Standalone Media Center Extenders are still alive thank you very much! – at least with Linksys that is. The company is rolling out two new third generation MCX systems in the form of the DMA 2100 and the DMA 2200. Both Media Center Extenders feature:

• Ethernet ports
• Dual-band Wireless-N support
• Support for up to 1080p displays
• Component output or HDCP enabled HDMI connectors

Here’s the more interesting doozy about these Media Center Extenders. MCX boxes have only had video decoders that supported Microsoft supported formats – a.k.a. MPEG1/2, and WMV. These new Linksys boxes also come with codec support for XviD finally. Nice! Of course, you still won’t be seeing this kind of codec support on the Xbox 360 anytime soon but at least you have another option now.

The DMA 2200 takes the capabilities of the DMA 2100 and adds a 720p/1080i upscaling DVD player to the package. The DMA 2100 will cost you £199 while the DMA 2200 will run you £229. Both should be available this month.

[Check it out via Ubergizmo]

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