No doubt and obviously, we already are living in a digital age. There are several portable media devices that are offered in the market which are ideal for watching videos or listen to music in a simple and handy way for people on the go. But these devices still cannot be compared to what experience you can get when sporting a full home media system while sitting comfortably on a couch and sharing these moments with your friends and family which you often cannot do with such portable devices. One product you can consider with the growing list of home media devices that plays content on your TV is the Asus O!Play HDP-R1 digital media player.

Asus is mostly known for producing several high-performance computers either portable or desktop ones. So it would be pretty exciting to know the offerings of this Asus media player.

Well, the Asus O!Play HDP-R1 digital media player is created to be connected with media stored on attached drivers or over a 100 Mbps Ethernet connection. It also has a USB port located at the left side portion of the unit along with a combo eSATA/USB 2.0 port and a reset button. You will also find other various output ports for analog stereo audio, composite video, digital audio (optical S/PDIF), HDMI which supports up to 1080p and 60Hz, and a 100 Mbps Ethernet port which are all situated at the back panel of the device. The front face of the digital media player only includes two LEDs, one LED for power status and another one which acts as an indicator for detected attached storage device.

The  O!Play HDP-R1 digital media player is also relatively small, only about 1.9 x 7.1 x 4.9 inches, typically a black box with round edges.