Digital Home Thoughts: AVerLife Cinema: Enjoy Movies, Music, and Photos on Your TV

"A few product categories have really exploded over the past couple of years: netbooks, smartphones and digital media players come to mind.... AVerMedia Technologies.... has just announced the AVerLife Cinema, which is a digital media player that allows you to combine all media files, including movies, videos, music and photos, on a single device for playback on a TV - all from the comfort of your living room."

For under $70 - a price HotHardware.com finds very competitive - the AVerMedia AVerLife Cinema will allow you to view your digital media on your TV. Limitations include an inability to connect a network drive, a maximum resolution of 720p across the HDMI output, and lack of WiFi capability. The unit allows input from either a Hi-Speed USB port, or built-in multiple format card reader; output ports provided are Audio L/R, Composite and Component Video, and HDMI - and AVerMedia includes both HDMI and Component video cables, along with a remote control, which suggests that this unit may indeed be a good value. Do you agree that the price point makes this unit competitive - or is it missing one or more features that you would consider "must haves" in this product category?