Patriot Memory Brings Box Office To Your HDTV
Patriot revealed its all-in-one HD media player, The Box Office.
Looking for one simple device that can play your favorite HD movies, TV shows and Bugs Bunny cartoons? Look no further than Patriot Memory's Box Office all-in-one HD media player, ready for whatever digital goodness you can throw at it. Patriot was even nice enough to throw in an HDMI 1.3 (and composite) cable to get you hooked up right out of the box.
According to Patriot, the device can output HD video up to 1080p. The device can yank your digital media from a plethora of devices, ranging from a USB drive (a total of 3 ports), a network device, or by using the optional internal 2.5-inch hard drive. Want even faster access? Consumers can expand the device's storage space by throwing in a 2.5-inch SATA SSD.
Patriot's Box Office also provides additional features including Dolby Digital and DTS surround sound, UPnP support, and an optional 802.11g USB Wi-Fi adapter to access the media right from your PC.
Jack Chen, Patriot's Business Development Manager, even added that the Box Office is compatible for internet video streaming by using 3rd party software. "Patriot's Box Office brings the digital revolution to the home audience," he said.
Interested consumers can pre-order the Box Office here on Amazon, costing around $129.99.

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The amount of stuff and goodies in this thing and its price
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If I didn't buy my mpeg4 capable DVD player with SD and USB card slot for the ridiculous price of $50, I would not even have a device like this in my house!
Repeat all the capabilities of the device and check how many of those are capable to be done from the PS3 to see how wrong you are... I hope you were just kidding cause you seriously have to be fn kidding me that your PS3 has anything to do with this...
Anyhow, for those that understand the full usefullness of the device should sound more than interesting like it does for me. i was in a huge need of a similar device till a while back and I did get another brand though with tho half the options this has. Could record straight from TV as well. Oh well, im covered but this sounds way too interesting.
it seems some companies make new products outside of their regular products like this one. Another example, Mushkin who makes memory is now also making VGA.
Music - WMA, MP3, Real Audio (RA)
Graphics - JPEG, BMP, PNG
Video - [MPEG-1] MPG/MPEG/DAT, [MPEG-2] MPG/MPEG/VOB/ISO/TS/TP/M2TS, [MPEG-4] MP4/AVI/MOV, WMV9, FLA, [H.264/AVC] MKV/TS/AVI/MOV/M2TS, [DviX 3/4/5/6, Xvid] AVI/MKV, [Real Video 8/9/10] RM/RMVB
But this got me??? PC less download management - Download files via P2P sharing for easy access to media from the web.
Does this thing have a BT client built in?
Not saying it's a instant buy but depending on what you want out of it... Might be worth it to some.
It would fall flat on it's face VS a HTPC but at $120, you really can't built much on that budget, if that's all you have to spend.
If it is durable, performs as advertised, plays all the codec's listed, and has BT support it would be a very interesting product that may find a decent market for it.