1 tb iomega screen play hard drive 99 euro

craftypaddy

saw this in harvey normans a 1 tb hard drive with built in media player for 99 euro from 159, had one for a year no problems so far. connects straight to tv

Hogzy

This doesnt play DTS, MKV or WMV which is a massive downside

Jax Teller

Cheers my dad has one might get one for myself at 99 euro ya can't complain really

Woodgate

Got one this morning, real easy to use, enjoying some good movies already.

SteelyDanJalapeno

any link for this?

Jax Teller

Horgan wrote: »

any link for this?

http://www.harveynorman.ie/iomega-screenplay-plus-hd-1tb-multimedia-hard-drive.html

melekalikimaka

so pretty much useless for hd content

Hogzy

melekalikimaka wrote: »

so pretty much useless for hd content

Yup.
IMO a 1TB disk is useless if the device doesnt support HD content.

craftypaddy

Hogzy wrote: »

This doesnt play DTS, MKV or WMV which is a massive downside

you could always convert them, most i get are avi files from kick*******ents

Funfair

You can buy a reconditioned one here.. http://go.iomega.com/en/products/factory-outlet/reconditioned-multimedia-drives/screenplay-plus/?partner=4725

The Iomega ScreenPlay Plus HD Media Player for €63.90 with 3 months warranty direct from Iomega

fl4pj4ck

bought it today but only after opening the box realized it doesn't have network connector. that's a bummer

irishproduce

It says on the harvey norman link that it is HD though. Would this not mean it would support a ripped file from your HD disc?

fl4pj4ck

technically speaking - yes. however it only utilizes DivX technology, where most of today's HD stuff is being distributed in MKV (Matroska) containers

if you convert it - then no problem, but remember this particular one will only be good for up to 1080i (interlaced), so it won't display a "proper" 1080p HD movie

richardw001

These were 110 in easons before christmas - I would expect you to be able to get one cheaper than 99 euro in the sales - (either in easons or elsewhere)

Allyall

I bought it in HN on Christmas eve for €118. It's a lovely player. I probably will buy another from the refurbished link, for €63, That's an amazing price even refurbished.

Funfair

Allyall wrote: »

I bought it in HN on Christmas eve for €118. It's a lovely player. I probably will buy another from the refurbished link, for €63, That's an amazing price even refurbished.

Doubt any of them are refurbished to be honest, I'm guessing they are selling off new stock and call it refurbished not to upset the retailers they supply.

docdolittle

the shipping is €15.50 on the iomega drive, but the coupon code IOSUR0810A is 10% off 73.01 total

Abelloid

Funfair wrote: »

You can buy a reconditioned one here.. http://go.iomega.com/en/products/factory-outlet/reconditioned-multimedia-drives/screenplay-plus/?partner=4725

The Iomega ScreenPlay Plus HD Media Player for €63.90 with 3 months warranty direct from Iomega

Good spot, thanks. Just bought one of these

http://go.iomega.com/en/products/factory-outlet/reconditioned-multimedia-drives/screenplay-pro/?partner=4725

and another 1tb NAS drive for €118 delivered.

irishproduce

JustinOval wrote: »

Good spot, thanks. Just bought one of these

http://go.iomega.com/en/products/factory-outlet/reconditioned-multimedia-drives/screenplay-pro/?partner=4725

and another 1tb NAS drive for €118 delivered.

I bought the refurbed 1TB one.
Tell me, I am correct in saying none of these can do HD ya?

fl4pj4ck

irishproduce wrote: »

I bought the refurbed 1TB one.
Tell me, I am correct in saying none of these can do HD ya?

see:

fl4pj4ck wrote: »

technically speaking - yes. however it only utilizes DivX technology, where most of today's HD stuff is being distributed in MKV (Matroska) containers

if you convert it - then no problem, but remember this particular one will only be good for up to 1080i (interlaced), so it won't display a "proper" 1080p HD movie

Aquos76

Anyone else get a dispached email for their order form iomega, last night my scheduled delivery date was 31/12/2010, but now I see that it has been pushed out to 6/1/2011

Abelloid

Mine just says '..in a few days'.

Aquos76

JustinOval wrote: »

Mine just says '..in a few days'.

Is that on the ups tracking site or on iomega's own site?

Abelloid

Oh yeah, sorry, UPS says 6/01/11.

EDIT: Estimated date is gone now, parcel is in Barking, GB.

polaris68

docdolittle wrote: »

the shipping is €15.50 on the iomega drive, but the coupon code IOSUR0810A is 10% off 73.01 total

Thanks for the coupon code, just ordered one of these.

Great price!

CR 7

Is there any difference between the ScreenPlay Plus HD and the ScreenPlay Pro HD, other than 500gb of storage (and network connection)? I was thinking of getting one to, basically, replace a DVD player, won't be connected to a network. And, I'm not sure if i'm fully understanding how it works, I have a tv with a USB socket that plays video files directly from a hard drive. The other TV, that I want this for, doesn't have a usb port, so I presume this does the same thing through HDMI.

Abelloid

Aquos76 wrote: »

Anyone else get a dispached email for their order form iomega, last night my scheduled delivery date was 31/12/2010, but now I see that it has been pushed out to 6/1/2011

Typical UPS; Two parcels shipped and tracked together all the way to Cork, one arrived yesterday, the other won't until Tuesday....

Aquos76

I got both of mine delivered yesterday also, although for a while it looked like one of the packages was also left back in cork, the driver couldn't find it in the van. He eventually found it and dropped it back to me.

polaris68

Have you tried out the media player yet??

Mine is still in Tamworth.

Aquos76

Yeah, I ordered the 500g SCREENPLAY PRO HD and also the 1tb Gigabit Ethernet drive, both are decent, if I had one complaint about each it would be that there is no usb port for connecting to PC for quicker transfer and also the remote control for the media player is pretty awful, its is very slow to react and when it does work it can be over sensitive.

Also I got no instructions with ether device, sure for that money I wouldnt give out to much.

Abelloid

Have a look here -

http://screenplayprohd.wikia.com/wiki/ScreenPlay_Pro_HD

Abelloid

Aquos76 wrote: »

Yeah, I ordered the 500g SCREENPLAY PRO HD and also the 1tb Gigabit Ethernet drive, both are decent, if I had one complaint about each it would be that there is no usb port for connecting to PC for quicker transfer and also the remote control for the media player is pretty awful, its is very slow to react and when it does work it can be over sensitive.

Also I got no instructions with ether device, sure for that money I wouldnt give out to much.

My Screenplay arrived today, it has two USB ports..

Aquos76

Sorry, my mistake, when I said, if I had one complaint about each, I meant the lack of the USB port on the 1tb eternet drive and the remote issue on the screenplay.

I've even managed to get the screenplay working over wireless network using a standard belkin wireless USB adaptor. I'm delighted with both items to be honest

Abelloid

Oh right.


...my one does have a USB port.

Aquos76

JustinOval wrote: »

Oh right.


...my one does have a USB port.

Sorry, but which one are you referring to that has the usb port, it is the ethernet Hard disk I an referring to, and not the Screenplay. It does have one USB port on it, but this is for connecting another drive or USB stick to, notto connect to PC for data transfer.

Abelloid

Aquos76 wrote: »

Sorry, but which one are you referring to that has the usb port, it is the ethernet Hard disk I an referring to, and not the Screenplay. It does have one USB port on it, but this is for connecting another drive or USB stick to, notto connect to PC for data transfer.

Yes, the NAS drive. Sorry, I just assumed it would connect, haven't tried it.

Philsopher

Funfair wrote: »

You can buy a reconditioned one here.. http://go.iomega.com/en/products/factory-outlet/reconditioned-multimedia-drives/screenplay-plus/?partner=4725

The Iomega ScreenPlay Plus HD Media Player for €63.90 with 3 months warranty direct from Iomega

Is this compatible with Windows 7? It doesn't say in the spec...

Abelloid

Philsopher wrote: »

Is this compatible with Windows 7? It doesn't say in the spec...

https://iomega-eu-en.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22175

May need a firmware upgrade.

Philsopher

JustinOval wrote: »

https://iomega-eu-en.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22175

May need a firmware upgrade.

Thanks for that. I haven't a clue about this sort of thing so maybe you could tell me how I would go about this and how much it would cost? Thanks.

polaris68

Funfair wrote: »

Doubt any of them are refurbished to be honest, I'm guessing they are selling off new stock and call it refurbished not to upset the retailers they supply.

I ordered the ScreenPlay Plus from Iomega and can confirm they are definitely refurbished.

Mine arrived with a old broken remote containing leaking batteries. As the remote is necessary for TV playback, at the moment all I have is a 930GB external hard drive!!

Navigating Iomega's labyrinthine online customer support is proving frustrating so far.

Aquos76

polaris68 wrote: »

I ordered the ScreenPlay Plus from Iomega and can confirm they are definitely refurbished.

Mine arrived with a old broken remote containing leaking batteries. As the remote is necessary for TV playback, at the moment all I have is a 930GB external hard drive!!

Navigating Iomega's labyrinthine online customer support is proving frustrating so far.

The two drives I received, the 500gb media player and the 1gb NAS drive both look brand new, I even had to install the battery into the remote.

Abelloid

Philsopher wrote: »

Thanks for that. I haven't a clue about this sort of thing so maybe you could tell me how I would go about this and how much it would cost? Thanks.

It's a free update, instructions here -

https://iomega-eu-en.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/20839/session/L2F2LzEvdGltZS8xMjk0MzMzMjA0L3NpZC9YbTM2U29qaw%3D%3D

But you might not even need it, check yours first. (not sure how, haven't used mine yet...)

LanceStorm

Hogzy wrote: »

This doesnt play DTS, MKV or WMV which is a massive downside

very annoying alright, however some of the newer HD TVs can process the MKV files if you plug the hard drive in via USB rather than hdmi or scart!! so now ive the best of both worlds!!

ALS

Anybody else having a problem ordering these today I have tried numerous times to buy and it keeps coming back to check my card number , telephone ,email etc , Rang visa and they said no payment had been presented to them today ,
Had one delivered yesterday and that order went through no bother last week , Customer service seems to be non existing

knipper

I ordered four of these today for family and myself works out under 45 each after using the code and free delivery.
Seemed to go through had a problem when the confirmation page never loaded so used the back arrow and it came up that my order had registered.
Just hope they fulfill my order now. When I log in it has my order registered but I got no order confirmation to my email.
Fingers crossed!