{"id":4917,"date":"2009-08-28T05:31:14","date_gmt":"2009-08-27T21:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/?p=4917"},"modified":"2009-08-28T05:31:45","modified_gmt":"2009-08-27T21:31:45","slug":"media-event-western-digital-launch-of-wd-tv-mini-media-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/28\/media-event-western-digital-launch-of-wd-tv-mini-media-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Event: Western Digital Launch of WD TV Mini Media Player"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was invited to the Press Event of Western Digital introducing their latest WD TV Mini Media Player. It has been released in other part of the world though. The event was held at Conrad Centennial Hotel. If you would like to see the Press Release, click HERE<\/a>. For those who are familiar with Western Digital WD HD TV Player, this is just a lower end range of it. One of the key point is that it incorporates the RMVB (RealMedia Variable Bitrate) files which is missing from the WD HD TV Player.<\/p>\n

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The event was held in a room by the pool side.<\/p>\n

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It was not a very big Press Conference. However, you can see all the big names like Straits Times, CNET Asia, T3 Magazine, attending it. Of course, there were some bloggers. Was glad that I was invited.<\/p>\n

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The place was surrounded by WD TV Mini Media Players (it was quite a mouthful to pronounce it fast \ud83d\ude42 ) in showcases. Here is a closer look of it with the controller.<\/p>\n

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A close up of the controller.<\/p>\n

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The event started with representative from Western Digital, Ms Margaret, giving a welcome speech.<\/p>\n

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Following that, Mr. Craig Davis, Director, Sales & Marketing, Branded Product Group, Western Digital Asia Pacific Region provided us with more insight on this new product.<\/p>\n

He mentioned about how the RMVB was introduced due to the great demand of it, especially in Asia. And also how this product was package to be easy to use and handy to carry around. Of course, as compared to its big brother, the WD HD TV Media Player, the price is lower at MSRP: SG$129.<\/p>\n

It can play a big variety of format: –<\/p>\n