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500gig Multimedia Drive

  • 19-05-2009 10:09PM
    #1
    jesterhead
    Closed Accounts Posts: 121 ✭✭jesterhead


    Spotted this in Eason Galway today. Not sure of brand but it was a 500gig multimedia hard drive with remote for E99. Sounds cheap to me, also had a 1tb regular hard drive for E99.


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  • #2
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 94,366 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    the 500GB it's a disgo media bank

    will record from composite in at 640x480 - no tuner just what is on the scart
    and play video and pictures too
    won't do HD
    has card reader , menu's probably slow

    http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-9963017-1.html


  • #3
    slayerdiabolus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33 ✭slayerdiabolus


    The regular Hard Drive's are Dane-Elec. I work in one of the Cork stores and picked one up last week. the 1TB one formats to 930gb which I was very chuffed at. I was expecting the usual 700gb bollocks

    http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/2401966/art/dane-elec/so-ready-secure-external.html


  • #4
    steamboat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 218 ✭✭steamboat


    Ya, spotted this disgo media bank in Easons a couple of weeks ago... pic attached. I was going to post it here but decided against it after reading reviews... going to give this one a miss


  • #5
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    the 1tb media hard drive is dane-elec, only the 500gb is disgo. their - DE - stuff is usually ok.


  • #6
    dingding
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,940 ✭✭✭dingding


    ANyone know if the drive is a SATA drive, would make a neat upgrade for my laptop.


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  • #7
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 94,366 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    dingding wrote: »
    ANyone know if the drive is a SATA drive, would make a neat upgrade for my laptop.
    They are 3.5" drives
    laptops need 2.5" drives


  • #8
    degsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,760 ✭✭✭degsie


    Grabbed one of the 1TB drives in Liffey Valley. Decent build quality and a nice Samsung HD103SI drive inside. They were marked at €159 but €99 at till. Thanks OP.


  • #9
    dingding
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,940 ✭✭✭dingding


    Thanks,

    Found spec of drive here in case anyone is interested in using the hard disk for something.

    Product Description:

    Samsung Serial ATA/300 Internal Hard Drive
    Manufacturer: Samsung
    Manufacturer Website Address: www.samsungusa.com
    Product Name: Serial ATA/300 Internal Hard Drive
    Product Type: Hard Drive
    Storage Capacity: 1TB
    Data Transfer Rate: 300MBps Maximum External
    Rotational Speed: 5400 rpm
    Interfaces/Ports: 1 x 7-pin Serial ATA/300 Serial ATA
    Form Factor: 3.5" Internal
    Standard Warranty: 3 Year

    MAX.500 GB Formatted Capacity Per Disk, Environment friendly product with RoHS, compliance Serial ATA 3.0 Gbps Interface Support, Improved performance with dual-ARM based firmware, Improved recording stability over temperature with PMR, ATA S.M.A.R.T. Compliant, Advanced dynamic FOD control for best data integrity, ATA Automatic Acoustic Management Feature, Intelligent compensation of external disturbance, ATA 48-bit Address Feature, SATA Native Command Queuing Feature, ATA Device Configuration Overlay Feature, Device Initiated SATA Power Management, NoiseGuard, Rotational vibration sensor, SilentSeek


  • #10
    MunsterCycling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,864 ✭✭✭MunsterCycling


    http://www.samsung.com/global/business/hdd/productmodel.do?group=72&type=61&subtype=78&model_cd=440&#

    Should bring you to the samsung site.

    MC


  • #11
    Troy Clean Pluto
    Posts: 7,320 ✭✭✭ Troy Clean Pluto


    Does anybody know of one of these multimedia drives that has got good reviews and does do its job well?


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