Western Digital, better known for storage than HD video equipment, looks to have thrown their hat into the video streaming ring with the WD TV HD Media Player. With two USB 2.0 drives working simultaneously, you can plug in your USB storage and stream to your HDTV in 1080p over HDMI or composite. The diminutive box comes with a remote control and what seems to be proprietary browsing software. It’s available now from Best Buy for a competitive $US130, which is a solid price for an HD streamer even if it’s snuck in under the radar a bit. [Engadget]
Luke
Sunday, November 2, 2008 at 10:22 PMWhere can I get one of these in Aus from??
Josh Costello
Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at 1:14 PMLooks freakin nice. Me buy now.
Rich Lisanti
Sunday, December 7, 2008 at 8:17 AMI bought a WD TV because my Panasonic DMC-TZ4 produces MOV (QuickTime) compatible files. I have a library of MOV files on my Linux machine. The MOV files play OK on my Windows XP PC but not on the WD TV. The WD TV puts out a big message that says I must convert them to a usable format (not specific). All of the site documentation says that MOV files should work! Otherwise everything else works as advertised. This is a good example of ‘look before you leap’.
Sleighty
Sunday, December 7, 2008 at 3:24 PMJB have this model for $200.00
Jeff Evans
Monday, December 8, 2008 at 6:14 PMJB has it and so does Dicksmith Powerhouse for the same price.
Beryl Richardson
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 10:51 PMPurchased this item Christmas Eve and now have 5 very happy grandchild. Works very well
Gayle Smith
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 4:43 PMYou get them from Dick Smith Electronics (large stores only) in Australia.