Sharp CE-MR01 Network Media Player

December 26th, 2004

By GadgetManiac

Sharp today announced the CE-MR01 – a new audio/video streamer. CE-MR01

The device supports wireless streaming of MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 and MP3 encoded files to your TV or stereo. The main selling point seems to be the support for the 802.11a/b/g protocols.

Seems ok if somewhat unexciting .. I’m holding out for 802.11n, which is spec’d to be up to six times faster than the g …. regrettably, 802.11n devices will not be generally available until mid-2006. Following is an image of Belkin’s pre-802.11n router with an awesome 3-element MIMO antenna array….
Estimated performance is 800% greater coverage and 600% greater speeds than standard 802.11g. $159.99