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[LUG] Possible Linux-based media player?

 

Hi all,

Just saw the following on Aldi for next week:
http://uk.aldi.com/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_16758.htm

A bit of digging (and Google translating) and it looks quite likely
that it is a Linux based device:
Specifications of the Medion Life E85015 (MD 86 162) Full-HD Media
Player

Supported file formats:

Video: MPG, MPEG, AVI, WMV, MP4, MOV, DAT, VOB, ISO, MKV, TS
Audio: MP3, WMA, WAV, ASF, AAC, OGG, FLAC
Subtitles: SRT, SUB, SMI, IDX, SSA, ASS
Photo: JPG, BMP, PNG, GIF, TIFF
Miscellaneous:

Supported file systems: FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, UDF, ****EXT3****
Card reader: SD, SDHC, MMC, MS, MS Pro
Dimensions: 15 x 12 x 4.5 cm (W x D x H)
Weight: 450 g
Connections:

Inputs: 2 x USB 2.0 (1 front, 1 back), 1 x LAN (10/100 Mbps)
Outputs: 1 x HDMI, 1 x component video (YPbPr), 1 x optical output (S /
PDIF), 1 x Composite Video, 2 x Audio RCA (Stereo)

I'm kinda tempted to pick one up! :)

Grant.

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