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Unfortunately you can't stream with the WDTV. I bought it not only to play music from my Zune or an external hard drive, but also for the ability you play videos, pictures etc. I also like the portability of it, as I'll end up taking it with me to cottages for entertainment.

Brandon, I also use an 80 GB PS3. Can you comment on how you hooked up your 1 TB external HD to it? I should mention I also stream from my home PC using TVersity. Thanks.

Sorry, new to the forum business. Hopefully the quote I responded to shows above this time.

Hi Laing2,

Question. If you are already streaming from your PC with TVersity (which I do as well) then why do you need an external hard drive. I guess 'not having to turn on your PC' is the most likely answer. Mine is never turned off so it's not a concern for me.

External hard drives work pretty seamlessly with a PS3. However, one thing to note is that unless it has changed recently, a PS3 is limited to reading hard drives that are formatted in FAT32 format. This limits file sizes to proximately 4GB. This isn't a big problem for most music formats but if you intend to store movies on the hard drive, you will have to compress them to fit within the 4 Gigs.

Tversity overcomes this problem by allowing you to use a PC with NTSF formatted drives for bigger file sizes. Because the data streams to the PS3, it won't care that it's not coming from a FAT32 drive.

Here's a preview of the new Zune coming out. It's one slick unit, and I have a feeling I'll be upgrading from my current 80 GB second-generation Zune.

Zune HD

Check out Brando. They've got a bunch of weird HDD docks.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/brandos-latest-sata-hdd-multimedia-dock-does-hdmi-the-ancestor/

Indeed about the new Zune! I had the pleasure of using a silver Sansa Fuze 8gb today. These go for about $100, less than that in the US. I have to say I was thoroughly impressed with it. It supports all the normal files such as MP3, WAV etc as well as OGG and Flac. It also play video (which I didn't test), photos, FM radio and as is also equipped witha SD memory expansion slot just to name a few.



It has similar features as my D2+ besides the touchscreen (much more expensive player than the Fuze). The memory is going to be lacking on the Fuze for some folks such as Murph (even with the sd card). However, the Fuze is a slick looking unit with a lot of great non gimmiky features and offers great value in the MP3 world. I am hoping to test the video performance between the Fuze and my Cowon D2 :D. The D2 really excels at video.

Agreed.

I'm really exited about the new Zune but I just don't know if I could live with 32GB, considering I often top out just over 50GB, depending on the number and size of few the podcasts I subscribe to. If they had just added an additional SD slot, I'd already be writing Santa.

I hear you Murph. Although I believe 32 GB would be enough for me. I currently have around 45 GB on my Zune, which are a lot of movies that I don't even watch; I pretty much only use it for music now. The only reason I have movies on it is so I could use my Zune dock and watch them when I'm out and about, but now I have my wdtv.