Linksys Media Extender with DVD

The Linksys Media Center Extender w/ DVD was supposed to be Cisco taking advantage of its purchase of Kiss Technology for $60 million in 2005, a company that made DVD players that could connect to the Web.

Ultimately it joined the rest of the failed media extenders that came and went around the same time, all of them meant to let consumers stream audio, video, and photos from a Windows PC. Many consumers just opted for a Microsoft Xbox 360 instead, which was close in price and offered most of the same features for the Windows Media Center experience, plus it was a popular video game console.