IFA 2006: Netgear’s media player is Viiv certified

Long-awaited player has Intel stamp of approval.

Netgear’s long-awaited EVA700 media player has achieved Intel Viiv certification.

We’ve now been waiting for what seems like eons for this player – previously sold under the DAVE700 name in the US. Netgear demonstrated the player to us back in June, but doesn’t seem very keen on actually releasing it.

The spokesman on the Netgear stand was very coy about the player, so we photographed it on the DLNA stand instead. We’ll bring you a full report on what the DNLA had to offer tomorrow.

The Viiv sticker was also to be seen on Linksys’ Draft-N router. We’re off to quiz them about that in a minute…