Posted to Wi-Fi Media Players 2009-11-29
The LaCie LaCinema Black PLAY 301487KUA is a top of the line external hard drive that possess a number of media center features that will benefit your home cinema setup. Its 500GB capacity is useful given the included TV recording capacity, helping you to never miss the latest episode of your favorite show. Pausing and rewinding live TV is also available through the LaCinema Black Record along with the HD Video Playback capabilities up to1920 x 1080p resolutions. Another impressive benefit of this external hard drive/ media center substitute is its ability for 1080i upscaling on standard definition movies, giving increased video quality. The drive is able to be connected to your local computer via USB 2.0 connection or to your home network via Ethernet cable of Wi-FI through its 802.11n capability.
ValueThe included value in this media capable external hard drive really catches the eye if you are also looking for a home cinema solution for digital movies. Throw in the capabilities that the unit has live TV playback and recording and the unit has 3 functions for the price of one. Its capacity is only 500GB in the 301452KUA model, but can give you up to 1TB in the higher end model. In this price range you are unlikely to find a better unit that can deliver this amount of functionality. FeaturesThe unit has a single HDMI output port which will allow you to connect it up to your AV receiver or HD capable TV. Supported audio codecs include MP3, WMA, AAC, OGG, AC3, MP4, WAV/LPCM and the supported video codecs are also vast, including AVI, DIVX, MOV and WMV. PAL and NTSC formats are also accepted through the unit. High definition audio is a little lacking with only DTS pass through being supported so it may be worthwhile incorporating this unit with a compatible AV receiver for increased sound quality. SummaryYou will struggle to find an external hard drive that has this many added features available to it, especially given the included 802.11n wireless connectivity. The only markdown may be you will quickly run out of space given how attractive it will be to store as much as you can on the drive itself. HDMI output and video upscaling help make this unit the perfect addition to your home cinema. Pros
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