LaCie's LaCinema Classic Bridge media player: just add storage
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted Jun 8th 2009 5:51PM
posted Jun 8th 2009 5:51PM
LaCie's back with another addition to its steadily growing LaCinema family. The Classic Bridge ships for $99, including an HDMI cable and that iconic blue light, yet forgoes the hard drive -- perfect for all you crazy kids who already have plenty in the way of storage, but still need a way to get your media files onto the TV screen. Either install your 3.5-inch SATA HDD (FAT32 only, folks) or plug in an external USB drive, and you'll be watching re-runs of B. J. and the Bear in no time. Supports "flawless" 1080p HD resolution and all of the formats you depend on for your pop-culture fix, including: MPEG4, MP3, JPEG, and HD-JPEG. Not yet available for purchase, but in the meantime feel free to check this bad boy out in the gallery below.
No .mkv support? Psssh...I'll pass. May as well get one of the WD players at that cost point.
what about sound?
Is the black rca jack digital coax?
didn't we just go over this?
If engadget is gonna cross post stories on its different pages, atleast link to the same comments.
I have a Popcorn Hour A110 and it's great. Not yet found a format it won't play back.
Although, this box looks better than the A110.
The Egreat EG-M34A can do so much more for just a little bit more. Hdmi 1.3, MKVs, DTS downmix, network playback, youtube etc. Similar to popcorn but cost much less. See http://www.egreathd.com