Stand-alone Multimedia HD

TheZohanS

Hi there,

Can anyone recommend a good external multimedia hard drive.

I'm basically looking for a stand alone hard drive with a min of 500 gb that will play back divx etc. files directly to tv.

I have a budget of €250 to €300 max.

I've see LaCie and Omega do some nice drives but was wondering if anyone has any suggestions.

Thanks.

zod

never used .. but seems cheap!

http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/2041547/art/memup/3-5-mediadisk-lx-1-tb-usb.html

Joeface

Iomega HD media player , 500gb , Divx , Hdmi out Scart ect. 149 in PC world

Have to say very nice system , was well impressed by it.

Rabidlamb

Joeface wrote: »

Iomega HD media player , 500gb , Divx , Hdmi out Scart ect. 149 in PC world

Have to say very nice system , was well impressed by it.

I got one for Christmas & I'm very impressed.
No need to continually burn DVD's anymore.
I just play avi files without converting & I cant notice any quality difference in comparison to VOB's.

Note that although the device says it is a HD player I believe it only works as an upscaler hence you'll need to original 9GB DVD in the first place.

TheZohanS

Thanks for your help, much appreciated.

peustace

What formats and codecs can this play? And is it updatable for newer codec releases?

Joeface

Im not 100% sure but , I tested it with piles of Dvix and Xvid files

off the web site it says "MP3, AC3 (Dolby® Digital Encoding), WAV, WMA, MPEG-1, MPEG-2 (AVI/VOB), MPEG-4 (AVI/DiVX 3.11, 4.x, 5.x/XViD) and JPEG"


http://www.iomega-europe.com/section?SID=876f8ff8c43afbd2f41f1452a94e590f36d:4725&secid=39289

peustace

And from that test did they all work?