Here is the first deal for today. Amazon has slashed off the IOmega ScreenPlay Director HD Media Player with 1TB of storage from $208.99 to $89.95. There is a huge $119.04 saving on this item and it’s reported to be eligible on getting free shipping to your address in the States.

Enjoy a complete media experience with the new feature-rich Iomega ScreenPlay Director HD Media Player, USB 2.0/AV/Ethernet – with full 1080p high-definition (24 fps) and up to 2 TB of space to save your files. This high-definition multimedia player connects easily to your home network to store & access your videos, music, and photo collections.

Easily browse your network to select stored videos and view on your home theatre or access online content with the convenient remote. Compatible with the latest media formats such as H.264, MP3, AC3 (Dolby Digital Encoding), WAV, WMA, MPEG-1, MPEG-2 (AVI/VOB), MPEG-4 (AVI/XVID), DivX, and JPEG. It supports the Iomega USB WIFI Adapter for wireless access (adapter sold separately). DivX Certified to play DivX video, including premium content.

Available in 1 TB and 2 TB capacities, plus includes Iomega Protection Suite software anti-virus and backup software solutions.

Get this IOmega ScreenPlay Director HD Media player for $89.95 at Amazon. This deal will end on September 26, 2011.

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Android OS is renowned in the smartphone and tablet market because it’s made for them anyway. However, it seems the operation system has started to go into other market because now we can see that they are available and running several media player gadgets in the market.

The latest media player that uses Android OS is from AMEX Digital. AMEX Digital introduced their MP-G7 Android TV media player as a new solution to enjoy Full HD videos and online interaction. This MP-G7 Android TV media player is powered by dual core ARM Cortex processor, but we are not informed with the speed of the processing. However, thanks to that processor, MP-G7 is capable of supporting full HD resolution at 1920 x 1080p with integrated HDMI on the device.

AMEX Digital MP-G7 is also supporting USB devices like keyboard and mouse for easy navigation. The media player has included 500GB 2.5-inch HDD, but you can expand it further using SD memory card. It also come with Ethernet and WiFi connectivity when you want to go online for chatting or watching online movies.

This media player is going to cost $199 to own one. If you are interested to know more, you can find the details specification at AMEX Digital Press Release page.

AMEX Digital MP-G7 Android TV Media Player
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With the demand high definition media playback and streaming, ASUS has come up with O!Play Gallery HD Media player that support both 1080p and has USB 3.0 connectivity to ensure no lag in transferring the data.

Aside from that, ASUS O!Play Gallery HD Media Player is supporting 7.1-channel Dolby TrueHD, one-click streaming content from PC to TV, instant access to services like Netflix, Youtube and others.

To accompany the USB 3.0 port (as not everyone familiar with this technology yet), ASUS has also thrown in an eSATA connectivity. The O!Play Gallery HD Media Player itself is capable of holding one 3.5-inch SATA 6.0 Gbps HDD. You can actually fit up to 3TB of data on this media streamer.

If you are asking for pricing, it’s unfortunate because ASUS haven’t announced anything yet.

[Asus O!Play Gallery HD Media Player Packs USB 3.0 and iPhone Video Streaming Support via SoftPedia]

ASUS O!Play Gallery HD Media Player Coming with 1080p and USB 3.0 Support
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Go to Newegg and you’ll find that they’ve discounted Seagate FreeAgent STCEA201-RK Theater+ HD Media player, from $99.99 to $44.99 with $55 discount (about 55%).

Beside the super discount rate, you’ll also get a free shipping and free 6ft HDMI cable as well. Seagate FreeAgent STCEA201-RK Theater+ HD Media player can be used to stream content on your FreeAgent Go or BlackArmor PS 110 hard drive to your HDTV, or you can hook it up with your local network and stream from your network to your TV.

Get STCEA201-RK Theater+ HD Media player for $44.99 on Newegg Now (deal end: December 26th, 2010).

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The teardown boss iFixit has finally got themselves in the lab tearing down the new streaming device Boxee Box.

If you happen to pre-order one of this Boxee Box, very soon the device should be arriving at your foot step. If you ever wonder what’s hiding inside the box but don’t want to tear it down yourself (reason: afraid of voiding the warranty), let’s iFixit article giving what you need.

After dismantled the Boxee Box, iFixit crews found out that Boxee Box is much like a mini PC with limited component installed. They’ve found an Intel CE4110 CPU, 1GB RAM, 1GB flash memory and a digital-to-analog converter component fit inside the glossy small box.

Check out more of the gallery at iFixit.

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Looking for a modern HD Media player? Then you should take a look at this new deal from Amazon. Boxee Box, which will be released soon, is getting a handy $30 discount slashed off from the listed pricing of $229.99. Result? You can now pre-order this small unit of HD Media player Boxee Box by D-Link for $199.99 only.

Boxee Box is featuring the capability to hook up with HDTV via HDMI port, support wireless 802.11n streaming, hook up with your PC, or home network and could play videos, songs, pictures stored on your network drive.

Get this Boxee Box by D-Link for $199.99 now at Amazon (deal end on: Oct. 14, 2010)

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The popular Western Digital has made another new gadget available for Multimedia freaks. The name is TV Live HD Media Player, exclusively created for steaming photos or movies through your home network in full 1080p HD manner. The device has simplify the possibility for anyone who’s on your network to watch or play media files stored on your USB Hard drive or network drive.

Especially for Windwos 7 users, you can use Windows 7 features to control the streaming easily. The media player even has a capability to access to Youtube or Flickr to obtain contents. Currently, Western Digital TV Live HD media player is available directly on WDStore for $149. Get one if you wish.

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Olevia HD Media Player, which coded as ZP-500 is a player that can decode and playback Full HD video quality via the HDMI 1.3 interface! This is the first I guess, and the ZP-500 support almost all video formats including most popular files such as MKV, HD MPEG2, HD VC01 HD AVC/H.264 and RMVB HD.

Olevia HD Media Player also comes with two USB ports, which means you can definitely turn you USB flash drive or External USB hard drive into a multimedia storage, and Olevia HD Media player will streams the content directly to your HDTV and display it in 1080p HD quality (your video must HD formats). One more function that is as delicious as the other is the built-in Network connectivity. It will allow you to connect to your Home network and browses files from your Network Attached Storage from PC and stream it to your HDTV. Simply amazing.

Olevia HD Media Player Features:

• Provides crystal clear High Definition (1080p) video output
• Decode and output HighDefinition 1080p video and Photo
• Support Mainstream formats of HD video including MPEG-2, VC-1, H.264/AVC and RMVB HD
• Within the next generation interface – HDMI 1.3 output
• Ethernet port supports Network player function
• High performance video playback. Experience fluent playback control like Zoom out/in, Pan picture, Fast Forward, Fast Reverse, Slow-motion.
• Fully supports the subtitle format. Dynamically change the subtitle display by remote control.
• Photo playback via HD. 16x Zoom in, 3-direction rotation
• Slide show mode with 8 kinds of transition effect. Background music playback is supported.
• Rich types of music file. The playback function includes Fast Forward, Fast Reverse Repeat, Shuffle and Shuffle Repeat
• Within USB 20 port, plug-and-play the USB Flash Drive, USB Mobile Hard Drive, USB Card Reader, USB DVD-Rom, USB Wi-Fi Dongle
• Easy to use and intuitive control, Change to setup menu at any time even in media playing to provide the fluent control
• Video format: MPEG1 (DAT / MPG / MPEG), MPEG2 (MPG / MPEG / VOB / ISO / IFO / TS / TP / MTS ), MPEG4 (MP4 / AVI / MOV), DivX 3/4/5/6, Xvid (AVI / MKV), h.264 AVC (TS / AVI / MKV / MOV), VC1 (TS / AVI / MKV / WMV), WMV9 (WMV), Real Video 8/9/10 (RM / RMVB), up to 720@30p, FLV (FLV)
• Music format: MP3, WMA, WAV, ASF, AAC, OGG, Vorbis, FLAC, iTune, M4A(AAC), M3U(Playlist)
• Pictures format: JPG, BMP, PNG, GIF, TIF, TIFF
• Dimension: 146 x 105 x 30mm (approx.)
• Weight: 203g

Brando has this media player and they are currently selling it for $177 including Shipping via EMS. If you are an entertainment freak, this stuff should be a great gadget for you.

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If you remember, LaCie is our first alternative to a cheap 1TB hard drive with price lower than £100. Now, with the cheaper price mark and lower storage capacity, you can get the new LaCie laCinema Classic Bridget multimedia player which could play in HD format.

Using the classic black sleek plastic case, LaCie pressed their new LaCinema Bridge inside with 500GB to store your media files. With this multimedia player, you can play most of the video files except AAC, H.264 and .MKV files.

There is also an alternative if you choose to not installing a SATA hard drive. You can use the provided USB port to play content from external devices, such as flash drive or even your existing USB hard drive.

You will get two type of video output. One is the old Composite video port and the other one is the HDMI for HDTV viewing (HDMI 1.1).

LaCie LaCinema Classic Bridge comes with 2 years warranty, so you can rest assure you will be assisted in that time range.

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When reading the review at ChipChick, I immediately notice this is Seagate FreeAgent Theater HD Media Player is the modern type of VHS player because it has a big slot for media insertion.

Seagate FreeAgent Theater fully elevate their proud FreeAgent Go Hard drive as the medium format to play the movie/data inside the hard drive. Similar to the VHS cassette.

Seagate FreeAgent Theater could play many file formats including High definition video such as 720p and 1080p. If you are interested, you can read more detail review done by ChipChick.

The price is only $121.99 (after 10% discount) and you can find it at Amazon.com.

Souce: http://www.seagate.com/theater

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