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Wikipedia describes a digital media receiver or or digital media adapter as a “home entertainment device that can connect to a home network to retrieve digital media files (such as music, pictures, or video) from a personal computer or other media server and play them back on a home theater system or TV.” Receivers such as the Apple TV, VUDU and Netflix player by Roku all fall into this category. The beauty of these devices is that you can watch the content you want, when you want to watch it. Lately I’ve been using my 5800 XpressMusic’s TV-out function to view video podcast (vodcasts) downloaded by the Nokia Podcasting app. This basically makes the 5800 XpressMusic and the soon-to-be released N97 in combination with the Nokia Podcasting/Video Center a portable digital media receiver, similar to devices such as the Apple TV. Just like the Apple TV it can download video, that is made available via web syndication and automatically identify and retrieve new episodes when they are made available via a web feed. And just like these receivers it can stream video from sites like Youtube. In similar fashion it hooks up to your TV to play the content.

With some pretty great daily or weekly programs, I find myself watching more and more the content on the 5800 XpressMusic than my cable TV, as the content that I want is right there when I want to watch it. Through the magic of web syndication you can stay up to date with hundreds of the latest episodes, as you don’t have to go each individual website to check for new content. It is all downloaded and updated seamlessly and stored on the device ready to be watched. These dedicated receivers do offer better video quality via higher quality HD content and in some cases a HDMI connection. They even offer premium content from the likes of Amazon or ITunes, but there’s no denying the fact that Nokia podcasting is free, including the thousands of free content out there.It’s just a matter of adding the feed into the Podcasting app. The 5800 XpressMusic/N97 solution is certainly more pocktable and with the right accessories such as a Bluetooth keyboard should be able to provide a similar experience.

The biggest difference between the Nokia solution and these other players is the integration with some of these premium services like Amzon’s video on demand, but it’s not like something Nokia can not add to the Podcasting app. Add a more up to date TV-out cable such a component or HDMI and the ability to handle HD video smoothly, you could quickly end up with a portable device that can give some of the players a run for their money.

Is this the direction the Podcasting app should be going? Better integration with premium video download/streaming services,making Nokia devices an even better dedicated digital media receiver ?

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