The PicoHD5.1 is a Tiny and Effective Media Player

[TheDickWard]

If you want a video file played on your TV, the PicoHD5.1 can do it.

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/...ia-on-your-tv/

[twonunpackmule]

The WDTV costs about the same and offers more.

[rmoody]

No ethernet, no go. My library changes daily so toting the HDD to and from the player is just not going to work out. And, as the above says, WDTV does all this and more.

[Elee s]

Im less excited about these media players now that AMDs E350 came out. Low power 1080p goodness and no guesswork about whether it can play obscure mkv files.

[gravis778]

If stuff had of come out like this 5 years ago for this price, I would have picked them up. But my main computer is 5 feet from my TV, and I have a 12 foot HDMI going from the PC to the Reciever. Add a Windows remote and a little configuring, and I am all set. Granted, I don't think Windows Media Center supports subtitles (if it does, someone PLEASE tell me how to set it up), but my remote will pause VLC, which is really all I need. (Got a roommate who insists on starting conversations right when the most action-intense part of a movie starts).

I also can't get Windows Media Center to support DVD directory structures, but my remote also supports PowerDVD and Total Media Theater.

Now, I know some friends whom this would be useful for, though. Their LCD is in one room, and their computers are in a spare bedroom. May look at getting them a WD solution for Christmas.

[darklight1138]

Picked up a WD HD TV refurbished online for about $40. Love it! It doesn't have ethernet but that wasn't a consideration for me.

Still I like the size of this new gadget. The remote is bigger lol!