Media player with large storage

blast06

Hi,

2 apologies first .... 1 if i am posting in the wrong forum; 2 for feeling completely clueless when typing here having read some other posts.

What i want is to purchase a 1TB or greater storage device that will also play pretty much all file types that i save on it (from full HD video to jpeg pictures) and will have a HDMI cable for connecting to the TV. Ideally can use it to browse the web using the TV as the monitor.
Anyone any tips?

I've made a €100 mistake here already by buying a storage only device and listening to the PC World sales guy telling me that pretty much all DVD or blue ray players will play almost all file types that i am likely to store, i.e.: connect to the blue-ray player and from the blue-ray to TV. Despite having a new model blue ray and an ~1 year old model high spec Sony Bravia TV - no joy.

Thanks.

PogMoThoin

Don't listen to the gobshítes in PC World, they know nothing, pay peanuts, get monkeys!!!!

Have a search of this forum, I've seen a Western Digital with 1TB recommended a few times but am not sure which one as they bring out new versions so often.

Voodu Child

If you want a web browser you'll need something above a basic media player.

Something like the Boxee Box:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/D-Link-Boxee-Digital-Media-Player

That price was £159 last week so i'd wait for it to go down again.

If you can do without web-browser then maybe something like WDTV Live, it does have Youtube and a few other services but not an actual browser. Note they have just launched a new model so go for that instead of the old one.

Most of these things have a USB port for an external drive. You say you've already bought a storage-device - I presume you mean you bought an external HDD? Then you are sorted for storage already.

Heisenberg1

Komplett have the AC Ryan media player no HDD inculded.

http://www.komplett.ie/Komplett/product/ZKB_03ELEC/11_MEDIAPL/01_MEDIAPL/productdetails/10021624/AC_Ryan_Playon!HD_Network_Mediaplayer/ACR_PV73100/default.aspx

You can get this HDD from Amazon.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B004VFJ9MK/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1319287376&sr=8-3&condition=new

Great price for a media player that plays most file types and plenty of storage.
No internet browsing but its a start hope this helps.