I've felt for a long time we were getting shafted by having our 'receiver' and 'audio' built into our 'screen'-- and for many years that is how all TVs were and still are sold.
I probably won't buy one, but this is a step in the right direction. I would like to give WD TV a pat on the back. Now that someone has separated the 'receiver' from the 'screen', it would be nice for a company to take it one further to solve the 'vampire electricity drain' from all of our devices.
Instead of having the audio, receiver, and the screen plugged in and on* all the time; maybe we'll get a screen and audio that completely powers off until the receiver module snaps a relay so that most of the devices only suck power when we are actually using them.
It may wind up being that I will want that next step towards modularity, compatibility, and miserly power usage.
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* How else do you think it monitors for a signal from the remote? It is on in a power save mode waiting to sense that you have pushed a button.
This was brought to my attention by Dave Wickman, he's one of those almost bleeding edge of technology people. He may evolve into one of the guys that has the thing before anyone else, but as of yet he's the guy with some of the newest toys available. Anyways, forwarding the link he posted: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=832 .
Take care & don't waste your life on subpar TV programming,
-Brad Chesney
Rebel Leader
The Rust Belt Rebellion
http://rustbeltrebellion.com
