Talk:Digital media player

Game-consoles, DVD/Blu-ray players, and Smart TV is not in-scope for this article
It is also common to find digital media player functionality integrated in other consumer-electronic appliances today, such as video game consoles (for example, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360), DVD players, set-top boxes, or even Smart TVs. These are however not in-scope for this article for this article because their primary functions are either to play video games or to watch broadcast television, and their features to play or stream locally stored content, if they have any, are only secondary features. Just as we do not list the digital media players that you can play games on as video game consoles. Gamester17 (talk) 19:15, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Merging other digital media player for TV articles to this "Digital Media Player" article
HD media player, Net Connected Media Player, and Digital media receiver articles are all basically on the exact same subject (digital media players for TV) so I I am merging all those topics to this Digital Media Player article with the aim to consolidate all articles about digital media players for TV into this one, with the exception of portable digital media players which should remain in the Mobile digital media player article even if they can be connected to a TV (as it is not the primary purpose of a portable/mobile media player). Gamester17 (talk) 18:47, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Reason for the "Digital Media Player" article name
Renaming to official DLNA device class name "Digital Media Player" which defines network connected media players primary designed to be connected to a television. Gamester17 (talk) 18:47, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
 * "Receiver" is short for AV receiver or Audio-Video Receivers as in the dedicated audio-amplifier] typically found within a home theater system. So that is the other main reason why not using the [[Digital media receiver article name, and I find no reference for a common acceptance in general for media players for TV devicses being called for "Digital Media Receiver" or even "Media Receiver".  Gamester17 (talk) 18:47, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Other name suggestions was; HD media player and Net Connected Media Player (which are unacceptable because they use "HD" and "Net" which are abbreviation), also "Network Connected Media Player", "Digital Media Player", "Digital Media Streamer", and "Digital Media Hub", but those are less commonly used and find much less reference for them in use today. Gamester17 (talk) 18:47, 7 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Media streamer is a term now in wide use in 2015, so maybe this article should be considered for another rename? I'm not an expert on the topic. Additional comment follows.
 * The Best Media Streamers of 2015 (PC Mag Jun 24 2015]).
 * Best media streamers of 2015 (CNET Jul 25 2015).
 * Here's how we scored everything in our media streamer buying guide (Business Insider, Sep 15 2015).
 * Thus, I have today created blank page redirects to here from Media streamer and Video streamer. 5Q5 (talk) 11:38, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

Merge "Digital media receiver" article content into this article
Digital media receiver is basically on the exact same subject so I suggest that these to topics be merged. Gamester17 (talk) 18:54, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I have now merged the content from Digital media receiver into the Digital Media Player article and redirected that page~and talk page.

Merge "Net Connected Media Player" article content into this article
Net Connected Media Player is basically on the exact same subject so I suggest that these to topics be merged. Gamester17 (talk) 18:54, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I have now merged the content from Net Connected Media Player into the Digital Media Player article and redirected that page~and talk page. Gamester17 (talk) 20:52, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Merge "HD media player" article content into this article
HD media player is basically on the exact same subject so I suggest that these to topics be merged. Gamester17 (talk) 18:54, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I have now merged the content from HD media player into the Digital Media Player article and redirected that page~and talk page. Gamester17 (talk) 20:13, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

SoC, CPU, GPU, VPU are not the same so should be separated
Please note and understand that SoC (System on Chip), CPU (Central Processing Unit), GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), and VPU (Video Decoding Unit) are not the same in a digital media player so should be separated in all references. Gamester17 (talk) 20:21, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

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Where do these fit in?
The Sony HAP-S1 and HAP-Z1ES have all of these features except video - they are audio only. They can play any common type of digital audio file. They have a built-in HD and can also use an external hard drive. They can also stream from some services and Internet radio. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 02:01, 30 March 2024 (UTC)


 * I think they can be covered here. This article doesn't need to be insistent that devices support video. A related question is what's the difference between a smart speaker and an audio media player and what about smart speakers that also have a screen. ~Kvng (talk) 14:02, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

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