New products in IO Data's Challenger line will be on display at the IO AVeL Fair in IO Plaza Akiba. The Movie Tank is a USB2.0 external hard drive enclosure that can play video files encoded with MPEG1/2/4 (including DivX/XviD) codecs directly to your TV. Read more for detailed info and other models.

Movie Tank (model SOTO-3.5U/M), a 3.5" USB2.0 external hard drive case, is able to play video files encoded in MPEG1/2/4 (DivX/XviD) codecs and output directly to your TV. MP3 files can also be played, with both analog and S/PDIF audio output. A remote control will also be included. The price is not yet determined and expected release date is end of June/July.
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Movie LAN Tank (model SOTO-3.5L/M), while having the same video and audio playing features of Movie Tank, adds a Mini PCI slot for a wireless LAN card. The casing is not finished and only its internal board and HDD are on display. It is expected to be released some time this summer.
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Also on display are: AC Tank (PT-ACADP), an adapter unit that supplies power to 3 Challenger drive cases simultaneously; SOTO-DVPUE (nickname TBA), a USB2.0/IEEE1394 optical drive enclosure; LAN Tank (SOTO-3.5XU/LX), an Ethernet-ready hard drive case and printer server; and Change Tank (NAKA-HDRC), an adapter that enables hard drive hot-swapping. Release dates for these units are not yet announced.
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Inspired by:
http://akiba.ascii24.com/akiba/news/2004/05/15/649617-000.html [9]

IO Data's "Challenger" line:
http://supertank.iodata.jp/ [10]

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