Product Review: Western Digital USB HD Media Player

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georgef551
November 01, 2009

Got a broken connector on your media player, where you can no longer hook it up to your TV? Got external storage which you want to view, or listen to your media on your TV, but do not want to use a computer? This is the product for you: the Western Digital USB Multimedia Player! This player will work with any USB storage device, or camcorder, which supports popular video formats. The CD that comes with the unit has conversion software for files that are not compatable, but most likely, the only thing you'll use it for is the instruction manual. This device can be hooked into an HDTV via the HDMI connection (cable NOT included), and can view up to 1080p/60. For those with a regular analog TV, you can use the composite video with the supplied cables. Ease of use is stupid easy. I never used the manual, and figured this thing out. Of course, having a brain fart while doing this review does not help prove that fact. One amazing note is that fast-foward and rewind, unlike most multimedia players of any type, will play all frames of video, even at 4x speed (fastest I took it thus far), without pixelization (that I saw), or skipping prediction frames. Amazing! You can't go wrong, whether you want to view multiple sources of video, or you broke the TV output ability of your device (or lost the video cables), this USB multimedia player is for you.

Retail: $95 to $105, depending on location.

Category: Science & Technology

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How does the Flip Ultra HD Camcorder do in low light and sound on your opinion? I'm thinking of getting one Christmas.

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Sound is good, just a bit weak on picking up elevator noises: will pick them all up, but sound softer.
Video is very good. You're not going to get full motion, but you get movie frame rates (even though it's 1280x720x30).
The MinoHD in my opinion, not the best option. UltraHD is bulkier, but it has twice the memory (8GB) and records 2 hours of video. If the battery pack dies, you can take it out, and use AA's. Neither the Mino can do. (Dead battery = too bad, and 4GB RAM, 1 hour video.)

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