CeBIT 2010: Asus O! Play HD2 Player with USB 3.0

CeBIT 2010: Asus O! Play HD2 Player with USB 3.0

Techtree News Staff, Mar 05, 2010 1324 hrs IST

Features HDMI, eSATA and three slots for memory cards

After the release of Asus O! Play Air the two months back, the company has come out with a brand new O! Play HD2 player with USB 3.0 ports. This new device, which claims to be the first in the world to have USB 3.0 ports, was announced at the ongoing CeBIT 2010 in Hanover, Germany. Bearing the same glossy looks of Asus O! Play family, HD2 has a number of connectivity options to offer. However, to our dismay, Asus hasn't released any specifications of this media player.

Just like the O! Play Air HDP-R1 and HDP-R3, the new HD2 digital media player is capable of full 1080p HD playback. Apart from offering USB 3.0 for connectivity, this new media player is backward compatible so one can hooking old USB 2.0 flash, portable or external hard drives. To experience the blazing fast USB 3.0 speeds, you'll need peripherals that have USB 3.0 ports. Other connectivity options include HDMI out, eSATA and three slots for multi-media memory cards.

Since the most recent model O! Play HDP-R3 had Wi-Fi (802.11n), we can expect HD2 to carry on the same legacy. We are expecting more details about this digital media player to be out soon and will update them here as soon as we receive them.