The easiest way to move your photos, movies and music from your PC to your TV. The Seagate® FreeAgent® Theater™ media player solution consists of three components: a media player dock, a PC dock and a FreeAgent® Go portable hard drive. With two easy steps, you will be viewing and sharing your favorite photos, movies and musicin no time!
Dual-docking system eliminates fumbling with cables and connections Automatically syncs with new content on your PC 1080i High-Definition playback Dolby® Digital 5.1 audio surround sound support Intuitive user interface Customize slideshows with music and transition effects Directly connects to digital cameras, USB flash drives, and additional external USB hard drives Includes the FreeAgent Theater media player, FreeAgent Go PC Dock with USB cable, and FreeAgent Go 500GB portable hard drive
Not bad....jumping in on one or two. Isn't the drive alone usually ~$90?
$25 coupon makes this a nice Xmas gift...even though I usually prefer giving the WDTV since I know it so well...and it doesn't require a proprietary drive.
Also, how is this w/o HDMI output if it is HD and if it is 1081i......or are those specs available w/ composite cables?
centrifuge41 said: Interesting...this FreeAgent Theater HD is similar to a WD TV? No, not really... WD TV - Live == 1080p w/ HDMI Seagate Theater HD == 1080i no HDMI
lilstabber said: Is it worth $99 for the HD? I don't get what this does as a media player either. I already have a PS 3 and XBOX 360 for that, but need a portable HD
Get the Simpletech 500GB portable hard drive from Staples. It is $69.99, add $5.01 of filler, buy a $25 off $75 coupon from e-junkie.com and get drive for ~$58shipped($2.xx for coupon).
lilstabber said: Is it worth $99 for the HD? I don't get what this does as a media player either. I already have a PS 3 and XBOX 360 for that, but need a portable HD
could somebody please comment on this, if I have a PS3 will it essentially perform the same function as far as allowing movies stored on a hard drive to be played on TV without a PC being hooked up also? right now I connect the drive to my lappy which is connected to the TV. don't use PS3 for it but would like to since moving and connecting lappy to TV is a pain each time. i would like a more perm connection. don't care too much about HD or HDMI but the comment about no rear USB is concerning. already ordered this but still time to cancel, or return once it arrives. i am not technically minded so please excuse my potentially dumb questions. and thank you.
the one you mentioned is a 3.5" HD. not comparable to this.
raider73 said: lilstabber said: Is it worth $99 for the HD? I don't get what this does as a media player either. I already have a PS 3 and XBOX 360 for that, but need a portable HD
Get the Simpletech 500GB portable hard drive from Staples. It is $69.99, add $5.01 of filler, buy a $25 off $75 coupon from e-junkie.com and get drive for ~$58shipped($2.xx for coupon).
Where did you get the information that the simpletech is 3.5" HD? Mine was delivered yesterday and it's the 2.5" drive. The drive is very quite and generates almost no heat. After I tested the drive last night, I placed the second order for the Simpletech.
people basically pay $30 the crappy player. Not a hot deal for me, but some people may find the player is worth $30 for them.
letgo said: the one you mentioned is a 3.5" HD. not comparable to this.
raider73 said: lilstabber said: Is it worth $99 for the HD? I don't get what this does as a media player either. I already have a PS 3 and XBOX 360 for that, but need a portable HD
Get the Simpletech 500GB portable hard drive from Staples. It is $69.99, add $5.01 of filler, buy a $25 off $75 coupon from e-junkie.com and get drive for ~$58shipped($2.xx for coupon).
ArmchairQB said: Wish this was the one with the Ethernet port on it
It would still be useless for me since the Seagate Theater+ doesn't support .ass and .ssa subtitles while the WD HD Player and HD Player Live does. Seagate is behind the times except for the neat docking feature.
day1364 said: Is this the HD theater+ or the HD theater?
I believe it is the NON-+ version. I.E. no HDMI or ethernet port. I personally have a ton of movies I just want to rip to it and stick in my living room so I don't have to jack with any DVDs or movies I've DL'd or anything...
barbEdullard
Ancient Member
posted: Nov. 25, 2009 @ 12:48p
raider73 said:
Get the Simpletech 500GB portable hard drive from Staples. It is $69.99, add $5.01 of filler, buy a $25 off $75 coupon from e-junkie.com and get drive for ~$58shipped($2.xx for coupon).
Thanks for posting this. I have a 320GB of this drive already, it's definately portable. In for a 500GB for a present. Staples $25 off $75 makes it a good deal. I added the PNY 2GB Attache USB Flash Drive for 7.99 as filler. Never have enough flash drives with teenagers swiping them from my desk.
songphon
Member
posted: Nov. 25, 2009 @ 12:49p
Sweet! already ordered with $25 off coupon!
ironace
Member
posted: Nov. 25, 2009 @ 12:51p
orange7007 said: No HDMI, still useless...
well if you can get it with a $25 coupon and a filler the hard drive is not a bad deal:
My order was:
Subtotal:$150.78 Delivery:FREE (to the store) Coupon1:-$50.00 Coupon2:-$25.00 (already had one) Tax:$3.79 (virginia 5%)
Total:$79.57
So $79.57 ÷ 500gb = $.16
The drive alone at Staples is 149.99 149.99 ÷ 500gb = $.30
Just for the drive at Amazon.com it is 99.32 99.32 ÷ 500gb = $.20
The cases are not that hard to open on these drives so I am going to take the 500gb and put it in my laptop. The 160gb from my laptop drive will go in the drive enclosure. The theater and drive will go into my five year old son's playroom. Think of all the dvd's you can rip to a 160gb harddrive. Seems like a great deal to me!
IHAVEAQUESTION
Member
posted: Nov. 25, 2009 @ 1:33p
letgo said: the one you mentioned is a 3.5" HD. not comparable to this.
raider73 said: lilstabber said: Is it worth $99 for the HD? I don't get what this does as a media player either. I already have a PS 3 and XBOX 360 for that, but need a portable HD
Get the Simpletech 500GB portable hard drive from Staples. It is $69.99, add $5.01 of filler, buy a $25 off $75 coupon from e-junkie.com and get drive for ~$58shipped($2.xx for coupon).
Seems like the $69 is the final price after the $10 instant coupon. Can we still add $20 off $50 or $25 off $75 coupon after the $10 instant coupon?
How do you know this for sure? Apparently there are two models one HD and other non HD. Given the description says HD I would have to assume this is the one that comes with HDMI.
EDIT: going by the description at Staples this is a non HD box...but the picture is of the HD box... another inaccurate description from Staples.
barbEdullard
Ancient Member
posted: Nov. 25, 2009 @ 1:53p
IHAVEAQUESTION said: [ Seems like the $69 is the final price after the $10 instant coupon. Can we still add $20 off $50 or $25 off $75 coupon after the $10 instant coupon?
Yes, you can add another coupon. If using the $25 off $75, you have to add a filler of at least $5.01.
OutOfStock
Cranky Member
posted: Nov. 25, 2009 @ 1:54p
Get the Simpletech 500GB portable hard drive from Staples. It is $69.99, add $5.01 of filler, buy a $25 off $75 coupon from e-junkie.com and get drive for ~$58shipped($2.xx for coupon). The SimpleTech drives are uglier but they are insanely easy to crack open with just your fingernails so they're really useful if you do a lot of drive swapping. The WD ones keep getting tougher to open and I'm worried about whether or not they locked in the seagate one because that's what I ended up getting.
As for the lack of HDMI complaints. It does suck that there's no HDMI on it, but considering most people will be watching downloaded TV shows and lower quality stuff like that then it's a great portable solution and after coupon then $75 is a pretty good deal.
panyy
Frivolous Member
posted: Nov. 25, 2009 @ 2:08p
mushman said: Thanks OP - bought it for the HD (the media player is an added BONER
While this may not come with HDMI, it should work on most TV's. Most TV's have component input so you can get your 1080i.
Ready for HD
Bring your media to your home theater without sacrificing a thing.
1080i HD playback.
Available Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound
Easy compatibility.
Here’s all you need to play along:
A PC with
Windows XP or Vista
At least 256MB RAM
An available USB port
A TV with
Composite, S-video, or component video connection
Stereo or coaxial S/PDIF audio connection
Supports a host of formats.
Ready to go, whatever form your files take.
Video encodings:
MPEG-1
MPEG-2 (AVI/VOB/ISO)
MPEG-4 (AVI/DivX /Xvid)
Video formats:
NTSC 480i/480p
PAL 576i/576p
Supports video (HD and upscaling) up to 720p/1080i*
Audio:
MP3
AC3 (5.1 audio - Dolby® Digital)
WMA
WAV
OGG
Photos:
JPEG files up to 20 megapixels
Subtitles:
SAMI(smi)
SRT
SUB
Notes: Supports MPEG-4, Xvid up to 1280 x 720 60fps, and MPEG-2 and photos up to 1920 x 1080i 30 fps
Choose your output.
Because you like to do things your own way
Video: Composite, S-video, component
Audio: Stereo, coaxial S/PDIF
One-year limited warranty period
sidewinder33625 said: Jimmy414 said: This one is without HDMI output
How do you know this for sure? Apparently there are two models one HD and other non HD. Given the description says HD I would have to assume this is the one that comes with HDMI.
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