#3. Western Digital WD TV Play ($87 @ Amazon.com)
Its interface is easy to navigate and there’s also a free smartphone app that allows turns your phone into a remote. It’s a good option if you want a place to stash a bunch of media files — music, images, videos, but you can also stream content from providers like Hulu Plus, Netflix, etc.
Video Formats supported: AVI (Xvid, AVC, MPEG1/2/4), MPG/MPEG, VOB, MKV (h.264, x.264, AVC, MPEG1/2/4, VC-1),TS/TP/M2T (MPEG1/2/4, AVC, VC-1) MP4/MOV (MPEG4, h.264), M2TS, FLV (h.264)
Audio Formats Supported: MP3, WAV/PCM/LPCM, WMA, AAC, FLAC, MKA, AIF/AIFF, OGG, Dolby Digital, DTS
Image formats Supported: JPEG, GIF, TIF/TIFF, BMP, PNG