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LaCie LaCinema Premier 500 - The Review!

Advantages: Everything that is not listed in the "Disadvantages" - read review
Disadvantages: doesn't support MP4, it comes formatted in FAT32 (but supports NTFS)

...decided to pick up this LaCie LaCinema Premier 500GB and this is my review of it: First of all, I would like to make clear that this product is EXCELLENT! It comes in a white little square box. Taking out the contents you will find the hard disk itself, CD with manuals (no drivers), USB 2.0 cable , A/V cable, remote with batteries (2AA), power adapter and a (very) Quick Install Guide. The hard disk looks professional and its weight is not too heavy ...
...with blue led lights on the front when turned on. It has some controls on the front (stop, play, four direction arrows and power button). On the back it presents a USB 2.0 port, 3 A/V plugs (Video+Audio Left & Right), S-Video and others similar to the composite plugs but dedicated to the HD video. Dimensions are: 68x170x125mm (2.68x6.69x4.92in.) Knowing that they released updates of its firmware I first plugged it into my computer and followed ...

EVIT 20.08.2008 · Read Full Review
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Review of LaCie LaCinema Premier - Digital AV player - HD 500 GB

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Iomega ScreenPlay Multimedia Drive 500 GB

Advantages: storage capacity
Disadvantages: makes computer bit slow

...is the high light of Iomega ScreenPlay Multimedia Drive it is the perfect product for maintaining our dvd collection and songs collection. it supports wide formats like WAV, WMA, MPEG-1/2/4, MP3, OGG, AC3, AVI, DivX, XviD and JPEG file formats the remote of this drive is very helpful and made this product convenient to use the price of 100 dollars is very less compared to its features the is perfect thing to store data and it is portable so we can ...

nikitafondi 17.11.2008 · Read Full Review
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Review of Iomega ScreenPlay Multimedia Drive 500 GB

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Media Center without an XBOX

Advantages: The media center interface, decent codec support, HD movies stream really well.
Disadvantages: The DVD player is terrible.

Okay, the big pull of this DVD player is the built in Media Center Extender software, which once set up runs really well. You need to have vista installed on a PC (which needs to be on for it to work) and you also need a good network connection between the two. I have tried both a 200mbps powerline ethernet network and a wireless N network and for me the wireless network performed better for HD movies, but this will differ for most people so just ...
...wifi connection. The built in DVD play is poor to say the least, it doesn't scale DVD's out to widescreen it simply takes the DVD's basic resolution and outputs it to the middle of the screen. I tried watching an old cracker and had to stop as it was displayed as a 640x480 picture in the middle of my 720p HDTV, believe me this looks terrible. Its worth it for the media center as it works seemlessly and is a lot easier to access than the XBOX 360 ...

coops1979 18.06.2008 · Read Full Review
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Review of Linksys Media Center Extender DMA2200

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Great for a spare TV

Advantages: HD footage anywhere in the house, quality
Disadvantages: wi-fi not always capable of HD streaming

A great addition to any HD tv you may have in your house, perfect for a secondary TV such as a bedroom this will allow you to stream from your PC to the TV over wifi in HD. Although there isn't exactly what could be considered a huge amount of HD on the net you are legally allowed to rip Blu-Ray/HD-DVD movies. Streaming devices for music and standard definition video have been around for a couple of years now and have done their job perfectly, it ...
...reasonable prices. The EVA8000 coming in at just below £200 is a lot cheaper than a blu-ray player with more features. Connections: -Scart -S-Video -Component Video -A 1080i HDMI socket (although this will be upgraded to 1080p via new firmware) -Phono Output - Coax and Optical Digital outs -Ethernet Jack -USB The EVA offers two different ways to stream the footage, wi-fi or Ethernet, I would definitely recommend using Ethernet if possible ...

6heads 10.01.2008 · Read Full Review
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Review of NETGEAR Digital Entertainer HD EVA8000

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Iomega Screen play is perfection

Advantages: compact, ease of use.
Disadvantages: with 500gb you could use this up quick

What a fantastic little piece of equipment this! I have had my 500gb box for 3 weeks now, and can not believe how impressive it is and how very easy it is to set up! This product has a quick set up guide which effortlessly enables you to transfer files with seemlessly, When switched on, your files are viewed immediately and you can navigate with ease. There is a handy remote control incuded with all the neccessary functions. The compact size of ...

mobydentist 18.05.2009 · Read Full Review
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Review of Iomega ScreenPlay TV Link

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