[OT] Hard Drive Video Players

["simonp1234" <SimonP1234@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Scan have the Icybox MP301 HD Video player on Today Only. Has anyone=20
tried this? It seems to do most of what I want. The only thing it=20
doesn't have is Ethernet connectivity.=20

>From their website:=20
Plays videos, music and displays picture files
=95 Video media: VCD, DVD, MPEG1/2/4, DIVX3.X-5.X
=95 Audio media: MP3
=95 Image media: JPEG, BMP, GIF
=95 File Formats: AVI, ASF, VOB, DAT, MP4, MPG
=95 Supports IDE 133 HDD storage capacity up to 500GB
=95 File system: FAT32
=95 Supports multi language
=95 Audio out: Stereo 2 Cinch (RCA)
=95 Video out: Composite (RCA)/VGA
=95 TV system: NTSC/PAL/AUTO
=95 480 Mbps high-speed USB 2.0
=95 Supports Windows ME/XP/98, OS-9/X, Linux
=95 Supports software firmware upgrade online
=95 Remote control and panel button control
=95 Fan and colour LED display
=95 Power: 100~240 V AC IN; 5V/2A 12 V/2A DC OUT=20
for =A341 to or =A346 normaly. I could use a NSLU2 with USB to connect=20
to my network.=20

or they have the Ellion HMR700 MediaPlayer & Recorder using SATA,=20
HDMI, Scart, Component, USB, 1080i for =A3129 to =A3159 normally.
It has Network built in but is overkill for what I need.=20

I'd like to play AVIs, maybe convert some DVDs to MPEG something to=20
play from a menu

Any comments?

Thanks,

Simon
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