Nice review, never occurred to me to put a non game review in here
I think the Orb software is really good, especially as its free!
My Dad had been wanting to buy a dedicated music streamer so he could play his library of music on his PC through his hifi. When he saw Orb operating on my Nintendo Wii in my flat, he decided to get a Wii instead (bear in mind he was prepared to pay a couple of hundred quid for a streamer, its a bargain!)
He’s got a decent hifi system, and the sound quality he gets streaming through Orb is excellent. The best way of using it is to set up playlists on the PC, then play those through the Wii. This works best as it can be a bit fiddly selecting songs / albums through the Wii interface.
Streaming songs seems to push the wireless network to its limit (the amount buffered is always only a fraction ahead of whats playing), so I can see how video files would put a strain on it. But it really works well for music and photos.
As a word of warning I’d say that I found it a bit fiddly getting the firewall settings to allow Orb to directly access the Wii, at first it was blocked and attempting to stream via the internet which just doesn’t work. With some extensive trawling through the help pages though got there in the end.
Overall I’d say its definitely worth a go if you’ve got music and photos on a PC in a separate room and you fancy playing them through your Wii. Think of all the space you can save, just stick your CD collection onto the computer then they are accessible at the click of the Wii Remote!
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Orb Media Streamer Review by pinkieH
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