HDD ( Hard Disk Drive) AV Players become more popular day by day. What is HDD AV Player now? It is high capacity Media Bank with playback function. For PC it is External ( USB or LAN ) Hard Drive Storage, for TV it is a DVD Player What are differences between DVD Player and HDD Player (if both of them used the same AV Processors for audio/video stream decoding)? 1. Capacity: you could find HDD Players with capacity up to 500GB 2. Save time – eliminate time of disk burning 3. Eliminate all media-related problems 4. Plays Directly on TV or PC Monitor 5. No problems with regions 6. Easy deleting, editing, organizing, etc. 7. Small size – can be taken anywhere with 500 movies on it Standard process ‘download – burn – watch becomes ‘download - watch’ Designed for Digital Media Processing, HDD Players supports almost all known Audio and Video formats For example you would like to watch some movie in streaming format like .asf, .wmv Just connect HDD Player to PC ( through USB or LAN port ), download file on it, connect it to TV and enjoy. Very easy. Don’t like the movie? You can delete. There are few types of HDD AV Players on the market now. 1. With LCD. Based on 2.5” HDD ( notebook size HDD ). Capacity up to 100GB. Price up to $500 (especially for iPods) 2. 2.5” HDD Players with build in Hard Drive or without HDD (2.5” HDD Player Enclosure) 3. 3.5” HDD ( standard Hard Drive for PC ) with build in Hard Drive or without HDD (3.5” HDD Player Enclosure) Let’s see HDD Player Enclosure. (you could find some screen shots and pictures here: http://www.plar1.com/HDD_DIVX_PLAYER_HD350.hd5.html ) 1. Price ~ $50-$150 2. 2.5” HDD and 3.5” HDD players very similar, just have different size. 3. Any IDE ATA HDD could be used in depend of your needs and possibilities. So, today you could put in Player HDD from old PC, which you don’t use now, tomorrow - new one with very easy few minutes installation process. 3.More cost effective HDD now is 3.5” HDD: 2.5” HDD: 100GB - ~$100 3.5” HDD: 300GB - ~$100 What is the right choice? For archive may be better to save media files on DVD For fast watch, mass downloads and frequent renew HDD Player more preferable. And both of them could be used in combination: download on HDD Player, watch, if you like the movie and quality and want to have it forever – burn on DVD for archive, if not – delete it.
is it possible to use a touchscreen monitor w/ a stand alone hdd player like the ones you talk of that play mp3s and divx/mpeg4? or does it only work with a computer? The main reason is i wuld like to have a hdd player in my car but i dont want to have the hassle of using the remote while im driving.
