Patriot Box Office 1080P High Definition Media Player

Price: $89.99 USD (Updated 04/05/2010)

This all-in-one media player offers some of the best functionality to hit the market to date.  Like other digital media players, the Patriot Box Office HD, or Patriot Video Player is a streaming media player, but an added feature unlike most of the other players that are out on the market today is the ability to expand the internal storage capacity of the Box Office.  So, as your media library continues to grow, the Patriot Box Office comes with an internal 2.5″ SATA hard drive slot that will work with any SSD/HDD.  The Patriot Box Office HD media player does not come with an internal hard drive, but it is comforting to know if a person ever wanted to, a hard drive could be added.  Some people may choose to only use it as streaming HD media player, and that is fine, but the Patriot Box Office Wireless G USB Adapter is also available on Amazon*.  Another feature that jumps out is that this digital media player has lots of plugs and will work with any USB mass storage device.  The Patriot Media Player comes with three USB 2.0 ports to accommodate more than one drive or peripheral.  Also playable through the media player optical output or HDMI output, the Patriot Box Office includes Dolby® Digital and DTS™ surround sound processors providing 5.1 and 7.1 channel surround sound through your home entertainment system.

Here is an overview of the features:

• Includes HDMI 1.3 port, Supporting up to True HD 1080p
• Includes expandable hard drive slot for future expansion for extra storage of movies, photos, and music
• Universal Plug-n-Play capability (UPnP)
• 3 USB ports for USB drives
• Audio formats: Dolby®/DTS™ encoder, MP3, WAV, WMA, Real Audio
• Video file formats: MPEG-1, DAT, MPEG-2, VOB, ISO, TS, TP, M2TS, MPEG-4, AVI, MOV,  WMV9, FLA, [H.264/AVC] MKV/TS/AVI/MOV/M2TS, [DviX 3/4/5/6, Xvid] AVI/MKV, [Real Video 8/9/10] RM/RMVB
• Photo formats: JPEG, BMP, PNG
• Connections: Video: HDMI, AV  Composite; Audio: Digital Audio Output S/PDIF (optical), Stereo RCA audio ports; Other: 10/100 Ethernet, 3x USB 2.0 ports & internal 2.5″ SATA HDD connector (HDD not included)
• Remote Control Included

UPDATE 12/08/09 – There is news from Patriot Memory that they will be releasing a new wireless adapter called the Patriot Wireless N USB Adapter that will be compatible with the Patriot Box Office 1080p HD Media Player.  There is no release date set, but I will keep you up to date on the Patriot Media Player update information becomes available.

*UPDATE 04/05/10 – The previous rebate that offered a free wireless adapter has expired from Amazon.com.  The wireless dongle is still available for $19.99.

Image Credit: Patriot Memory