Samsung WMG160 Wi-Fi streaming device

Samsung might have announced a bunch of new accessories for the Galaxy S smartphone recently, but here is one that we should not overlook – the WMG160 Wi-Fi streaming device. After all, it is full well capable of enabling a Galaxy S smartphone to stream multimedia content to the HDTV in resolutions of up to 720p sans wires, as well as playing nice with a wide range of other Wi-Fi equipped gadgets that supports DLNA. Expect the WMG160 to retail for around 84GBP, so you will have to make your own conclusions on how much it will cost Stateside if it ever heads this way. More details on the specific file formats supported as well as other specifications are available in the extended post.

• Video file types: AVI, ASF, MP4, WMV, MPG, TP, 3GP, K3G, SKM, MKV
• Video codecs: DivX, XviD, MPEG-4, H.264, WMV9, VC-1, MPEG-2, WMV7/8
• Subtitle formats: SMI, SRT
• Audio codecs: MP3, AAC, AC3, WMA, Vorbis (OGG)
• Image file types: JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, BMP
• Document types: Adobe PDF, MS Office, HTML, Text
• Wi-Fi: 802.11b/g/n
• DLNA: DMR, DMS
• microSDHC memory card slot

Edwin Kee
Categories: Gadgets
Tags: Samsung, WiFi