inputs.text: must gadget - got micca slim week ago felt really compelled write review awesome gadget hdd media players around not popular people bump looking external hdd enclosure recently hdd media players gotten pretty powerful newer models like micca even equipped hdmi output miccas build quality decent center frame made translucent purple plastic topbottom plates made black anodized brushed aluminum much better terms cooling allplastic enclosures main board spans entire internal dimension player hdd sits right main board whole assembly held together 2 screws everything feels solid flexrattle free even 500gb hdd installed player light feels like half empty players connectors one end ir remote sensor end logical layout helps keep everything tidy neat opinion hdmi \\killer app\\ feature hdd players even though pmps like archos various ipods avout composite video output rendering whatever high quality video may essentially pointless builtin lcd sounds nice paper no one realizes silly 4\\ smaller screen try watch something longer 10 minutes one used archos 605 one biggest nicest lcds ever built pmp time wishing could output video onto larger display like tv computer monitor retaining quality hdmi connection micca allows also providing added convenience carrying audio video one cable also due poor codec compatibility archos 605 owned common affliction pmps constantly recode videos would play meant keeping two copies video not elegant solution experience micca slim opposite handles videos coded playback notebook without issues h264 videos didnt recode videos playback micca slim playback quality least good notebook computer keep one copy videos micca slim played back way want coworkers gave blank stare showed micca slim one remarked \\this doesnt screen\\ faces lit connected 20\\ work monitor saw quality playback \\try ipod touch\\ end not micca things easily unobtrusively need portable hard disk drive anyway need large one hold media files portable hdd also plays back media files stored natural function