Most other places will simply refer to this as the M2TV, but were not that lazy. For you, readers, well dig out our bag of magical key combinations and do it the proper way: MediaGates MG-M²TV. Beyond the needlessly elevated name what we have here is a reasonably comprehensive media player with a title far more interesting than its look. That boring black box houses a lot of functionality, including compatibility with oodles of video formats like AVI, WMV9, MKV, Xvid, H.264 -- and even RealVideo for some reason (yes, RealNetworks is still around). Music and image formats are equally comprehensive, theres even subtitle support, and it can all be sent to your HDTV at 1080p over HDMI or Component (check out the outputs after the break). Itll take media from a USB HDDs, memory cards, and there are plans for a WiFi module in the not too distant future. MSRP is $119, but were finding it for around $100, meaning WDs HD Media Player has a little competition on its hands.
