Comments on: SATA HDD TV media player adapter from Brando

By: johnc

johnc — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:19:12 +0000

It’s a good bet this thing will output blurry video just like similar devices of its kind. And the more expensive ones which do produce good video have issues with media formats, browsing files, supporting DVD chapters etc. These things just aren’t up to snuff yet.

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:03:30 +0000

@Jim I’m going to see if Brando will allow me to review. Glad you like the site!

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:51:18 +0000

Would love to see a review of this gadget. Looks perfect for me since I travel world-wide and would like to leave the laptop at the local office instead of lugging it back to the hotel every night to watch a favorite TV series I have on my hard drive.

Just discovered this site – looks like a favorite!

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:06:14 +0000

@Rgrenader $69

By: Rgrenader

Rgrenader — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:56:13 +0000

Very hot concept, what is the suggested cost?

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:27:08 +0000

Outputs to 1080i? And no support for matroska? For 7/10 the price of the more robust WDTV? I’m waiting for the punchline…

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By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:02:20 +0000

@fuchikoma.x To play video, you connect this adapter to your TV…. The video out feature has nothing to do with your computer.

By: fuchikoma.x

fuchikoma.x — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:16:15 +0000

VGA out is cost of the cable. HDMI is only valid if your card supports that format as output as the video should be that quality also. always a cheaper alternative unless you like redundancy.

DON’T BE A SONY: showing 1080p trailers of their 720p games.

By: Jeremie L

Jeremie L — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:49:12 +0000

i would love a review of this one…
i saw it on engadget’s feed this morning, and was thinking about buying it myself sometime… I would love to know how well it works.
their site doesn’t say anything about flac audio, i wonder if the device is upgradeable?

By: Fred Raimondi

Fred Raimondi — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:08:24 +0000

Oh yeah…..definitely.

By: Alan Rainey

Alan Rainey — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:08:39 +0000

Yes I would like it VERY much if you could do a review of this unit. The only obvious issue to me would be the one of ” the more a hard drive is handled the more likely it is to have an accident “. Having said that though it would certainly be excellent for a night in with movies or for reusing old drives as backup / media units.