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Brando HD Media Player Docking Station does multi-format 1080p

by Paul Miller posted Jul 27th 2009 at 2:56PM


It seems that Brando can't go a month without bringing out yet another slightly-improved domicile for your orphaned SATA HDDs. Following in the footsteps of the very recent Multimedia Dock, the latest unit adds H.264 decoding to the already present DivX, Xvid and MPEG-4, while output graduates to full 1080p. Featuring HDMI and a plethora of supported media formats, the humble docking station has certainly grown up, but is it enough to compete with standalone media players? Input flexibility would suggest so -- the new device accepts 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch hard drives, alongside USB flash memory, SD, MMC, and MS cards -- but alas, Brando loses the plot at the final hurdle, asking for an astronomical $199. With prettier alternatives available at half the price, this is unlikely to sell like hotcakes, but Brando's breakneck refresh cycle give us the feeling it won't be long before we see that perfect do-it-all dock.

Samsung's HP-T5064: a 50-inch Plasma with "Multi Media Center"

by Thomas Ricker posted Nov 29th 2006 at 8:37AM

Samsung has a couple of 50-inch plasmas on the way in their HP-T5054 and HP-T5064. That's right, plasmas, not the 50-inch LCDs they're building with Sony. Details are sketchy at best, but we can tell ya that the new panels will feature improved contrast ratio in bright rooms and a unique, automatic wall mount adjustment thrown in just for kicks. The T5064 also features an MMC -- no, not Mandatory Managed Copy, rather a Multi Media Center with built-in disk drive (of unspecified capacity) to host recorded broadcasts or downloaded PC content. Now we're not sure, but this is sounding a whole, hell of a lot like the wireless SPD-50P7HDT we already saw announced in Sammy's hometown of Korea. Nevertheless, we'll be trolling for details come January's CES where these will no doubt be on display.

Sony's HDPS-L1 brings photos to your HDTV screen

by Richard Lawler posted Feb 27th 2006 at 10:43AM

HDPS-L1

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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