The Western Digital HD Media Player Set-top box!
Pirated copy of Planet Earth, meet huge HD LCD TV!

The Western Digital HD Media center is essentially a gateway for your digital entertainment files.

Whether it be photos, music, or videos, the WD TV will deliver in up 1080p goodness. It features both HDMI and SPDIF out for true HD sound and video. The part of this product that really makes it stand out from the rest is its likable list of supported audio and video formats:

Video

• MPEG1/2/4, WMV9, AVI (MPEG4, Xvid, AVC), H.264, MKV, MOV (MPEG4, H.264),
  MTS, TP, TS (If your curious, almost all HD downloads use some form of H.264 and/or .MKV)

Audio

• MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV/PCM/LPCM, AAC, FLAC, Dolby Digital, AIF/AIFF, MKA

All you have to do is connect an external USB hard drive or thumbdrive. The slick and elegant user interface will help you navigate your drive in order to find your media.

You can pick on up to day for as little as $89.99 Western Digital WD TV HD Media Player

Why on earth would Apple choose to adopt a new interface when we already have standards like HDMI? It costs $100 to adapt Apple’s Mini DisplayPort back to Dual-Link DVI, bad news for people wanting to connect their New MBPs to older Displays. Look at the bright side though;

• The mini Display port is 4x smaller then a standard DVI port.
• Mini DVI and Micro DVI can only support resolutions up to 1920×1200, whereas mini DisplayPort can push resolutions up to 2560×1600
• Unlike HDMI, DisplayPort is 100% open which means no license fees for using it in your product. This means Apple can pass the savings on to you.
• The DisplayPort specifications allow for daisy changing multiple monitors

It’s not all gold and roses though, lack of audio support from the mini version of DisplayPort and difficult conversion to HDMI makes for some slight headaches when trying to use your new Mac with older technology. It’s not perfect yet, but continued support and development can produce a solid interface.