Features:

• Watch PC based music, videos and pictures on your TV set. Play slide shows with music, too
• Connects to Ethernet networks with standard RJ-45 connectors
• Plays MP3 music and music playlists. Set up a music playlist for a party, and let MediaMVP be your DJ
• Plays MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 videos; Plays JPEG and GIF digital pictures
• Includes remote control for easy navigation from your TV set

Editor Reviews:

Product Description:
Hauppauge's MediaMVP is a low cost thin-client device which bridges the home PC with home TV and A/V equipment, via Ethernet networks. It takes high quality digital audio (MP3 music), digital video (MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 videos), digital pictures (JPEG and GIF digital pictures) and other multimedia content in the form of IP packet streams and renders the content onto video and audio equipment such as TV sets, TV monitors or plasma monitors, and home theater A/V systems. The MediaMVP connects to the home LAN via its built-in RJ-45 10/100 Mbps Ethernet network interface.When used in conjunction with a Hauppauge WinTV-PVR installed in a PC, a complete home TV and digital media distribution system can be made. Television is recorded on the home PC with the WinTV-PVR, and then watched on a TV set through the MediaMVP via the home LAN. The MediaMVP is located at the TV set, and decodes videos sent to the MediaMVP over the home LAN for viewing on the TV set. It also provides media decoding for MP3 music and JPEG/GIF digital pictures. The MediaMVP displays on the TV screen lists of media which can be played through the MediaMVP, plus menus for organizing the lists and for playing play lists.While playing music, the MediaMVP can also play a digital picture slide show. Driven by a powerful RISC CPU engine (>350 DMIPS) running the Linux operating system, and with dedicated special purpose multimedia hardware components, the MediaMVP is a full-blown network multi-media decoder device with superior computing and digital audio and video processing capacities.

Rating : - Great Hardware, best Used with 3rd Party Software
Hauppauge has long been known for putting out very good hardware and bundling it with awful software. The MVP is no exception.
If you already have a Hauppauge PVR in your computer and simply wish to play the MPG files it produces on your TV, then this will do the job out of the box. (With a network connection between your PC and the MVP and loading provided server on PC)
I personally use it with a SageTV server and the thing is brilliant in this configuration. Basically it's like having your own cable company digital cable with OnDemand video right in your own house. The MVP handles very smoothly as a client and hasn't given me a single problem.
If you are a complete novice, be sure to do your homework to ensure it will fit your needs. Otherwise, it's a great little unit and does things that $250 devices can't for under $100.