Brando has been launching new SATA HDD docks at a furious pace recently. Its latest dock does what you expect by allowing you to insert a SATA drive into it and use it as external storage. However, its new SATA HDD Multimedia Dock now combines the function of the traditional USB SATA dock with a media center.
The HDD dock supports both 2.5-inch SATA HDD and 3.5-inch SATA HDDs and connects to the PC via USB 2.0. The device supports MPEG-1/2/4, XviD, Divx 3.11/4.x/5.x video formats and MP3, WMA, and WAV audio. Image formats include JPEG, BMP, and GIF. And outputs for AV connectivity include AV out, S-video and component video. The dock doesn’t seem like it supports optical for surround sound though. The dock retails for $84.00, $25.00 of which is the shipping cost.
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