In case you haven't heard about it yet, then allow me to introduce the HD Digitech HDX1000 Network Media Tank. The HDX 1000 NMT has been listed as one of the best media streamers of 2009. There are defnitely more pros than cons to this little player. This device comes with the option of adding your own serial ATA internal hard drive with an expansion slot, giving you the ability to add storage space to the device itself and take your media with you anywhere. You can give your computer a much needed rest from downloading, because the NMT HDX 1000 comes with support for Bittorrent. The latest in video and audio technology built right in, the HDX1000 will output video at up to 1080p and supports Dolby Digital TrueHD and DTS HD-HR as well as DTS HD-MA. You will know the socks off your friends and family.
HDX 1000 NMT Networked Media Tank Digitech HD Media Player
Price: $249.99 USD
The HDX1000 NMT HD Media Streamer can be connected by Ethernet cable, or with a wireless adapter (Model# TP-Link TL-WN821N) can stream your media through your home network. Connectivity is a breeze with Universal Plug N Play (Upnp) and DNLA Media Server support. The DNLA support will offer additional compatibility for your Xbox and PlayStation 3. You can also hook up to the slave USB port for direct copying of your media files from your computer. View your media in up to 1080p through the HDMI 1.3a port. One of the USB ports on the device is a slave port, allowing you to hook up a slave hard drive to copy files directly from your computer. The HDX 1000 network media player h264 gives you the ability not only play media files from your computer or external hard drive, but this digital media player also supports streaming internet video from sources such as Youtube, Veoh, and Google Video. The HDX 1000 also plays Dolby Digital TrueHD and DTS HD-HR and DTS HD-MA sound playback. These can be played back through the HDMI port or the digital optical output.
We've reviewed the Pros, now the cons. There aren't very many for the Digitech HDX 1000, but the biggest complaint seems to be centered around their text based graphic user interface. Users have found this menu system hard to navigate. Google has a free downloadable software program to answer this problem. It is called YAMJ Google Movie Jukebox and it will solve the menu problem for you. There is a video on how to install YAMJ on Youtube. Lastly, while there is no official instruction manual included with the player better yet there is an instructional wiki set up at networkedmediatank.com that will help you with any problems. Overall this player is top of the line.
Here is an overview of the features:
Audio formats: Dolby(R)/DTS(TM) encoders, MP1, MP2, MP3, WAV, WMA, WMA-Pro, AAC, LPCM 5.1/7.1, FLAC, DTS, AC3 Video file formats: MPEG1/2/4 Elementary (M1V, M2V, M4V), MPEG1/2 PS (M2P, MPG), MPEG2 Transport Stream (TS, TP, TRP, M2T, M2TS, MTS), VOB, AVI, ASF, WMV, Matroska (MKV), MOV (H.264), MP4, RMP4 Photo formats: JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF Internet Connectivity: YouTube, Google Video, MetaCafe, VideoCast, DL.TV, Cranky Geeks, iPodcast, Radiobox, ABC News, Flickr, Picasa, RSS:Yahoo! Weather, Yahoo! Traffic alerts, Yahoo! Stock, Cinecast, Traffic Conditions. Shoutcast. Includes HDMI 1.3a port, Supporting up to True HD 1080p Includes expandable hard drive slot for future expansion for extra storage of movies, photos, and music Universal Plug-n-Play capability (UPnP) 3 USB ports for USB drives (1 is a slave USB for direct copy from PC) Connections: Video: HDMI v1.3a (up to 1080p), Component Video (up to 1080p), Composite Video (All Gold Plated) Audio Connections: Stereo Analog Audio (Gold Plated), S/PDIF Coaxial Digital Audio, Optical Digital Audio, Other: 10/100 Ethernet, Serial ATA (SATA) port. Remote Control Included
