I like it. Some thing to play saved Freeview? An alternative to popcorn hour?

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NZRobin

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#27749 5-Nov-2008 13:15

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=572&language=e

But only two channel DD output?

File Formats Supported
Music - MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV/PCM/LPCM, AAC, FLAC, Dolby Digital, AIF/AIFF, MKA
Photo - JPEG, GIF, TIF/TIFF, BMP, PNG
Video -MPEG1/2/4, WMV9, AVI (MPEG4, Xvid, AVC), H.264, MKV, MOV (MPEG4, H.264)
Playlist - PLS, M3U, WPL
Subtitle -SRT (UTF-8)
*Note:
- MPEG2/4, H.264, and WMV9 supports up to 1920x1080p 24fps, 1920x1080i 30fps, 1280x720p 60fps resolution
- An audio receiver is required for surround sound output. AAC/Dolby Digital decodes in 2 channel output only
- JPEG does not support CMYK or loss less.
- BMP supports uncompressed format only.
- TIF/TIFF supports single layer only.

File Formats Not Supported
Does not support protected premium content such as movies or music from the iTunes® Store, Cinema Now, Movielink®, Amazon Unbox™, and Vongo®

Performance Specifications
Serial Transfer Rate
USB 2.0
Serial Bus Transfer Rate (USB 2.0) 480 Mbits/s (Max)

Physical Specifications
Capacity N/A
Interface HDMI, Composite A/V, USB 2.0

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#176127 5-Nov-2008 15:14

I read that as it only decodes DD as 2 channel (i.e. the audio outputs). I'd assume the DD would output via the optical out.

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#176135 5-Nov-2008 15:44

The biggest advantage of the PCH for most users is that it's not just a standalone player but it's a frontend for PVR software such as GB-PVR that gives you the familair GB-PVR menu structure on the PCH and the ability to do tasks such as scheduling recordings etc.

I guess the big question is whether it supports AAC-LATM, since many standalone players are all going for the same chipsets and all new DVB-T using it then we'll hopefully see a lot more implimenting this.