I think soon (12-15 Dec 08) PC Fair those dstributor will flood the with this box!!!

Just now while browsing around the electrical section in TESCO in Butterworth, I saw that they are selling a Media Player by the brand of AVF. It was about the size of 4" x 3", white in colour and able to play the usual gamut of video codec including real video (RMVB). I couldn't see any mkv logo there on the box and I presume it cannot support mkv. I also didn't see any HDMI connection.

The display set was hooked up to a small LCD TV or monitor via a VGA cable and was playing some movie from a thumb drive through an USB port. The sound output was via RCA cable to 2.1 sonic gear system. The picture and sound are acceptable; not that great maybe because of the ordinary video file contained in the thumb drive.

It is retailing only at RM269 a set.

Played around with the new WD media player just now.

Performance depends a lot on the type of USB hardware. Didn't do well with my 2.5" and 3.5" HDD enclosures, video freeze, etc.

Worked well with my Transcend usb drive. 720p mkv was beautiful on big screen.

Wonder if it's to do with data read/transfer speed. The WD Mybook or passport is faster too?

if u take 100 units also i think no one will be offering u that price

when u see the pc fair RM399 or RM360 because during the fair, WD gave them commitment on WDTV + passport +myBOOK = 200 units,they got funding on the booth subsidy. but the price you see is only avaible in pc fair,after fair is normal price. those shops who stil can selling at RM3XX is keep balance stock from pc fair.