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roto · 23-12-2008, 03:36

Gents, I just got this sweet piece of gear from Western Digital a bit early from the missus. This was a "blind" addition to my Crimbo wish list. About a week ago, I read this and put it on my list. I thought that if it did what it was supposed to, it would free me from ever having to worry about authoring Blu-Ray DVDs -- something I've honestly had little success with.

This little bit of gadgetry is amazing.

Basically, you can use any external hard drive (not just a WD passport or the like) to store ALL of your media and take it with you on the go. I picked up a WD passport 500GB for $139 and the unit itself was about the same price with shipping. The WD TV HD Media Player converts the output from the hard drive into something any modern TV can read...and up to 1080p for your video in a various number of formats! My Sony HD Camcorder's video files were even able to be read after a minor tweak to each file name's proprietary extension.

NTM, throw your music, photos, etc. into it as well for photo slide shows with music on the go!

So, for roughly $250, I have a portable media center with 500GB of storage space. The unit and the portable hard drive weight less than 3 pounds...ultra-portable.

If you're in the market for a last-minute gift -- I give the WD TV HD Media Player 4 1/2 dts out of 5.

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23-12-2008, 03:36	#1 (permalink)
roto less bounce to the ounce Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: :noitacol Posts: 5,037	WD TV HD Media Player -- A Crimbo 2008 "Must Have" Gents, I just got this sweet piece of gear from Western Digital a bit early from the missus. This was a "blind" addition to my Crimbo wish list. About a week ago, I read this and put it on my list. I thought that if it did what it was supposed to, it would free me from ever having to worry about authoring Blu-Ray DVDs -- something I've honestly had little success with. This little bit of gadgetry is amazing. Basically, you can use any external hard drive (not just a WD passport or the like) to store ALL of your media and take it with you on the go. I picked up a WD passport 500GB for $139 and the unit itself was about the same price with shipping. The WD TV HD Media Player converts the output from the hard drive into something any modern TV can read...and up to 1080p for your video in a various number of formats! My Sony HD Camcorder's video files were even able to be read after a minor tweak to each file name's proprietary extension. NTM, throw your music, photos, etc. into it as well for photo slide shows with music on the go! So, for roughly $250, I have a portable media center with 500GB of storage space. The unit and the portable hard drive weight less than 3 pounds...ultra-portable. If you're in the market for a last-minute gift -- I give the WD TV HD Media Player 4 1/2 dts out of 5. dt dt dt dt d This has been roto's tech gadgetry blog. Thank you for reading. Drive Thru. __________________ FFS! Fiddy has no more hip to the hop... fun: HGC v.4 \| twatting: @homegrownclone \| fight: me \| last.fm: DT New to interweb design? Your friends at dt could give a shyte.