Media Players !!!

No I am not taking about software that plays your multi-media files ...
I am refering to the hardware media players in the market.

If you are wondering what there media players are then here we go...

A media player is a device which connects to your TV and provides multi-media content that can be played on the TV ( in most cases High Def video with a HDMI cable is provided for LCD / PLASMA TVs). The multi-media content like movies , songs , pics can be present in your hard-disk , USB PEN Drives , NAS Storage Devices or on your laptops or desktops.

It typically has a couple of USB ports and LAN port for input and HDMI or RCA Cable for output to your TV.

So you may say whats so great my DVD player has USB ports !!!

The new media players connect to the internet using the LAN cable or in case of the Western Digital HD live using Wifi USB doggle ( so this is wireless ) and can pull content from Youtube or flickr direct to your TV ...

So to watch youtube videos , check out pics on flickr or listen to internet radio you dont need your PC / laptop you can directly do it on your TV !!!


Another contender for this category is the Dlink Media Player which pretty much does the same but is a whole lot bigger.




There are other cheaper media players which just have a couple of USB ports and Slots for SD and other Memory cards and play the content to your TV and play content from your harddisks or pendrives. The USP of these devices are they are very small about the size of 2 large match boxes and can be carried around while travelling.

Seagate just unveiled a media player which docks the Seagate harddisk and plays content from that onto the TV. Also allows content from youtube like the WD HD live.



So do you go ahead and buy one yet !!! Well I am still waiting reason would like to see a bit more from these devices why not add a browser and allow users to browse social networking sites and basic email ?? This would help me avoid buying another netbook for my wife who just does basic browsing and uses facebook and orkut and wikipedia.

Did I hear you shout convergence !!!