/mediagate-mg-450hd-pictures/ The price of MediaGate MG-450HD starts to drop now. They are selling at $215 - lower than MG-350HD. You can buy one of these by finding them on those bargain sites, such as Dealous or XBbargains. Click here if you are interested. http://www.mediagater.com/blog/2008/04/21/mediagate-mg-450hd-for-215-with-free-2-day-shipping/ Well, this is a very old hard drive that I took from my old computer. This IBM/Hitachi was manufactured Mar 2003. I have a 80GB that is even older but still working, not sure if I should get a new IDE hard drive. http://www.mediagater.com/blog/2008/04/18/my-hard-drive-in-mg-350hd-failed/ One of my friends wanted to buy MG-450 HD, so I ordered one for him (using his credit card). It was on sale for $219 with free 2 day air shipping. Really good deal - cheaper than the MediaGate 350HD. Those media players are getting cheaper. We received it last ... http://www.mediagater.com/blog/2008/04/04/mediagate-mg-450-hd-received/ I updated the pictures in the MediaGate MG45 product page. Take a look if you are looking to buy one. http://www.mediagater.com/blog/2008/03/25/mediagate-mg-45-pictures-updated/ I saw one online merchant marked MediaGate MG450 HD as "in stock now". The price is actually lower than the IDE version MG-350HD. Here is the link. http://www.mediagater.com/blog/2008/03/25/mediagate-mg-450-hd-in-stock-now/ A friend of mine bought a MediaGate MG450 when he traveled to Australia last week. It looks identical to MediaGate MG-350 HD but uses the newer package same as MG-45. MG-450HD will go on sale in the US next week. http://www.mediagater.com/blog/2008/03/21/mediagate-mg-450-hd-goes-on-sale-in-australia/ Finally, the wireless serial ATA MG450 arrives US. http://www.mediagater.com/blog/2008/03/15/mediagate-mg-450-hd-wirelesssata-estimated-ship-date-32808/ I installed Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 (V. 3.0b4) last week. Again, the improvement focused on security and UI. I couldn’t “feel” improvement on performance though. I decided to uninstall it yesterday and found some problems after removing it. I’d like to share my experience with you so you can save some time figuring ... http://www.mediagater.com/blog/2008/03/14/%e2%80%9cthis-operation-has-been-canceled-due-to-restrictions-in-effect-on-this-computer-please-contact-your-system-administrator%e2%80%9d/ Steve Ballmer of Microsoft has confirmed that they are developing software that will support Sony’s Blu-ray high definition movie format to the Windows operating system (OS). He avoided questions about Xbox 360’s Blu-ray support. Microsoft Xbox 360 is the major competitor of Sony Playstation 3. "We've already been working on, for ... http://www.mediagater.com/blog/2008/03/11/microsoft-confirmed-to-support-sonys-blu-ray-technology/ I ordered a MediaGate MG-35 for my co-worker and found that MG-35 has the same smaller packaging as the MG45. I will post the pictures shortly. http://www.mediagater.com/blog/2008/03/10/mediagate-mg35-also-has-new-packaging/ I updated latest firmware for MG Media Players today MediaGate MG35 Version 1.4.9: http://www.mediagater.com/MediaGate-MG-35.html MediaGate MG350 HD Version 1.1.7: http://www.mediagater.com/MediaGate-MG-350-HD.html MediaGate MG25 Version 1.5.0: http://www.mediagater.com/MediaGate-MG-25.html http://www.mediagater.com/blog/2008/03/09/mediagate-mg-35-mg-350hd-and-mg-25-latest-firmware-update-uploaded/ According to FT, MS is talking to Sony about this cooperation. http://www.mediagater.com/blog/2008/03/09/microsoft-talking-to-sony-about-xbox-360-blu-ray-drive-says-ft/ This is the lowest price for MediaGate MG45 I've seen so far. Most merchants sell it for $140. http://www.mediagater.com/blog/2008/03/04/mediagate-mg-45-is-selling-for-11995-on-ebay/ I uploaded the pictures of the new smaller packaging. The contents inside are same, but the box looks much smaller.The color is black-background instead of white-background. http://www.mediagater.com/MediaGate-MG-45.html http://www.mediagater.com/blog/2008/03/01/mediagate-mg-45-new-packaging-images-are-live-now/ I have seen two online stores taking pre-orders of these serial ATA hard drive version now! The prices are actually cheaper than MG-350HD. The ship date is at end of March. http://www.mediagater.com/blog/2008/02/28/mediagate-mg-450hd-can-be-pre-ordered-now/ BestBuy sells Xbox 360 HD DVD Player with 6 HD-DVDs for only $49.99. Let’s watch the prices keep going down. http://www.mediagater.com/blog/2008/02/26/hd-dvd-player-prices-keep-going-down/ I received my MediaGate last Tuesday. The serial ata model has a new packaging. Other than that, it looks identical to the MG-35 I have. I installed a new Western Digital 500GB SATA but do not have time to play with that yet. My MG-35 used to ... http://www.mediagater.com/blog/2008/02/24/mediagate-mg-45-has-new-packaging/ Warner Bros, and then Amazon and Universal… Sigh! http://www.mediagater.com/blog/2008/02/22/blu-ray-wins/ I checked the specs of the player. It does not have DVI port, well, at least I can use component for high definition signals. http://www.mediagater.com/blog/2008/02/19/mediagate-mg-45-does-not-have-dvi-port/ I have been playing movies on my 24" LCD in the study room. I am finally ready to set it up for my big screen in the living room. Let's see if the wireless model perform as good as the wired MediaGate MG35. http://www.mediagater.com/blog/2008/02/19/testing-mg-350hd-on-my-samsung-hdtv/ I ordered one last night. The website said it’s in stock! Hopefully it can arrive next week as scheduled. http://www.mediagater.com/blog/2008/02/16/my-mediagate-mg-45-is-on-the-way/