QNAP Systems has released the QNAP NMP-1000 networked media player that originally debuted in March at CeBIT 2009. Now it is making it’s way to the masses. The device supports BitTorrent Server, FTP Server, remote web browser access, and is DLNA compliant.

The QNAP NMP-1000 can also function as an external USB or eSATA drive for your PC. The device supports most multimedia file formats including XVID, H.264, H.263, WMV9, VC1, AVI, MPEG/MPG, MKV, FLAC, WAV, WMA, AAC, PCM, AC3, and OGG.

Digital Cowboy just rustled up its latest multimedia player called Movie Cowboy. Yee-Haw. This device can double as a NAS, which is convenient. The Movie Cowboy can stream all High Definition and Standard Definition content onto most modern TVs through the magic of an HDMI output.

It also includes a USB port, two USB hosts and composite output, so it can reproduce MPEG2 HD(ts,tp,trp), MPEG-1/2, Xvid, DAT, ISO, VOB, IFO, MKV(x.264), H.264, WMV9, ASF, MOV, RMVB, FLV, MP4, MotionJPEG video files, alongside MP3, AAC, OGG, AC3, DTS, MPEG1/2 Layer 1/2/3(MP3), MPEG2-2BC, MPEG-2/4 ACC-LG, WMA9(Pro) and FLAC audio files.

Brando loves to release docking stations for your SATA HDDs every couple of months. This latest unit adds H.264 decoding to the already present DivX, Xvid and MPEG-4 and outputs to full 1080p. It features HDMI and a bunch of supported media formats. It gives you a lot of options.

This new device accepts 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch hard drives as well as USB flash memory, SD, MMC, and MS cards. There’s much to like. Until you get to the price, which is $199. There are nicer looking alternatives available for about half that.

The MediaGate MG-M²TV should be a pretty versatile media player. The little box packs quite a punch and is compatible with a whole bunch of video formats including AVI, WMV9, MKV, Xvid, H.264 and RealVideo.

The MediaGate MG-M²TV will also playback your music and image file fomats easily and even offers subtitle support for watching a foreign movie. If you want to use your HDTV to it’s full potential, you can output video and audio to your HDTV at 1080p resolution via HDMI or component.

Microsoft made the official announcement late Tuesday that the Zune HD, the next generation of the Zune media player, would indeed be hitting the market in the near future. The Zune HD packs some new features including built-in HD radio, high-def video out, OLED multi-touch screen, WiFi and an included internet browser.

I haven’t been into riding bikes since I was like 10. There are lots of people in my area though that are really into riding bikes. I always wonder how safe it is to ride a bike in a city while wearing an MP3 player that blocks your hearing. After all, they wouldn’t be able to hear all the rednecks shouting profanities at them.

A company from Taiwan has a new MP3 player designed for portability and use without headphones called the Podio. The device is fully integrated into an 88mm long cylinder-shaped micro speaker. The music player portion of the device has 2GB of internal storage.

Seagate recently introduced a new home media player designed to work with its FreeAgent Go portable hard drives. The new FreeAgent Theater HD media player will be available in March for around $130 standalone, or it can be paired with one of several Seagate FreeAgent Go drives for varying prices.

The FreeAgent Theater is designed to let one enjoy media content stored on the FreeAgent Go drive via a home entertainment system. The FreeAgent Theater media player supports MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 formats, and DIVX files with video resolutions for NTSC, PAL and HD up to 1080i. The audio formats supported include 5.1 channel surround sound, where available, and also plays the popular digital audio formats including: MP3, WMA, WAV and OGG.

SanDisk is releasing the latest upgrade the Sansa Clip MP3 player this week, doubling its capacity to 8GB. Aside from the storage change the features are staying pretty much the same, but this is an MP3 player you would definitely want to take a look at.

The Sansa Clip is small, weighing just 0.9 ounces and has a clip to hook onto clothing or whatever similar to the tiny iPod Shuffle. Even though it’s slightly larger (by less than a half an ounce), it really does has some advantages over the shuffle for not much more money. For starts the Clip of course now has an 8GB capacity and is retailing for just under $100 compared to $70 for the 2GB shuffle which is 4 times the storage for $30 more.

Addlogix is releasing an upgrade to its IV-2020, which lets you display your computer screen on a television display. This upgrade, known as the IV-2020-RC, will run you around $230.

The IV-2020-RC, as an upgrade, now features an an IR remote control which will allow users to control the mouse and perform basic text entry and other keystrokes from another room. The primary focus of this device is to allow to view streaming video wirelessly to a TV or projector via the computer’s onboard or add-on IEEE 802.11 b/g adapter., according to Addlogix.

Iomega recently popped out a new multimedia device which lets you play media files through attached USB storage media. It is called the Iomega ScreenPlay TV Link and you’ll find it pricing around $100.

The Iomega ScreenPlay TV Link, unlike most other Iomega products, lacks any internal storage of its own. It rather acts as a device bridge between your home entertainment equipment and USB storage media containing compatible digital music, photos and videos. It offers a USB port for attaching compatible storage devices as well as A/V connection options like HDMI and composite.

The wireless mult-room music system developers over at Sonos are releasing some new players to update their line of products. These are the Sonos ZonePlayer 120 and ZonePlayer 90, priced at around $500 and $350, respectively.

The Sonos ZonePlayer 120 offers up what the manufacturer says are “advances in power supply design, digital amplifier engineering, industrial design, and mechanical engineering.” These all amounts to what is perhaps the best ZonePlayer to date. The ZonePlayer 90, meanwhile, is more of a basic unit.

From overseas comes a new HD wireless media center enclosure  - all you need do is add a hard drive. It is called the Chinavision CVSBN-6000 HD Wireless Media Center and there is no pricing information available as of yet.

The Chinavision CVSBN-6000 HD Wireless Media Center is designed to provide 1080p output to your television, making it similar to other products in the media center world. What it does do which is cool is allow for up to 500GB of hard drive storage while also supporting a wide variety of audio and video file formats. It is also 802.11 wireless, allowing for wireless access to media on your PC.

Kodak surfaced today in the set-top box, media player space by unveiling its take on such a device. It is called the Kodak Theatre HD Player and pricing is said to be around $300.

The Kodak Theatre HD Player, like similar products, is designed to bring digital media content from your PC and other sources to your home media room. It offers high resolution as a viewing option, with still images shown at a 16:9 Aspect Ratio and videos at 720p. Connectivity is either wired or wireless.

Remember MacGyver? As in Angus MacGyver, the guy who could make a bomb from your grandmothers bra, dental floss and a paper clip? The folks at Skullcandy now have a watch bearing his name. The MacGyver watch features a 5-mode audio equalizer, 3-D stereo sound, built-in voice recorder, integrated USB cable, and thumb drive to store and transfer data.

Through the magic of my crappy Photoshop skills, we can clearly see Mac before and after wearing the watch. In the before pic he’s clearly bored while rigging his latest gadget, which obviously involves an alligator clip so he can escape captivity. In the second pic he’s wearing the watch. He’s still clearly not thrilled with his latest feat of innovation, however his watch is no longer from the 80’s and so he stops to have a beer and contemplate his career, secure in the knowledge that someone finally named a watch after him. MacGyver…Stargate…And a watch. Oh yeah.

first brought you word of the D-Link PC-on-TV Player back during CES in January. D-Link has now announced availability of this media player, pricing the DPG-1200 at around $240.

The D-Link DPG-1200 lets you stream Web-based content normally available through your PC to your television instead. It connects to a TV through several different types of video outputs and uses Wi-Fi to connect to the home network. It includes a remote control for navigation of content.