That, my friends, is a Mediagate MG-350. I bought one, and an MG-35 which is the same, pretty much, but sans wireless.

What is it? Well, it’s a way to play movies, tv episodes, etc that are stored on your computer be played on your TV. Without mucking around with cables, etc. The 35 is upstairs on the LCD, and plugs into the router with standard CAT5 cable, and the 350 is downstairs on the big TV.

So what does it let you do, in reality? Well, for example, Cha can watch old episodes of the Vicar of Dibley downstairs while I’m watching TopGear up here, or she can watch movies that are stored on the HDD, or whatever. No burning DVDs, finding DVDs, etc. Just navigate to the correct folder, select the episode, and you’re away.

Brilliant. Just brilliant.