Media Appliance – (Associated with Digital Media Adapter, DMA, Home Media Adapter, Media Center Extender, Media Converters, Media Player (software), Networkable DVD Players/recorders, Portable Media Player, Video on a Browser-enabled Device, Windows Mobile-based Portable Media Centers, Windows Media Player, Windows Media Video (WMV), Consumer Appliance, Electronic Appliance, Intelligent Appliance) - A set-top box (or equivalent) environment that might offer video, text, audio, graphics and media via a network such as the Internet. Typically it includes one or more interactive user interface. See Portable Media Centers

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