STCEA101-RK Seagate, Behind the Curve Stopgap
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Behind the Curve Stopgap
The Seagate FreeAgent Theater is now cheap because it is old technology and it shows. It is not a bad player for old-school video formats, but the picture is composite like an early years DVD Player, not HD. The firmware is slow, ugly, and buggy. The newer Theater+ model has HDMI, networking, and HD picture, but it is not worth the much higher $ investment (currently over $200 with hard drive and dock). The new firmware is still a D+ at best. I recommend using a netbook with an HDMI port as a media server instead. A netbook will work flawlessly as a media server and you will enjoy all the other PC fuctions it can do for you.
Update (2/9/2012): I also found some auctions for this item here.
The featured review for this product, Seagate FreeAgent Theater HD Media Player STCEA101-RK Electronics, was written by biggestbamboo.
The average rating for this item is out of 5 stars, according to 3 reviews.
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Tags: 1080i, 480i, 480p, divx, dvd, freeagent, freeagent go, freeagent theater, hdmi, hdtv, iomega, media player, media player avi, mpeg, photo, picture, sd, seagate, slideshow, xvid
Posted on: June 8, 2010
Filed under: Reviews
Reviews (2)
biggestbamboo
May 18th, 2010 at 7:10 pm
Behind the Curve Stopgap
Rated 3 stars.
ErrantOne
May 25th, 2010 at 2:31 pm
Solid picture & video player
Player is nice if you already have a freeagent go drive and want to play media from the living room. The drives works fine with any USB storage (hard drives, usb sticks, etc)
I like the slideshow transitions for photos(nice for family gatherings), and it plays back my DVD content that I’ve put on my drive from DVDs which I own.
Like someone already mentioned it has no HDMI, but does support component/composite so it will work with any TV. They should do HDMI on the next version, but it does not limit anything with the current product.
Single most annoying feature for video is the ‘preview’ that slows you down from scrolling and finding the right file. Overall, solid product and looks nice in living room. The included remote is small and so hard to operate if you have big hands, but it’s usable. Don’t expect to play any ripped HD movies or anything, but if you are not into that you are fine.
Been using mine for 1+months with no issues and love the look of my red freeagent go drive when it’s in the unit.
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