LaCie LaCinema Classic Bridge Media Player 1080p HD Media Player Sans HDD

We posted only last week concerning LaCie's latest LaCinema Black HD
players/streamers - see: LaCie LaCinema Black Series Updated LaCie
LaCinema PLAY/ LaCinema RECORD - and now LaCie have added yet another
LaCinema device to their range in the form of the LaCie LaCinema Classic
Bridge which, unlike the aforementioned devices, is supplied sans hard disk.

Offered up as being the foundation from which you can build you own
media player, the LaCie LaCinema Classic Bridge can be hooked up to an
external USB hard disk or you can simply insert a 3.5 SATA HDD yourself
(5400rpm recommended, formatted with Fat32) and you're done.
The LaCie LaCinema Classic Bridge, which is primarily intended to turn
any existing internal and external hard disks into 'dynamic media
servers' (though, as indicated previously, you could just opt to buy a
HDD with view to setting the device up) will happily stream 1080p HD
video content as well as MPEG4, MP3, WMA, JPEG and HD-JPEG file formats
and, as well as offing HDMI connectivity supporting 1080p unscaling of
SD content, also comes with Composite video and, from an audio
perspective, both stereo L/R and digital coaxial SPDIF.

The LaCie LaCinema Classic Bridge media player is set to retail at just
shy of $100 though, as at the time of writing, LaCie are yet to announce
a date of availability.