In Use:
To test the Hauppauge MediaMVP, I connected it to my D-Link router, with the software installed on the following system:
» AMD 64 3500+ processor
» Gigabyte K8NXP-SLI motherboard (default settings)
» Thermaltake Tai-Chi Super-Tower case
» 1 - BFG 7300GS graphics card
» 2GB (4x512) Samsung 2700 DDR
» 1 - Seagate 80GB SATA HDD
» 1 - Western Digital 250GB IDE HDD
» NEC DVD-R/W
» Hauppauge 350PVR TV Tuner
» 10-in-1 Media Card reader
» 2 - 120mm LED Fan (default fans only)
When you first turn on the MVP, it will take a minute to do the configuration and locate the computer. If there is a problem, you will need to stop the connection on the computer, and unplug the MediaMVP. Then start the connection, and plug the power back into the MediaMVP. After that, the player will display a menu. I found the menu to be very basic, and easy to navigate. Using the remote you use the arrows and the OK button to make your selection.
These screens are taken using a utility from Hauppauge that allows you to see your MediaMVP from the system where you have the MVP server software running.
Here is the initial menu, and as you can see you have several options. Depending on what you want to do you should be able to identify which menu to select. Each menu option will give you a browser of the folders you configured on the computer. Videos, Pictures, Music, and Radio are your options, just as you have those options within the configuration tool on the computer.
Here you can see the first of the menu options, Videos. If you only have one video directory shared, you will go directly to the list of videos. However, if you have multiple directories shared, you will get a menu as seen in the first picture. Once you choose the video directory, you will get a list of the videos. In the second picture, you can see the list of videos. Like the folder view, the Video view also uses large icons and it does not give you a preview of the video. A screen shot of the first frame of the video would have been preferred to the plain icon. At this view, I would have preferred to have a list of the videos, since the large icons do not give me any additional information.
 
The Picture menu is very well done, and I have no complaints about it. Here you can see a thumbnail view of the pictures, along with some other information such as file type, size, and date. In the second picture you can see what the picture looks like when you take it to full screen. I considered taking a picture of the TV screen showing a picture, however I was unable to get a decent picture of the TV that gave a good representation of what it looks like.
 
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