The guys over at Brando have released multimedia hard drive dock, the SATA HDD Multimedia Dock II.
The SATA HDD Multimedia Dock II can take 2.5 inch and 3.5 inch SATA hard drives, it connects to your PC via USB and also has a built in HDMI out port so you can hook it up to your HDTV.
It will playback HD video in 1080i, and it can playback, MPEG-2, MPEG4, DiVX and XviD video files, here are the specifications.
* Supports both SATA 2.5″ HDD and 3.5″ HDD
* PC connection: USB 2.0
* Video format: MPEG-1 (MPG, DAT)
* Video format:
* MPEG-2 (MPG, MPEG, VOB) Video format:
* MPEG-4 (AVI, MP4) Video format:
* DivX 3.11/4/5 (AVI, DIVX) Video format:
* XviD (AVI) Video format:
* AVI decode audio: MP3, AC3, ADPCM Video format:
* VOBSUB: srt, sub, smi, txt, ass, ssa Audio format: MPEG-1 Layer 3,4-320kbps(MP3)
* Audio format:
* AC3 (in the movie) Audio format:
* Microsoft PCM Wave (WAV) Audio format:
* Advance Audio Coding LC (AAC) Audio format:
* Microsoft Windows Media Audio WMA7/8 (WMA), no support for WMA9 Pro Audio
format:
* MP2 (MPA) Image format: JPEG (JPG)
* Video Output: AV, YPbPr, HDMI (576P/1080i)
* Audio Output: CX/5.1H
* Compatible FAT16/32
* Compatible DivX subtitle
* Compatible Multi language
* External port: SD Card
* TV system: NTSC, PAL.AUTO
* Temperature and Humidity: 5 ° ~ 40 °, humidity 10 ~ 75%
* This machine should be used in the operation range of the connected PC
* AC Power Adapter input: 100 ~ 240V, 50/60Hz, 1.8A
* AC Power Adapter output: 12V/3A
* Dimension: 130 x 120 x 68mm (approx.) (HDD Dock)
* Dimension: 45 x 155 x 24mm (approx.) (Remote Controller)
* Weight: 453g (HDD Dock)
* Weight: 74g (Remote Controller)
The SATA HDD Multimedia Dock II is available for $79 from Brando.
