Toshiba BDX1200: How to find the best online video

The Toshiba BDX1200 is a brand new affordable Blu-ray player - not that you'd ever guess the price from the impressive specs. As well as playing back your Blu-ray movies in full 1080p HD with Dolby TrueHD surround sound, and on top of connecting online for bonus disc features via BD Live, it sports a handy USB port: pop in a memory stick or hard drive and you can play back just about any image, audio or video file right to your flatscreen TV.

With that in mind, we thought we'd round up some of the best places on the web to grab free, top quality video for download. Read on for our picks.

YouTube.com
Video sharing web giant YouTube now provides a handy way to grab videos for export elsewhere - namely your BDX1200 Blu-ray set top box. If a YouTube publisher has enabled the feature, you can simply download the Flash video clip in a format which will play on any device - just move the download to a USB stick, plug in and enjoy.

VideoPodcasts.TV
Video podcasts are easy to download and enjoy on the Toshiba BDX1200 - you just move across the files that the RSS feed downloads on to your computer onto a USB memory key. The trick is finding the best ones to watch, and VideoPodcasts.TV solves that for you in one go: it's got the feed addresses for just about every one under the sun, in every category, and you can even see which are the most popular. Just add the address to your podcast downloader of choice and enjoy.

HD-Trailers.net
Cinema buffs should head over to HD-Trailers to check out the latest upcoming movies. While many sites let you stream brand new trailers within the browser, this one goes one better by providing downloads of them all, in every commonly used resolution. Because the BDX1200 plays back HD MKV files, it's your one stop shop for full HD 1080p clips.

Getmiro.com
Miro is a handy video player for your PC or laptop, as it can open every codec and container under the sun. But it's also an incredible resource for for free, legal internet video, with easy access to public domain TV shows and video podcast feeds to download. You can grab the program itself from the link above.