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Xtreamer

Xtreamer was a brand of home digital media player and HTPC (Home Theater PC) products. The product line's goal [https://web.archive.org/web/20111006071445/http://xtreamer.net/company/mission-statements.aspx] is to replace traditional video players in homes (such as DVD players) with more versatile, but still affordable, players. These players are capable of playing large collections of digital media - movies, music, and photos. The digital files can be streamed (fetched when needed) to the player from the local network (or the Internet), hence the name of the brand. The company has since shut down .

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Xtreamer was a brand of home digital media player and HTPC (Home Theater PC) products. The product line's goal [https://web.archive.org/web/20111006071445/http://xtreamer.net/company/mission-statements.aspx] is to replace traditional video players in homes (such as DVD players) with more versatile, but still affordable, players. These players are capable of playing large collections of digital media - movies, music, and photos. The digital files can be streamed (fetched when needed) to the player from the local network (or the Internet), hence the name of the brand. The company has since shut down .

Key claims

  1. release date: 2015 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the release date is "2015". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373205001

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