Western Digital offering HDTV Add-On Media Player

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I want one more feature: accessing network drives!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who's gonna make it first???
 
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Its almost perfect, just needs UPnP media server support over WiFi or LAN.
 
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http://www.popcornhour.com/onlinestore/ supports LAN. Unfortunately its twice as much. :(
 

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With the right 802.11N USB dongle to allow streaming, it's an OK deal.

Too bad there's likely no "right 802.11N USB dongle" for a device like that. Firmware that lets the stream look like it's coming from USB memory seems like a custom job that'd make it too expensive to justify this device over the competition...
 
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http://www.istarhd.com/

I wish the WD unit played more formats and also had lan capability. If so, it'd be a nice product. Hopefully they keep it up to date with good support (firmware updates).
 
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With 802.11n and a blu-ray drive this is perfect. Can't find one though.
 
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