Packard Bell Studio ST media playback drive invades Europe

It's not much more than a hard drive with HD media playback abilities, but the Packard Bell Studio ST certainly looks nice, doesn't it? It's Europe-only for now, but we're hoping parent company Acer brings over a US-branded version of this box, which holds up to a 2TB hard drive and can do 1080p out over HDMI with Dolby Digital. Codec support is described as "all main formats," which is a little shady, but we'll be forgiving if it's cheaper than the Western Digital WD TV Live HD.

[Thanks, Matt]

[synth Posted Mar 13th 2010 8:06AM]

I might just be nitpicking, but for that price imo the remote looks really cheap

[Fyrewerx Posted Mar 13th 2010 10:12AM]

@synth

That remote looks identical to the one that came with my Asus Air Internet radio. Cheap as it looks, it works better than the radio.

[Slappy Wag Posted Mar 13th 2010 12:59PM]

@synth

Wait... Packard Bell.......... still EXISTS??? I used to call them Puckerd Ducks. Absolutely the worst garbage computers ever made. Even worse than Gateway.

[kabloink Posted Mar 13th 2010 8:09AM]

The brand name Packard Bell makes me want to run away screaming. I still haven't forgotten the horrors of their desktop computers.

[Cy Starkman Posted Mar 13th 2010 8:41AM]

@kabloink

It's about the most substandard brand you can get, beneath them is KIRF's

[XChrisX Posted Mar 13th 2010 11:49AM]

@kabloink Some of the WORST experiences I have had with personal computers have been with Packard Bells.

[Xero2 Posted Mar 13th 2010 8:54AM]

Probably the same hardware as the WDTV Live that or another generic Realtek 1073 player.

[sydcinema Posted Mar 13th 2010 11:48AM]

Wait... There's still a Packard Bell?

[PBB Posted Mar 13th 2010 12:30PM]

@sydcinema
I know right? Though they died off well before Y2K would have had a chance to brick their desktops.

[Amoshi Posted Mar 13th 2010 3:47PM]

@sydcinema
Acer bought the company. but their computers still feels cheap.