stuart wrote:
> 
> Eric Sharkey wrote:
>> I'm just curious if anyone on this list knows anything about the new
>> Western Digital WD TV HD (see
>> http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=572 and
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136325).
>>
>> It looks a little odd that it lacks network support in this day and age,
>> but it sounds like a nice little box for what it does.  I don't know
>> what's inside or how hackable it might be.
>>
>> Eric
> 
> I was wondering the same.  The graphic (from what I saw of the promo 
> video (not really much to judge from)) looks very different from Syabas 
> software (which I feel could be much better).  So it's a mystery to me 
> what's inside.
> 
> As you said, doesn't appear to have an Ethernet port so not really 
> useful WRT using it w/mvpmc or mythtv.
> 
> That is, unless you can figure out a way to make a mythtv box look like 
> a USB HDD.  Not very likly, however, as, I assume, both boxes are USB 
> hosts (i.e. not USB periferals).

Wow.  100 clams, and not even networkable.  Wonder who they think their
target audience is, since it would not be very convenient...  Who is
going to want to download their movie from Amazon or Netflix or Blockbuster,
then transfer to USB, then plug it in and play...?  

Oh I know....

Take this over to your computer geeky friendly ripper, and have
him rip a copy of a movie to your usb key, and then you can
play.  So, instead of having DVDs/Blu-Ray discs, VHS tapes,
you just have a huge storage library of USB keys......  Or better
yet, take your 1TB USB Hard Drive over to your friendly neighborhood
computer geek, and have him hack all your movies onto the 
drive....  Then you have an On-demand jukebox....


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