| Price: $249.99 USD | | | | TrueHD and DTS HD-HR and DTS HD-MA. Really |
| First available to the public in July of 2009, if you | | | | top notch sound. It supports and plays almost any |
| have not yet heard of the HD Digitech HDX 1000 | | | | media files out there. |
| Network Media Tank then please let me introduce | | | | There are, like anything, some downsides to this |
| you to one of the best in the digital media player | | | | player. The user interface, out of the box, is text |
| genre to date. There are some downsides to this | | | | based, but do not fear. There are third party |
| player also, but the good far outweighs the bad. | | | | plug-ins available that will help you navigate your |
| With a serial ATA (SATA) slot for adding an | | | | media. YamJ Movie Jukebox is available from |
| internal hard drive, and additional features like | | | | Google and will help you navigate through your |
| Bittorrent support, you can store your media on | | | | media collection. Also there is no real instruction |
| the device, and give your computer a bit of a | | | | manual, but there is an instructional Wiki set up |
| breather. Couple those features with the latest | | | | from |
| video and audio processors, the HDX 1000 | | | | Here is an overview of the features:o Includes |
| Network Media Tank supports video output up to | | | | HDMI 1.3a port, Supporting up to True HD 1080po |
| 1080p and audio output of Dolby Digital TrueHD | | | | Includes expandable hard drive slot for future |
| and DTS HD-HR and DTS HD-MA, be prepared to | | | | expansion for extra storage of movies, photos, |
| blow your family and friends away. | | | | and musico Universal Plug-n-Play capability (UPnP)o |
| The HDX 1000 Network Media Tank offers both | | | | 3 USB ports for USB drives (1 is a slave USB for |
| hard wired streaming network support and | | | | direct copy from PC)o Audio formats: Dolby® |
| wireless network support (TP-LINK TL-WN821N | | | | DTS(TM) encoders, MP1, MP2, MP3, WAV, WMA, |
| Wireless N USB Adapter) is available as an add on | | | | WMA-Pro, AAC, LPCM 5.1/7.1, FLAC, DTS, AC3o |
| for around $20 USD. The HDX 1000 gives you | | | | Video file formats: MPEG1/2/4 Elementary (M1V, |
| the ability not only play media files from your | | | | M2V, M4V), MPEG1/2 PS (M2P, MPG), MPEG2 |
| computer or external hard drive, but this digital | | | | Transport Stream (TS, TP, TRP, M2T, M2TS, |
| media player also supports streaming internet | | | | MTS), VOB, AVI, ASF, WMV, Matroska (MKV), |
| video from sources such as Youtube, Veoh, and | | | | MOV (H.264), MP4, RMP4o Photo formats: JPEG, |
| Google Video. Connectivity is a breeze with | | | | BMP, PNG, GIFo Internet Connectivity: YouTube, |
| Universal Plug N Play (Upnp) and DNLA Media | | | | Google Video, MetaCafe, VideoCast, DL.TV, |
| Server support. The DNLA support will offer | | | | Cranky Geeks, iPodcast, Radiobox, ABC News, |
| additional compatibility for your Xbox and | | | | Flickr, Picasa, RSS:Yahoo! Weather, Yahoo! Traffic |
| PlayStation 3. You can also hook up to the slave | | | | alerts, Yahoo! Stock, Cinecast, Traffic Conditions. |
| USB port for direct copying of your media files | | | | Shoutcast.o Connections: Video: HDMI v1.3a (up to |
| from your computer. View your media in up to | | | | 1080p), Component Video (up to 1080p), |
| 1080p through the HDMI 1.3a port. The HDX 1000 | | | | Composite Video (All Gold Plated) Audio: Stereo |
| also supports component video out and | | | | Analog Audio (Gold Plated), S/PDIF Coaxial Digital |
| composite video out. HD Digitech went all out with | | | | Audio, Optical Digital Audio, Other: 10/100 |
| the audio processing also, by offering Dolby Digital | | | | Ethernet, Serial ATA (SATA) port. |