Re: Hard drives that plug into the TV

[Andy Davies <dajdavies@xxxxxxxxx>]

Cheers Ian

I've always liked the Freecom stuff but might give this one from
PixMania a whirl as it's half the price - I can always send it back if
it's crap (toy budget is restricted due to impending baby)

http://tinyurl.com/cwy6r

Andy*
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Ian Oliver wrote:

>In article <f64a8a9c0509290248749d84e8@xxxxxxx>, Andy Davies
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>>I'm thinking of getting one of the hard drives that you can load
>>content from your computer and then plug into the TV to play back
i.e.
>>something like this:  http://www.i4u.com/section-viewarticle-81.html
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>>Anyone tried one, or got anything good or bad to say about them?
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>I use a Mediagate MG-25 and it's great. Very good codec coverage - only
>a few problems across hundreds of files, but no GMC or QPEL. It takes a
>nice quiet 2.5" drive.
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>I also have the MG-35, which Freecom sell as the Network Media Player.
>This connects to wired ethernet and takes a 3.5" drive. Same great
codec
>handling as the MG-25 and the ability to open the IFO of a DVD!
Connects
>to any network shares you have.
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>I tried the MG-35 with a spare 3.5" drive and found it a bit
noisy.
>Choose your hard drive with care.
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>Ian Oliver
>Sunny Leeds, UK
>Using Java on Tini for control via Dallas 1-wire
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