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Streaming media to living room via wireless network might not be a feasible solution for every home due to setting complexity and equipment limitation. So, the idea of playing back multimedia content from a USB drive on a regular 32" TV set is tempting for many. Iomega already has several failed attempts over the years, but let's keep our fingers crossed on this one. The company's latest ScreenPlay HD kicks it up a notch by throwing in a HDMI interface, which is a first and isn't even found on the recently announced LaCie LaCinema Premier. The HDMI interface ensures your SD video will be upscaled to 720p or 1080i digitally. Component & composite video remain as lower end output options. By equipping it with a 3.5" 500GB, the media player has plenty of storage for average folks except for heavy downloaders. The video decoder can handle most formats from MPEG-1 to MPEG-2 (AVI/VOB) and MPEG-4 (DivX3-5/XviD). It doesn't appear the ScreenPlay HD will playback H.264 so it probably won't upscale your H.264 iPod-friendly video on your HDTV. We still think it's a steal that the Iomega 500GB media extender goes for just $218. - Get Iomega ScreenPlay HD Multimedia Drive (500GB) now for $129.99 at TigerDirect.com
- Get Iomega ScreenPlay HD Multimedia Drive (500GB) now for $129.99 at Circuit City
- Get Iomega ScreenPlay HD Multimedia Drive (500GB) now for $133.60 at Techonweb.com
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