You can tell that this already belongs to the next generation Philips Streamium. The operation is of the Philips WAS7500 very similar but better.
Just the things you could complain about the black Philips WAS 7500/12 Wireless Music Station, have now been improved with the NP2900. Displays the WAS7500 only in conjunction with the Center as a server (WAC7500) CD cover to which is the NP2500 / 2900 could not care less where the cover comes from, the main thing it is something available, and then displays it as wallpaper.
Even with the Internet radio playback, the logos of the stations are displayed.
When browsing the radio station or while browsing the own music library even the cover as thumbnails are displayed. Well done.
The display is relatively (for WAS7500) in size and has a pretty good display quality.
Even pictures can be displayed, while it surpasses in terms of quality many cheap picture frame. But the display is too small for a serious commitment as a photo frame.
The sound, well, as a kitchen radio, on the terrace, and similar applications, the sound is adequate. Amazing how much bass can produce the device.
The whole sound enhancement programs are mixed, partly helping these depending on music type, but the bottom line is this DSP programs cause a blurred sound. About a rock-solid and rudimentary treble and bass controls simply comes nothing about it that would have been enough - something has eg the WAS7500.
Nevertheless, the sound is not a knock-out criterion, because that is good for the size of the device.
If you want to have full-blown sound and similar functions have to stop to pick up the WAS7500 - the sounds really good, because here not so much to be compensated sound with CPU power needs - the speaker system is the WAS7500 simply much better, which is WAS7500 but also greater.
The housing and the perceived quality of the NP2900 is, as with the WAS7500, just top, something called premium quality. This may Philips really good.
When operating the NP2900 on the stereo system, the sound of the built-in speaker plays one way or another does not matter, but then you might also be the Philips NP 2500 Network Player (color display) buy black without integrated speakers.
The NP2900 is of course against the NP2500 a bit more flexible, because you can run this example on the stereo system, and sometimes could be somewhere else running autonomously when required.
Conclusion, top for this price - a buy without risk.
And it's not like Logitech, rely on any proprietary server software. Any of DLNA server / UPnP server is sufficient as a server -> whether Twonky, various NAS systems such as Synology CS407, or even just the M $ Media Player.
