SavitMicro's Dueple: HD media player with DVD

by Evan Blass, posted Jun 7th 2006 at 11:02AM

We've seen Korean manufacturer SavitMicro a few times before, once with a hub for multi-cam recording and another time with a media-playing drive enclosure, and now they've popped up once again at Computex with yet another device that promises to simplify your digital life. Like their drive enclosure, the new "Dueple," as it's known, also accepts swappable 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch drives for multimedia playback, but throws in a DVD player as well for spinning any of those old-fashioned discs you may have laying around. The Dueple features DVI, component, S-video, coax, and digital audio outputs for hooking up to your home theater gear, Ethernet and USB ports for data transfer, and lets you watch/listen to MPEG-1/2/4, MP3, DivX, WMV, WMA, and OGG files, including high-definition content. There are probably better ways of getting your digital swag onto a TV than this particular solution, but if it sports a reasonable pricetag when it comes out within the month -- from e-tailer GeekStuff4U -- we imagine that it will draw some interest.

Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Storage

Tags: component, divx, drive enclosure, DriveEnclosure, dueple, dvd player, DvdPlayer, dvi, geekstuff4u, hard drive, HardDrive, hdd, high-definition, media player, MediaPlayer, mp3, mpeg-1/2/4, ogg, s-video, savitmicro, wma, wmv

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Mike Ishi @ Jun 7th 2006 1:15PM

That's impressive!

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rocko @ Jun 7th 2006 3:06PM

slot loading media devices are the best thing since a lazy susan!

its like the thing is eating my disc, and then spitting it out in disgust!

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kevfla_com @ Jun 7th 2006 5:04PM

Where does it mention HD in the article? No HDMI??

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rutsy5 @ Jun 7th 2006 8:37PM

this looks like one neat toaster.... i might buy if it if i knew why I needed it...or it had HD-DVD and/or Blu-ray

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