Watch your converted family films in High Definition with an off the shelf media player from Western Digital.
In Blu-ray ready H.264 or MPEG-2 video. Read about our "You pay half, we pay half" offer below.
Another innovation from HomeDVD.
Now you can watch your HD converted home movies in high resolution video using the Western Digital WDAVN00BN HD Media Player as your decoder unit and storage interface. HomeDVD is offering a new addition to our HD film transfer bundles which includes not only a discounted transfer price but a “you pay half, we pay half” offer for a WD HD Media Player as part of the deal.
As a practical alternative to Blu-ray disk, the Western Digital HD player offers more video formats to play, longer play times and higher more flexible storage space. All in high quality 1080 line resolution. The WD HD MP is a compact hardware video conversion unit that uses standard high capacity IDE or SATA hard drives as your storage and playback medium.
For more permanent storage however, do not ignore Blu-ray disk as it should still be part of your long term archival strategy.
*** Offer applies to HD film transfer orders of $750 (about US$700) or more. Not including any shipping and taxes due.***
Factoid : Moderately encoded H.264 video for example on a 500GB drive represents about 70hrs of video playtime.
HomeDVD will encode your movie films to HD video resolutions in either MPEG-2 or H.264 compliant High Definition video format and store them on a portable hard drive that either you supply or we purchase on your behalf. If at a later date, those same video files can be easily authored and burned to Blu-ray media for a more permanent record of your family memories.
So what does this video player have? Let’s look at some of the features and specifications.
File Formats Supported (partial listing)
- Music - MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV/PCM/LPCM, AAC, FLAC, Dolby Digital, AIF/AIFF, MKA
- Photo - JPEG, GIF, TIF/TIFF, BMP, PNG
- Video -MPEG1/2/4, WMV9, AVI (MPEG4, Xvid, AVC), H.264, MKV, MOV (MPEG4, H.264), MTS, TP, TS
Note:
- MPEG2/4, H.264, and WMV9 supports up to 1920x1080p 24fps, 1920x1080i 30fps, 1280x720p 60fps resolution
- An audio receiver is required for surround sound output. AAC/Dolby Digital decodes in 2 channel output only
External Drive Formats Supported
FAT32, NTFS, HFS+ (no journaling)
If you have HomeDVD convert your 8mm, Super8 or 16mm films to Hi Def video, the WD media player alternative may work for you. The WD media player supports three of the HD video formats that HomeDVD can produce; MPEG4/AVC and MPEG-2. Rather than writing to a Blu-ray disk, the video files can be written to a portable USB-2 type hard drive. The Media Player does the rest, decode the video in real time and output to either an HDMI or analog video interface on your HD display.
See the Western Digital link for more details and informational videos on the many formats the Media Player supports in addition to the connection methods used between the media player, your HD display and your hard drive.
***** Important Please Read *****
Warranty Note: HomeDVD will purchase and supply a Western Digital HD Media Player at half the going rate, but will not support the player in any Warranty or repair activities. All media players are fully tested for operation prior to shipping. There is no grace period upon receipt and acceptance of these units. No returns. No refunds.
See TigerDirect, Newegg or any other consumer supplier of that carries this product for the many testimonials presented to address any concerns you may have.
