Sony's HDPS-L1 brings photos to your HDTV screen
Because what you really want is a $300 device that connects to your TV and displays pictures. If you're still listening, and I'm sure Sony hopes you are, know that the HDPS-L1 will output JPEG or RAW files at 720p over its component output (what, no 1080p or HDMI Sony?), either from the 80GB hard drive or various flash media cards. Just to top things off, it has preinstalled background music and slideshows that must be quite enthralling.
Honestly, we're not sure exactly how to take this thing. $300 for a card reader when we could spend the same $300 on an Xbox 360 Core system, stream the photos from a PC AND play videogames
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hmurchison @ Feb 27th 2006 11:33AM
This thing sucks.
check out the Roku labs Photobridge for a "real" product.
Andy from the Roku Labs Forum sums it up nicely
"Cons:
* No 1080i out, just 720p
* No component pass-through
* No ability to play music other than the built-in songs
* Not silent: fan clearly visible on back
* No Ethernet
* No video support
* No SmartMedia support?
* No third-party software
* $300 even with all of these missing features.
Pros:
* Built-in 80GB hard drive
* USB connection for photo download "