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Synology Release DiskStation Manager 2.3
Mar 9th
After showing off some fancy kit at CeBit 2010 Synology today released DiskStation Manager 2.3. Major changes are available so if you own a Synology NAS from our UK store then get updating!
Regards, DE Support Team support@digitalera.co.uk
Click more for offical release notes
AceKard2i Update Guides.
Mar 9th
As it is one of our most popular DS cards we felt it was time to write up a little guide on how to get you up and running after you make a purchase from our UK DS card store.
How To Install & Setup an Acekard2i
How to update an Acekard 2i to work on DSi 1.4 Firmware
Hopefully this will help someone!
Regards, DE Support Team support@digitalera.co.uk
Mede8er Tips, Tricks and Tutorials
Mar 8th
As it is one of our biggest selling player’s and won our Media Player of the month award we thought it would be nice to write up some little hints n tips for mede8er users.
Let’s start off with the Mede8er beginners guide - Click more for the rest!
Regards, DE Support Team support@digitalera.co.uk
HDI Dune Firmware updates
Mar 8th
Hot from CeBit the HDI lads have been busy with updating firmware for the Dune 3.0 models.
You can also see the HDI roadmap here thanks to mpcclub and some pictures of coming soon features here.
The new Dune firmware is available for download from here
Exciting times for HDI owners!
Click read more for the full release notes.
Regards, DE Sales Team Sales@digitalera.co.uk
Best Media player(s) in March?
Mar 8th
If we had a penny for every phone call asking us what media player is the best one to buy we would have enough for a giant size Kit Kat each day 
The best media player is a tough one, every forum or review will always have someone who has a negative comment, normally Mr Angry venting his lack of understanding at a poor little media player. It’s not often someone takes time out to write something positive. This makes picking a media player hard work, because as soon as you have made your mind up after weeks of research you read about someone’s bad time with the model you are after.
Unfortunately there is no perfect media player, otherwise we would just sell the one option and leave it at that. As it is we constantly review our media player line up, hence we just said good bye to the WDTV live and Asus Oplay regardless of how well they sold.
Click more for the full article.
What is Amazon S3 and how to use it on a QNAP NAS?
Mar 3rd
What on earth is Amazon S3 you may ask. Well it is a very clever product from Amazon, S3 stands for Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3).
That does not really mean much but the official blurb is:
Amazon S3 is storage for the Internet. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers.
Amazon S3 provides a simple web services interface that can be used to store and retrieve any amount of data, at any time, from anywhere on the web. It gives any developer access to the same highly scalable, reliable, fast, inexpensive data storage infrastructure that Amazon uses to run its own global network of web sites. The service aims to maximize benefits of scale and to pass those benefits on to developers.
It is basically a lot of hard drives stuck together at Amazon HQ designed to allow people to store an almost infinite amount of data for a very cheap price. The best bit is it is secure and you have no danger of the data going missing as its run off the same servers the Amazon website and it’s not likely Amazon is going anywhere Remember this is not “free” Amazon charge a very small amount of money for each bit of data they store so check out the pricing before uploading all those Mp3’s you want to keep safe.
If you follow the information below it will tell you how to enable your QNAP NAS to perform an online secure backup. Remember while a NAS offers great security due to its redundancy there is nothing like an offsite backup, a RAID won’t save your data in a fire or theft!
The supported models for the QNAP Amazon S3 add-on are:
SS-439 Pro, SS-839 Pro, TS-110, TS-119, TS-210, TS-219, TS-219P, TS-239 Pro, TS-239 Pro II, TS-259 Pro, TS-410, TS-410U, TS-419P, TS-419U, TS-439U-SP, TS-439U-RP, TS-439 Pro, TS-439 Pro II, TS-459 Pro, TS-509 Pro, TS-639 Pro, TS-659 Pro, TS-809 Pro, TS-809U-RP, TS-859 Pro
All these QNAP models are available from us (just give us a call) and can come pre-built with the hard drives you want already fitted.
How to Use Amazon S3 with QNAP Turbo NAS
What DS card for the new DSi XL?
Mar 3rd
In the last few months we have noticed a lot of emails and phone calls from customers asking what DS card to buy for the new DSI XL console. We have (by looking through server logs) noticed customers searching for DSi XL flashcards on our site, and why not we! after all we are UK DS card experts.
As far as we know all DSi flashcards have been tested and found working on the Japanese version of the DSi XL which at the moment runs on version 1.4 firmware. So this should make the DSi cards from our UK store compatible with the UK/EU DSi XL when it is released in March.
However we do suggest you purchase a DS card that can have its firmware upgraded, so if Nintendo release new firmware you have a fighting chance to keep using your DS card.
Regards, DE Support Team support@digitalera.co.uk
Dune HD Network Movie Streaming & Blu-ray
Mar 2nd
We have been selling Dune products for a few years now and the 3.0 model really takes media streaming and Blu-ray playback to another level. Digital streaming movies and Blu-ray all in one box is a winner with us.
Having gained awards where ever it was reviewed the Dune BD 3.0 really does stand out. The good thing about the BD Prime is it can be used by non geeks! it is as simple as taking home and plugging in just like a normal Blu-ray player. Unlike the Popcorn Hour C200 the Dune 3.0 comes with a Blu-ray drive built in so no fiddling around.
Like all good media players you can stream movies from your home network (PC or NAS), stream from the internet (TV & Radio) and using the built in torrent even download movies straight to an internal hard drive (just give us a call for a price).
We couldn’t speak higher of the unit and as UK network media player specialists we know they will go fast so grab one while stock lasts.
Full spec of the CD Prime 3.0 here. Don’t forget to have a quick google for multi region patches 
Regards, DE Sales Sales@digitalera.co.uk
February Top 10 Sellers
Mar 2nd
Dear Digital Era,
What were the top 10 selling products for February?
Good question!
1 Mede8er MED500X Network Media Player
2 Popcorn Hour A-200 Network Media Player
3 SuperCard DS Onei For DSi, NDS & NDSL
4 AC Ryan Playon!HD Mini Network Media Player
5 M3i Zero For DSi, NDS & NDSL
6 HDI Dune BD Prime 3.0 Blu-ray Network Media Player
7 QNAP TS-219P Two Bay NAS
8 HDI Dune HD Base 3.0 Network Media Player
9 Popcorn Hour C-200 Network Media Player
10 Ex-Display HD Digitech HDX 1000 Network Media Player
Regards, DE Sales Team Sales@digitalera.co.uk
Solwise HomePlug Power Socket Networking UK Stock.
Mar 2nd
The official blurb is “Turn any Electrical Socket into a Network Port” How cool does that sound?
We currently sell the Devolo homeplug range here in the UK. We did a lot of research into the best homeplug’s (it was very boring to test them) but after some real life testing with our NAS’s and media players at home and our NAS’s and PC’s at work and we are more than happy to add Solwise to our product lineup.
Solwise sell some rather funky homeplug’s including a 200Mbps Home Plug AV with 11n WiFi & 2 Ethernet Ports version and the High Power 200Mbps Home Plug.
For product information check out our homeplug range, If you are looking to buy in volume please call us on 01793 238824 and ask to talk to Alan or email us at sales@digitalera.co.uk.
Unpack. Connect. Network. Thanks to PowerLine Ethernet Adapters or HomePlugs, you can now set up a home network easily and economically. Be sure to read our full guide to HomePlug’s and our HomePlug/Powerline FAQ
Regards, DE Sales Team Sales@digitalera.co.uk
Popcorn Hour A-200 Firmware Update
Feb 24th
Good news Media player owers, as we sell the Popcorn Hour A-200 in the UK it would be rude of us not to mention new firmware releases.
Release Date : 24 February 2010
Firmware Version : 02-02-100208-19-POP-411 Download
Note : Unzip into the root of your USB thumbdrive. Browse to usbupdate.html to update.
Please DO NOT power off the unit during firmware update, as it will render your unit inoperational
Regards, DE Support Team support@digitalera.co.uk
Click More for the Popcorn Hour A-200 Release Notes
Some of our media player’s are missing!
Feb 24th
Eagle eyed customers may of noticed we no longer stock the WDTV Live or Asus O’play.
Why is this you may wonder?
Well, the world is full of media players we can’t stock them all and a lot of them are fairly similar.
After watching the development of a few we decided to narrow down our choices to the players we recommend as we use them on a daily basis.
That’s not to say there was anything wrong with the WDTV or Asus models, we just feel there are better options.
Sorry WDTV! perhaps ISO menu support and less iffy firmware updates would of saved you from the cut
If you want/need any media player advice then just get in touch.
Regards, DE Sales sales@digitalera.co.uk
DSTTi Update Guides.
Feb 23rd
As it is one of our most popular budget DS card we felt it was time to write up a little guide on how to get up and running after you made a purchase from our UK DS card store.
First of all we have a guide so you can get up and running.
How To Install & Setup The Toptoy DSTT & DSTTi
Then we also have a guide so you can use your DSTTi on a DSi console with firmware version 1.4 or above…clever huh!
How To Upgrade DSTTi Firmware to support DSi firmware 1.4
Hopefully this will help someone!
Regards, DE Support Team support@digitalera.co.uk
SuperCard DSONEi Guides
Feb 21st
As it is our most popular DS card we put our heads together and wrote two guides you may find handy when ordering or setting up a Supercard.
First of all we have a guide so you can get up and running:
Supercard DSONEi Install & Setup Guide
Then we also have a guide so you can use your Supercard on a DSi console with firmware version 1.4 or above.
Supercard DSONEi Firmware Update Guide
Enjoy, expect more guides to follow.
Regards, DE Support Team Support@digitalera.co.uk
Devolo HomePlug Power Socket Networking
Feb 19th
HomePlug technology is now firmly established as a home-networking alt
ernative for connecting computers and gaming consoles such as Xbox 360’s or PS3’s via the household power circuit.
The HomePlug standard turns ordinary power wiring into a data and multimedia network! Surf the Internet and share data up to 200/s transfer rates and distances of up to 200 metres over existing electrical wiring in the home, office, or factory.
Looking for Devolo in the UK? Digital Era stocks a huge range of Devolo products at fantastic prices all with free support just give us a call or email us at support@digitalera.co.uk
For product information or volume discounts please call us on 01793 238824 and ask to talk to Alan or email us at sales@digitalera.co.uk.
Unpack. Connect. Network. Thanks to PowerLine Ethernet Adapters or HomePlugs, you can now set up a home network easily and economically. Be sure to read our full guide to HomePlug’s and our HomePlug/Powerline FAQ
Regards, DE Sales Team Sales@digitalera.co.uk
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