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WD Launches WD TV Live Hub, Full-HD 1080p Media Player With 1 TB Storage

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Western Digital has launched WD TV Live Hub media center (or media player as you familiar with) for Malaysian market 2 days ago. This is full HD media player that also equipped with 1 TB built-in network hard drive. There are long list of what this player can do, from streaming media files to different type of devices such as TV, Blue Ray disk, Xbox 360, Playstation, iPad, iPhone up to Facebook integration that let you upload movies/photos, view wall/feed and etc. Apart from that, photo sharing via Flickr and music streaming such as Pandora is also supported. One feature available in WD TV Live Hub but no service offered here is the ability to stream movies from Netflix.  The retail price is set at RM 749. More of that is available on the press release below.

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Press Release

WD’s NEW HD MEDIA CENTER STREAMS POPULAR MOVIES AND THE BROADEST RANGE OF PERSONAL CONTENT

WD TV® Live Hub™ Media Center with 1 TB Storage Allows Users to Centralize Video, Music and Photos and Play Full-HD 1080p Video on HD TVs Throughout the Home

Kuala Lumpur – 30 November 2010 – Western Digital® (NYSE: WDC), the world’s leader in external storage solutions and maker of the popular WD TV media player family, today introduced the WD TV® Live Hub™ media center (photo), a Full-HD 1080p media player with a 1 terabyte (TB) built-in network hard drive that gives users the freedom to play all their personal media on any screen in the home. The WD TV Live Hub media center brings new experiences to the WD TV family, including instantly renting or purchasing the newest releases through Blockbuster On Demand® service, as well as  interacting with personal Facebook® communities.

The WD TV Live Hub media center plays a wide variety of media file types, including popular Full-HD 1080p video formats such as .mkv, .mp4 and .mov. The integrated, compact and quiet 1 TB hard drive enables users to centralize their digital media from multiple sources for smooth, glitch-free playback of even the highest resolution videos.  Digital media can be easily transferred to the internal drive from shared folders on PCs and Mac®s on the network or directly from external hard drives, thumb drives, camcorders or cameras connected via one of the two USB ports.  Users also can stream videos from home network drives with a DLNA/UPnP™ server such as the recently announced My Book® Live™ home network drive.


The WD TV Live Hub media center also is a media server: HD video, music and photos can be streamed from the onboard hard drive to any DLNA/UPnP-compatible TV or multimedia device, anywhere in the connected home, including the WD TV Live HD media player, connected TVs, Blu-ray Disc™ players, Xbox 360®, and PlayStation® 3 game consoles. Users also can stream content from their WD TV Live Hub media center to iPads™, iPhones® or Android™ smartphones using third-party applications.

The WD TV Live Hub media center offers unique Facebook integration, which lets users upload photos and videos, share their status, view their wall and get the latest newsfeed from their network of friends – all on the big screen TV.  In addition, the WD TV Live Hub media center provides viewing of Netflix® for movie streaming, YouTube™ for user-generated videos and Flickr® for photo sharing, as well as listening to Pandora®, a personalized Internet radio service.  Additional content includes local and international weather forecasts from AccuWeather.com®, and MediaFly® daily video podcasts from CNN®, NBC®, MTV® and ESPN® [1].

The customizable WD TV Live Hub media center’s user interface enables personalization of screen backgrounds and user interface themes, as well as setting of favorites and content ratings.  Standard wired or wireless USB keyboards can be used for simpler text input for activities such as searches of local content and YouTube and Facebook interaction.

“The WD TV Live Hub media center lets users create a personalized media jukebox that brings your entire personal content collection and the best of Internet content to the biggest screen in the house,” said Craig Davis, Director, Sales & Marketing, Branded Product Group, Western Digital Asia Pacific Region.. “With the WD TV Live Hub media center, consumers can take their home entertainment experience to the next level, streaming personal content to multiple rooms at the same time, so they can play a Netflix video on their HDTV screen in the family room, while sharing vacation slideshows on the computer in their home office.”

Other key features of the WD TV Live Hub media center include:

  • Compatibility with virtually all TV sets thanks to an HDMI 1.4, composite video and component video output;
  • Automatic sync of shared digital media folders from PCs and Macs on the network with the internal hard drive to provide easy playback of new content.
  • Customizable user interface and programmable remote;
  • Ultra-compact design that easily fits into almost any entertainment center;
  • Two USB ports that allow seamless media playback from USB drives, camcorders and digital cameras;
  • WiFi-readiness (with adapter); and
  • A 1-year limited warranty

The full set of features and list of file compatibility is available on WD’s web site.

Capacity and Compatibility
The WD TV Live Hub media center is available in 1 TB (terabyte) storage capacity and supports a large variety of the most popular file formats, including HD camcorder video formats. It is also compatible with Windows® 7, including the Windows 7 Play To feature, and any DLNA/UPnP-enabled device.

Price and Availability

The WD TV Live Hub media center is available worldwide (Netflix, Blockbuster and Pandora services are available only in the U.S.) and is distributed by Achieva Technology Sdn Bhd, Amber Action Sdn Bhd and SiS Distribution (M) Sdn Bhd in Malaysia. MSRP for the WD TV Live Hub media center is RM 749.00.

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Dell Inspiron 15 For Just RM1,499, Notebook That Doesn’t Hurt Your Budget

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Well, perhaps this is the better way to spend your hard-earned money on something that more useful.. than iPad, I’m saying’ perhaps’ because if the place you call home is still without any computer, so it’s better to spend on that rather than tablet, like iPad, as computer technically can do more task that the tablet can’t. And it’s hard-earned money anyway.

It is rare that 15 inch notebook with Pentium Dual Core processor, 2GB DDR3 RAM and Windows 7 Home Premium 64 operating system comes with the price tag below RM1500. Without Windows OS, yes perhaps. So Dell Inspiron 15 notebook which is priced at RM1499 is very ideal for someone looking for budget notebook without compromising the performance. It may look bulky and not as pretty as other notebook, but the spec is worth every single penny you spend. And you know what, Inspiron 15 price made 10 inch netbook (price usually ranged from RM999 – RM1299) looks over priced.

More spec available below, and if you think it fit your budget, hit the source link at the end of the post.

Processor
Intel® Pentium™ Dual Core T4500 (2.3Ghz, 800MHz, 1M cache)
Operating System
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64bit (English)
Memory
2GB (1 X 2 GB) 1 DIMM DDR3 1333Mhz
Hard Drive
320GB 5400RPM Hard Drive
Display
15.6 Widescreen HD WLED display with TrueLife™
Video Card
Mobile Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD
Optical Drive
DVD+/-RW Optical Drive
Wireless Network Card
Atheros 802.11n WiFi Module (MY)
Security Software
McAfee® SecurityCenter™ (Multi-Language) – 15 Months Version
Dell Services: Hardware Maintenance
1Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis
source Dell
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Apple iPad Now Available From Apple Online Store Malaysia

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Why rushing on the hot, congested day and queuing for hours if you can get it online, right from the comfort of your bed, right? And so here is the news that you wish to know earlier..  Apple iPad is now available from Apple’s online store Malaysia!

The price is the same as unit sold through authorized reseller, but you can add a personal laser-engraved message at the back of an iPad. Shipping is free and it will reach your doostep in the next 1 to 3 days, if you order today. As usual, hit the source link to get yours.

source Apple online store

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iPad Now Officially Available in Malaysia

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Okey, so my bad of not reading news portal early this morning, but I’m telling you now, that this is real! iPad is finally here! Yes!. Right after I wrote previous post about data plan for iPad from Maxis, I’m browsing local news portal and only then figure out this news. Well, at least I’m still not too late, right? Apple iPad is now finally here, not through telco as usual, but instead through Apple authorized reseller. That’s great, what do you think?

The pricing is definitely cheaper, way cheaper than what is being offered in the grey market. Honestly, I’m kinda surprise with the price, it is dirt cheap, even to Singapore’s iPad set after price conversion. The last time I calculate, iPad WiFi 16GB from Singapore is priced around Rm1720 after converted from SG dollar. But Rm1549 price tag for that model is really rock bottom price, and made my decision to get iPad last month is one of the worst purchase I ever made. Imagine Rm1800 for iPad Wifi-only 16GB and with Apple Singapore warranty, compared to RM1549 price with local warranty! Well, let’s just forget it!

iPad with WiFi
16GB  RM 1,549
32GB  RM 1,849
64GB  RM 2,149
iPad with WiFi + 3G
16GB  RM 1,999
32GB  RM 2,299
64GB  RM 2,599
So iPad will available from authorized Apple reseller in Malaysia such as Machines and Mac Studio, which both has updated their website with the last iPad information, while other reseller like Epicenter has yet to do so, but perhaps later. Each walk in customer is only allowed to purchased up to 3 units only.  But expect the long queue again; not at telco store, but instead now at Apple authorized reseller store. Would you get one?

via Lowyat, source Discoveryweek

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Maxis Unveil Data Plan for iPad

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I’m expecting iPad to be released today, but apparently only data plan is being released by Maxis. I don’t really see a needs for special data plan for iPad as existing data plan is suffice, but iPad being  such a phenomenal device, why must telco not take advantage from it isn’t? So here you go the plans, which available in prepaid and postpaid.

Postpaid plan starts from Rm70 with 3.5GB worth of data, RM90 for 6.0GB of data, and the most expensive plan gives you 15GB worth of data with RM200 subscription fee. Prepaid plan pricing is close to that, except that it is available on daily and weekly prepaid. Daily price is RM8 with 0.5GB of data and weekly for Rm25 with 2GB of data.  Also available in prepaid plan is the similar plan available in postpaid plan.

All plans are without contract or any subscription fee and comes with free micro sim card. And if you own WiFi only iPad, mifi (Wifi modem) is also being offered, but of course with additional charges.

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source Maxis

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