Engadget has the details of HP’s new MediaSmart Receiver x280N which will have built-in Media Center Extender functionality among other things.  According to the article, it will support DivX, Xvid, H.264, MPEG-2, AAC and more.  It will support 802.11a/b/g/n and also includes support for HP’s Pocket Media Drive.

No pricing has been released, but I’d expect it to be more than current offerings by $100 or so.  If that’s right, it will be a bit expensive to bother with.

HP will also be offering a new set of MediaSmart HDTVs with integrated Extenders as expected.  A software update will be offered by existing models.  No timeline given, but CES might bring that news.

Update: Ian has got some good shots of the unit up.  Very small, very sleek.

Gizmodo is reporting it will be $300, yet no other media outlet or blog has said anything about price.  This is odd as I believe their information came directly from a simple press release which didn't include any pricing information.