Freeagent Theater Plus HD Media Player

[GoldBoys]

ho trovato nel sito della Seagate il media player, Freeagent Theater Plus HD Media chi lo ha provato e sa dirmi come si comporta con i filmati in hd, e se possibile che chipset monta.

Saluti

[GoldBoys]

Sono riuscito a trovare anche le caratteristiche:











Perfect for when you need to:
• Enjoy and share your photos, movies and music on your TV in the comfort of your living room.
• Access content from storage devices on your network.
• Access internet content, on your TV, such as pictures, weather, stocks, and more.
• Directly connect a digital camera or external storage device to enjoy media on your TV.
Video: HDMI, Component video, Composite video
Audio: HDMI, Optical S/PDIF audio, Stereo RCA
Data: USB, Ethernet
Capacity: 500GB FreeAgent Go (Media Player Solution Only)
The easiest way to move and enjoy your photos, movies and music from your PC or Mac to your TV.
The FreeAgent Theater+™ HD media player provides an easy way to store and move your photos, movies and music from your PC or Mac® computer to your TV, allowing you to share and enjoy your digital media in a comfortable, social environment such as your living room.
The FreeAgent Theater+ HD media player solution consists of two components: an HD media player and a FreeAgent Go™ portable hard drive. With two easy steps, you will be viewing and sharing your favorite photos, movies and music in no time!
From your home computer, use the included sync software to automatically copy all of your media files to the FreeAgent Go drive, or simply drag-and-drop files directly to the drive. By then docking the FreeAgent Go drive into the FreeAgent Theater+ HD media player, connected to the TV, it puts your entire media library at your fingertips with 1080p high-definition playback and crystal clear surround sound audio. With the front-mounted USB port, you can also plug your digital camera, digital camcorder, USB flash drive, or external USB hard drive directly into the FreeAgent Theater+ HD media player and enjoy the same high-quality viewing experience.
With the built-in Ethernet port the FreeAgent Theater+ HD media player can connect to your home network to access content from shared devices, including networked computers and NAS (network attached storage). The network connection also allows the Theater+ HD media player to access internet content such as pictures, weather, stocks, and more.
Navigating through your media library is intuitive with the DVD-like user interface and compact remote control. Browse your files with a familiar folder structure view, thumbnail view or filter by media type such as movies, pictures or music.
Highlights
• Easily enjoy your photos, movies and music on your TV.
• HDMI connectivity and 1080p HD video playback.
• Dolby® Digital and DTS® audio support
• Ethernet connection for accessing shared content on your network.
• Unique docking system eliminates fumbling with cables and connections.
• Front-mounted USB port for digital cameras and additional storage devices.
• Includes sync software for PC and Mac® computers.
• Intuitive user interface with DVD-style navigation.
• Windows® XP, Vista®, Windows® 7, and Mac OS® X compatible.
© 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All rights reserved. Seagate, Seagate Technology, the Wave logo, FreeAgent Go, and FreeAgent Theater+ are trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC or one of its affiliated companies in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. When referring to hard drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one thousand billion bytes. Your computer’s operating system may use a different standard of measurement and report a lower capacity. In addition, some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions and will not be available for data storage. Seagate reserves the right to change, without notice, product offerings or specifications. Seagate Technology LLC, 920 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley CA 95066 U.S.A. DS1692.1-0908US


Minimum System Requirements:

• PC : Windows XP or Vista, 256MB RAM and an available USB port
• Mac: OS X 10.4.11 or 10.5.6 or later and an available USB port
• TV: Composite video, component video or HDMI connection and stereo, optical S/PDIF or HDMI audio connection
• Internet Services: Broadband internet – 10/100 Mbps wired network connection or Seagate optional wireless accessory

Supported Formats:

Video: MPEG-1, MPEG-2 (VOB/ISO), MPEG-4 (DivX /Xvid), DivX HD, Xvid HD, AVI, MOV, MKV, RMVB, AVC HD, H.264, WMV9, VC-1, M2TS, TS/TP/M2T
Subtitles: SAMI(smi), SRT and SUB
Video resolutions: NTSC 480i/480p, PAL 576i/576p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p

Audio:AAC, MP3, Dolby® Digital, DTS, ASF, FLAC, WMA, LPCM, ADPCM, WAV, OGG

Playlist: M3U, PLS

Photo PEG files up to 20 megapixels, BMP, GIF, PNG, TIFF

Supported File Systems:

NTFS, FAT, FAT32, HFS+

Output:

Video: Composite, Component, HDMI 1.3
Audio: Stereo, Optical S/PDIF, HDMI 1.3
Network: Ethernet 10/100 mbps
Interface: 1x USB 2.0 at front
1x USB 2.0 at back
Note: Optional Wireless 802.11b/g/n adapter can be connected to front or rear USB host ports.

Input:

Power Adapter
TV Systems
PAL/NTSC
Product Dimensions
1.18 in H x 7.20 in W x 6.89 in L
Weight: 1.11 lbs
Inside the Box
Media Player
AV Cable
Component Cable
Ethernet Cable
EnergyStar compliant power supply

Box dimensions: 9.57 x 8.35 x 3.62 in
Box weight: 2.99 lbs


Sembra essere molto interessante, ma non ho capito se è un prodotto nuovo appena uscito in america, oppure se non viene importato in europa.

in america costa senza hd $149.99
con hd da 500 GB freeAgent usb $289.99.


Qualcuno ha notizie maggiori su questo prodotto.

[GoldBoys]

Per chi può interessare, verrà commercializzato in italia a partire da metà ottobre e il costo dovrebbe aggirarsi intorno a € 120,00 (versione senza hard disck freeagent go 500 GB).

Attendo con impazienza qualche recensione che ne testi la validità, visto
che come dichiarato oltre a supportare i vari formati hd, legge le iso dei dvd permettendo di navigare nei menù.
Cosa quest'ultima dichiarata da vari lettori da me provati ma mai perfettamente supportata.

[GoldBoys]

ecco a voi la prima recensione:

Seagate FreeAgent Theater+ Review: An HD Video Decoder That Actually Works
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Seagate built this second-gen FreeAgent Theater+ to be equally Mac and PC friendly, and to decode any video file you throw at it, regardless of resolution, framerate or other variable. Despite a crappy interface, the mission is a genuine success.

The Price
$150 without drive; $290 with 500GB drive included.



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The Praise
As I mentioned, the video decoding on this is better than anything I've ever seen in a $150 box. The Theater+ is very comfortable with HD video, not only because of its HDMI output but because when I dumped some QuickTime 1080p movie trailers on a drive and docked it, the trailers played back without a single hiccup. Ditto for high-def MKVs I downloaded from the DivX 7 showcase. If you encoded a video with subtitles or variable audio tracks, the choice appears up when you hit the menu button during playback. And disc images of DVDs? It's like there's a real live DVD in there, only there isn't!

Some more coolness: It remembers where you are in a movie, so you don't have to worry about stopping then coming back and having to find your place, even when you're viewing a DVD image. And since it's connected, it can hop on your NAS drives to pick up movies and other files. Again, no problems playing back. (Note: I didn't try the wireless option, which will sell separately for $70 later on—I used Ethernet through a Linksys powerline adapter).

The chart of accepted video codecs is long, but unlike most players of this price range, there are very few fine-print exceptions. What can't you play? Very very low-rez (viral) WMVs got the ix-nay—higher rez WMVs play just fine. What else? DVD disc images in the .img format don't show up, but switching a .img to the supported .iso is surprisingly easy. That's it. It didn't brick any other assorted video in my library, out of hundreds of files.

The Scorn
I won't lie, the interface on this baby is pretty heinous. It's media manager circa 2002, which means that I would expressly stay away from photos and music, despite its ability to read any of those files too. Movies are good because you don't need a lot of browsing—I just switched it from the ridiculously blocky "thumbnail" view to a standard list view, and skimmed my movies in alphabetical order. The good news is, you can change filenames to make it look a little prettier: dont_tempt_me.m4v becomes Don't Tempt Me.m4v.

I also wouldn't bother with Seagate's media manager software for "syncing" content to the hard drive. Maybe run it once for it to set up a folder structure on your drive, then copy video files over to it to your heart's content. You don't even have to use a FreeAgent Go drive, though it looks nice, nestled in there. You can plug just about any drive (NTFS, HFS+ or FAT are all fine, format wise) into a USB port, and navigate to it through the "devices" list.

As I mentioned, this is a networked device, but the internet options are as of now pretty lame: A non-personalized Flickr feed, a Picasa widget, a stock ticker and a weather program, all of which are bargain basement plug-ins. Call me when Netflix and Pandora arrive.

The Verdict
What do I personally want? A basic video player that can read the 150 to 200 DVDs I ripped in H.264 to save space, plus all of the crap that Apple TV and the lesser media adapters seem to have a problem with. Video should be either local or on a NAS, and I shouldn't have to worry about codecs or resolutions or any of the crap others seem to freak out about. I don't need help with music or photos—it's strictly about movies and longer-form TV. Because of that, I am a fan of this little box. Once it starts shipping, I encourage you to check it out. Just heed the following rules:

• Don't buy the 500GB drive bundle for $290—Amazon sells the 500GB FreeAgent Go right now for $106, so there's no way the bundle makes sense (as currently priced).
• And don't accidentally go buying the old FreeAgent Theater. It's my understanding that the first go 'round wasn't so pretty. From the looks of this massive overhaul, Seagate probably should have done more than just add a plus sign. [Product page; Amazon sales page]

In Brief

+ Decoded every video I selected, with two extremely negotiable exceptions


+ Compatible with Mac and PC formatted drives, and has no issues with folder hierarchies


+ HD, HD and more HD—720p and 1080p look good and play back smoothly


• No problem locating NAS drives on the network, and no hiccups in playing back DVD disc images over the network


- Internet widgets at present are dumb, but a future firmware update could bring something nice


- The user interface is pretty ugly—your best bet is to clump your videos together into easy folders (Movies, TV, etc.) and to avoid using this to manage photos and music


FreeAgent Theater Media Manager is an insult to anyone who actually knows what this product can do for them

[GoldBoys]

Udite udite, sono finalmente riuscito ad acquistarne uno, mi è arrivato ieri sera, montato e testato velocemente, mi ha impressionato positivamente, non facendomi rimpiangere il mio vecchio wd media player.

A prima vista sembrano pervenire dallo stesso progetto, naturalmente con le personalizzazioni del marchio che lo commercializza, sia a livello di hardware che di software dovrebbe essere la stessa revisione del wd media player 2 o perlomeno uno stretto parente,

La cosa che apprezzo di più di questo prodotto è di poter collegare hd esterno usb direttamente sul media player e non con l'ausilio di cavi che chi come me ha dei bambini piccoli, possono provocare spiacevoli conseguenze, perchè preda della loro istintiva voglia di prendere e tirare qualsiasi cosa gli capita a tiro.

Oltre a questo la possibilità di comprare con una modica spesa la doc per collegarlo istantaniamente al pc così da scaricare tutti i contenuti multimediali che uno desidera.

O notato che sia da spento ( comunque come il WD non è presente un interruttore on / off) che da acceso, scalda pochissimo nonostante non sia presente alcuna ventula di raffreddamento.

a breve vi darò le mie impressioni sull comportemento con i film in HD.

[korben]

Sono alquanto curioso di sapere come si comporta.
Sembra un buon concorrente del wd live e dell' extreme , interessante.
Con la continua uscita di modelli allo stesso livello di prezzo ci vorrebbero delle comparative per giudicare il migliore. anche per potersi districare nella scelta.

[atarix]

il prodotto e' interessante e non mi dispiacerebbe provarlo, ma dal punto di vista audio e' indietro e per chi come me ha un ampli senza hdmi e' limitato.

[GoldBoys]

Non capisco cosa intendi per indietro dal punto di vista audio se puoi essere più preciso, secondo me è al pari dei suoi concorrenti attualmente sul mercato e sulla stessa fascia di prezzo, ha l'uscita ottico digitale che può essere sfruttata per collegarlo alle centraline dolby digital che sono sprovviste dell' hdmi, oppure usare il collegamento hdmi con il televisore e il collegamento dal televisore alla centralina per far un collegamento passante.

Oggi ho provato un iso di un dvd, nel quale c'era un filmato che ha l'audio in 5.1 ed è funzionato perfettamente con la seconda opzione che ti ho illustrato, visto che anche io ho una centralina senza hdmi.

[Commodore64]

Le locandine? è possibile inserirle?

[atarix]

intendo indietro rispetto ad un lettore stand alone. Ormai quasi tutti sono in grado di processare e veicolare le codifiche hd tramite le uscite analog 7.1, caratteristica per me irrinunciabile, visto che non ho la minima intenzione di cambiare ampli...
Se facessero uscire uno di questi accrocchi completo di tale caratteristica lo prenderei al volo...

[GoldBoys]

Si gestisce le locandine dei film

[macsg]

Ciao,

qualcuno sa se l'apparato riesce a leggere da share su NAS (in particolare, io ho una Synology D209), ove non sia consentito accesso "guest" ma solo tramite autenticazione (user/password)?

Grazie.
Massimo

[macsg]

Ciao,

non trovo documentazione in merito alla possibilità di questo apparato di riprodurre contenuti online (youtube, google vids, ecc..) come altri (tipo Xtreamer, Asus)... Qualcuno sa indicarmi link sull'argomento, o (meglio ancora) esperienze personali? Sto per comprare questo o l'Xtreamer e non vorrei sbagliare

Grazie mille
Massimo

[GoldBoys]

Come promesso sono riuscito a testare il giocattolino con filmati demo sia in hd che in full hd e si è comportato molto bene senza indecisioni nella riproduzione è con una fluidità d'immagine impressionante.

Devo dire che sono sempre più soddisfatto dell' acquisto, l'unica pecca che ho riscontrato è la non perfetta gestione da parte del firmware degli adattatori usb wireless, nonostante nel menù ci sia la possibilità di configurargli, credo a quanto ho potuto capire nel forum ufficiale americano, che Seagate a breve rilascerà un adattatore proprietario che risolverà il problema.

[momo10148]

Sapete che Chip monta, a giudicare dal telecomando mi sembra molto, troppo simile al WDTV?

Ciao



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