Digital Cowboy’s DC-MCNP1 2.5-inch NAS doubles as media player

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I think anything with a hard drive should be allowed to act as a asimple NAS, which is just what this extender device from Digital Cowboy’s allows. Hook up an external hard drive with all your content, and now it’s basically its own media Player instead of just extender…save money on that power bill!

 

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The DC-MCNP1, which falls neatly into the Movie Cowboy family, is a 2.5-inch NAS drive at heart, but aside from giving you access to files on its diminutive internal drive anywhere in the world, it also streams a plethora of file formats to your HDTV. The HDMI / composite video outputs should take care of the vast majority of ya, and the USB 2.0 socket provides an expansion option for those needing to hook up an external HDD. An Ethernet port is built in for network access, but those who’d prefer to cut the cord can certainly plug a wireless adapter into that USB socket and pray continuously to the signal gods above. If you find yourself in Fukuoka next month, give this one a look if you’ve got ¥19,900 ($209) to spare.