LG XF1 HO hum multimedia hard drive

For a portable home theater, an aesthetically pleasing form factor is as important as versatile format support. What we have here is LG's first mobile multimedia hard drive - XF1. Measuring a 20.8mm in thickness, the XF1 features a gorgeous gloss-black finish with smooth curves, and internally, it has a 500GB and a codec decoder that only reads exclusively FAT32 and NTFS. So, it's not as Mac-friendly as we would have hoped.
Around the back, you'll find a HDMI connector, a power plug, a composite AV output, and a mini-USB jack. The drive, unlike the WD TV HD, has on-onboard touch-sensitive buttons for navigation when you forget to bring along a remote. Video and sound codec compatibility are isn't too shabby, including OGG Vobis and AC3 for audio, but the lack of H.264, WMV and MKV is really a letdown even if the XF1 can playback MPEG-2, DivX and MPEG-4 in HD resolutions, up to 1080i. With choice like LaCie Rugged HD, LG will be fighting an uphill battle if they don't rectify their mistake

Transcend StoreJet 18M Portable Hard Drive

Transcend just rolled out its StoreJet 18M shockproof portable hard drive that fully meets rigorous U.S. military drop-test standards (MIL-STD-810F 516.5—Transit Drop). The hard drive connects to your PC or laptop via USB and comes with a OneTouch auto-backup button that will backup and synchronize data instantly. The Transcend StoreJet 18M Portable Hard Drive is currently available in 120GB storage capacity.

WD AV-GP 2TB hard drive for 24x7 operation

The 24x7 operation segments such as security and surveillance, media servers, media centers etc. requires large capacity hard drive that consumes minimal amount of power. Today Western Digital came out with a drive that meets the requirements of such segments. The WD 2TB AV-GP line of hard drives not only offers large capacity but also reduces power consumption by as much as 40 percent.

According to WD, the new WD AV-GP 2 TB hard drive is perfect for applications
such as DVRs, media centers, media servers , as well as surveillance video recording that demand a higher capacity hard drive and exceptional reliability.