shown referring now to fig1 a the network interface can be implemented in a high definition television hdtv 420 the hdtv 420 may include signal processing and or control circuits which are generally identified in fig1 a at 422 a wlan interface mass data storage of the hdtv 420 and or a power supply 423 the hdtv 420 receives hdtv input signals in either a wired or wireless format and generates hdtv output signals for a display 426 in some implementations signal processing circuit and or control circuit 422 and or other circuits not shown of the hdtv 420 may process data perform coding and or encryption perform calculations format data and or perform any other type of hdtv processing that may be required the hdtv 420 may communicate with mass data storage 427 that stores data in a nonvolatile manner such as optical and or magnetic storage devices the hdd may be a mini hdd that includes one or more platters having a diameter that is smaller than approximately 1 8 u2033 the hdtv 420 may be connected to memory 428 such as ram rom low latency nonvolatile memory such as flash memory and or other suitable electronic data storage the hdtv 420 also may support connections with a wlan via a wlan network interface 429 referring now to fig1 b the network interface can be implemented in a set top box 480 the set top box 480 may implement signal processing and or control circuits which are generally identified in fig1 b.