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Savit Micro's Cinedisk CD26HD media player: 1080i everywhere you go
Chicks and dudes -- the Korean electronics maker Savit Micro wants to make you the talk of the town. How will they do such a thing, you ask? Well, for starters, they're serving up the Cinedisk CD26HD pocket-sized, HD media player that can handle MPEG2, WMV9HD, or DiVX video formats, plays MP3, WMA, and OGG audio, and does AC3 and DTS audio processing. Your precious, friend-making files are stored on a 2.5-inch, 120GB hard drive, and you can hook the miniature-media-center up to your favorite HDTV via its component outs for 1080i playback. The player also comes with a remote control, so you can really show off your movies like a champ, though it won't mix your cocktails or make charming small talk. Available now if you can get to a Korean dealer for 219,900 KRW (around $235).[Via technabob]
cineDISK NAS doubles as a media player
We've seen a couple interesting remote media players and NAS solutions in the past few months, and even some laughable attempts to merge the two, but this NAS unit from SavitMicro comes the closest we've seen to combining the two devices successfully. In addition to being a standard NAS / USB 2.0 box with a 3.5-inch SATA drive bay, the cineDISK features a host of output options, including a 1080p-capable DVI port (although max resolution is listed at 1080i), component and composite video outs, optical audio out, and two USB host ports for plugging in extra storage. Codec support isn't as full-featured as we'd like, but it covers the major bases: MP3, Ogg, WMA, WMV HD, HDTV@TP, DivX, MPEG-4 and MPEG-1/2. No word on pricing or availability, but if this thing comes in at a reasonable number (and lands in the US) we can see a lot of people being interested. Hit the read link for a couple more beauty shots, including one of the back panel.[Via SlashGear]
SavitMicro HyperDrive SPACE 2.5-inch HDD enclosure backs up flash cards
If you're the type who'd rather lug around a 2.5-inch HDD enclosure instead of dozens of easily mixed up flash cards, well, you're probably not alone, and SavitMicro has just released a device to make prolific shooters all the merrier. The company's USB 2.0 HyperDrive SPACE may look like your average Korean-bound DAP at first glance, but actually houses your choice of 2.5-inch hard drive, and can automatically transfer pictures or media from a smorgasbord of flash memory directly onto the HDD to keep your card ready for more. Aside from touting a blisteringly fast 1Gbps transfer rate (maximum), the rechargeable Li-ion purportedly lasts long enough to fill up a 100GB internal HDD, and it even sports a 1.8-inch LCD to control the action. This bad boy plays nice with CF, MicroDrive, SD, SDHC, MMC, xD, MSDuo, MSPro, and nearly every other proprietary format that Sony has kicked out. Although pricing details weren't readily available, the HyperDrive SPACE should hit webstores within the month.[Via AkihabaraNews]
SavitMicro's Dueple: HD media player with DVD
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.
