HP DreamScreen Firmware Updated (v1.6)
Written on Feb 10, 2010 by Brian and filed under HP
HP has pushed out another software update for the DreamScreen. This time they’ve improves search for the SmartRadio function, which was in desperate need of a search mechanism. There’s also been a usability update that makes navigation in slideshows easier.
The Internet radio search is helpful, but it only works in conjunction with the other sorting tools. So you can’t just search the entire database for “sports” for instance. The default puts you in Afganistan. So you still have to specify genre or country, but at least the search is more useful than scrolling through thousands of stations to find what you want.
The best news though is now it’s possible to find local radio stations. Select USA for the country and your city’s name for the search criteria, and there should be plenty of options. “Cincinnati” yields 18 results.
We knocked the Internet Radio search function pretty hard in our review, we’re happy to see HP addressing the issues, making the DreamScreen progressively better as they go.
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