Seagate's FreeAgent Theatre HD Media Instrumentalist Is a Set-Top Dock for Hard Drives [Media Players]
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Last night, I previewed Seagate's FreeAgent Theatre HD Media Player, which docks those super-slim FreeAgent 2.5" USB drives in order to connect your video recording files to your TV.
The Free Agent Theatre HD Media Player uses complex, S-Video and ingredient video recording inputs, coaxal out for Dolby Whole number geographic area sound. Its interconnected dock is for the FreeAgent Go, what Seagate says is the world's thinnest characteristic HDD, but there's a USB port for otherwise memory board inclination, in case you're fresh out of FreeAgents. Its on-screen surface can display either file/folder trees or previews and thumbnails. And because of the Theatre HD's dual-channel video recording convertor, you can upconvert no your video recording files to 720p or 1080i. There's no 1080p support, and besides, there's no HDMI, though Seagate says something like that will come along early this year.
As for the on-screen UI and attendant removed, here square measure also easy one-touch buttons that will allow you to carry out simple tasks automatically, so much as start a slideshow of photos and sound, simultaneously, with just one button. Even DVD files, ripped onto your characteristic hard drive, can be played simply by exit to the DVD's folder and clicking the play or agenda button on the removed, without having to hunt for the existent video recording file. Seagate says the system supports MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 formats, and DIVX files with video recording resolutions for NTSC, PAL and HD up to 1080i, and that it even supports subtitles. It does not, however, handle H.264.
From what I can tell, this is mostly a tactical manoeuvre for thought users United Nations agency don't requisite a avoirdupois unit of advanced features, but rather an easy, out of the box experience. Easy on March 4, the Seagate FreeAgent Theatre HD will sell for $130. You can also influence it bundled with a 250GB FreeAgent Go drive for $230, or better still, a 500GB model for $280. [Seagate]
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