Eminent hdMEDIA Stream DTS Edition EM7075 review

Format support is broad and we had no trouble playing any of our test files, including Blu-ray and DVD ISO rips – Blu-ray playback was video only, though. Playing videos is what this streamer is best at, with handy features like video playlists, well implemented chapter skipping, fast forwarding and video resumption. A simple options menu makes it easy to switch between different audio and subtitle tracks.

Playing audio works fairly well – we experienced no sound glitches when we skipped tracks, album art is displayed correctly and playlists are supported. Tracks can be sorted by file name or title and track ordering is correct.

The photo viewer and slideshow options are a little basic – you can only choose between two styles of transition, but you can rotate, zoom and pan around photos and skip between them. Thumbnails only displayed if entire player is set to thumbnail mode, but this makes it harder to navigate folders as their names only appear as a small line of text at the bottom of the screen when you highlight them.

The EM7075 is a good little media streamer, but it’s let down by poor YouTube codec support and a higher-than-average price. We prefer Western Digital’s significantly cheaper WD TV Live.