Hardware based media players

[ExtremePC]

Found some nice non PC based media players:

http://www.helios-labs.com/us/produc...overview.shtml

http://www.tvix.co.kr/eng/

[The Brad]

I have the TVIX M5000U, its unbelieavably good. Nothing handles Australian TS files very well, but the TVIX does.

Only complaint: the M5000U doesn't have h.264, but a new model does have this...

[ExtremePC]

To cut and paste;

General Features:
Sigma Designs EM8620L Chipset
High Definition Upscaling up to 1080p (1920x1080) resolution
12bit / 150MHZ Video DAC
LG DVD-ROM

Connectivity:
Ethernet: 10/100 BaseT
WiFi: Built-in Wireless 802.11g(WEP / WPA Encryption for WiFi)
2 * USB 2.0 port to support Mass Storage Devices
( NTFS format supported)

Media Service:
HELIOS Media Portal
NeoLink Server software for Windows
Third party UPnP compatible server software
Built-in web browser (supports HTML, RSS feeds, Internet music and Internet video)
Firmware upgradeable

Video Formats:
MPEG 1/2/4
DivX 3.11/4/5
DivX 6/HD
XviD HD
WMV 9/HD
VOB
TS

Audio Formats:
Audio CD
WMA
MP3
MPEG / MPEG-2
FLAC
AAC
Ogg Vorbis

Photo Formats:
JPEG
PNG
BMP

Accessories:
Wireless Antenna
5 ft. HDMI cable
Video/audio cable
Backlit fully-functional remote control (with batteries)
Quick Start Guide

Special Features:
Burr-Brown 2 Channel low-noise Op Amp
Wolfson 2 Channel 24bit/192khz Stereo DAC
Professional Audio Grade Capacitor
R-core linear power supply
Handcrafted fully-brushed aluminum front panel
Gold-plated RCA jacks

Video Outputs:
HDMI
DVI with optional HDMI to DVI converter cable
Composite
Component
S-video

High-Definition Resolutions:
1080p
1080i (NTSC 60hz / PAL 50hz)
720p (NTSC 60hz / PAL 50hz)
480p /576p
480i/576i

Audio System:
Analog 2 Channel Stereo
Optical
Coaxial

Disc Formats:
DVD
DVD-R/DL/RW
DVD+R/DL/RW
DVD-RAM
VCD
SVCD
CD
CD-R/RW
MP3-CD

Software:
PC running windows 2000 (SP3 and up) or WinXP(SP2 and up)
Minimum 128M RAM and 200M free hard disk space
Minimum 500mhz CPU

Weight:
10KG