The 2TB LaCinema Classic HD Multimedia Hard Drive from LaCie is a media player that connects directly to your television set. It allows you to play back digitally encoded movies and music without the hassle of hooking your computer up to your home theater.
The player features a 2TB hard drive for media storage. It connects to a PC or Mac via USB 2.0 for data transfer. You'll also be able to connect it to your network via Ethernet in order to use the drive as a DLNA media server, which can be used to deliver media to a UPnP device. Popular UPnP devices include the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
The drive can also act as a UPnP device itself. This lets you stream media from other network devices that feature DLNA support. Integrated Ethernet also allows you to manually copy files from your computer to the device's internal hard disk, without having to directly plug it into the computer.
The player supports HDMI and composite video outputs for home theater connectivity. It can output video in 1080p HD resolution, making it an ideal companion for an HDTV. Most popular HD video codecs are supported, including DivX, MKV, AVC, and H.264.
The large 2TB hard drive provides ample storage space for all of your photos, videos, and music. The drive is housed in a stylish enclosure, designed by Neil Poulton. The user-friendly navigation system is designed to work hand-in-hand with the included remote control. A front USB port is present, making it easy to access media from a USB flash drive or portable hard drive.
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|---|---|
| Capacity | 2TB |
| Interface |
1x USB 2.0 (Mini-B) 1x 10/100Mbps Ethernet (RJ-45) 2x USB 2.0 (A) |
| Drive Speed | Not Specified by Manufacturer |
| Buffer | Not Specified by Manufacturer |
| Average Seek Time | Not Specified by Manufacturer |
| Sustained Data Transfer Rate | Not Specified by Manufacturer |
| Multimedia | |
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| Video System | NTSC/PAL |
| Supported Formats |
Video Codecs: MPEG-1, MPEG-2/HD, MPEG-4, DivX, DivX HD, XviD, H.264 HD, WMV9 HD, VC-1 Video Format: AVI, MP4, MKV, WMV, DivX, DAT, MOV, MPEG, VOB, ASF, TS, TP, TRP, M2TS, DVR-MS, DVD-Video (ISO, Video_TS) Audio: MP3, WMA, WAV/PCM/LPCM, AAC, OGG, FLAC, AC3, MP4, MKA Subtitles: SRT, SSA, SUB, SMI, PSB, ASS Playlist: M3U Digital Audio: Multichannel decoding via optical audio and HDMI to digital home amplifier DTS: DTS, DTS-HD: Passthrough Dolby: Dolby 2.0: Decode, Dolby 5.1: Downmixing and Decode, Dolby True HD: Passthrough Photo: JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF/TIF 1 Please Note:Support for iTunes-encoded AAC only; Progressive JPEG not supported close |
| Video Outputs |
1x HDMI 1x RCA Composite |
| Audio Outputs |
1x Optical S/PDIF 1x RCA Stereo |
| General | |
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| System Requirements |
Operating System: Windows XP, Vista (32/64-bit), 7; Mac OS X 10.4, 10.5, 10.6; Linux 2.6 Hard Drive: 600MB Software: IE 7/8, Firefox 3, Safari 3, or Chrome 2; UPnP server or client; SMB server or client Hardware: Ethernet network |
| Mounting | Desktop |
| Power Requirements | AC: 100-240VAC, 1.5A, 60-50Hz |
| Environmental Requirements | None |
| Dimensions (WxHxD) | 9.2 x 1.8 x 8.8" (23.4 x 4.6 x 22.5cm) |
| Weight | 4.2 lb (1.9kg) |
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Comments about LaCie 2TB LaCinema Classic HD Multimedia Hard Drive:
The LaCinema is a great little product. It is very easy to setup and plays all multimedia files I have thrown at it. No problems with it at all.
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Extremely portable and supports all the common file formats, while providing ample storage space in a uniquely designed package.
I would buy it again...
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Excellent device! 2TB of built-in storage space is a lot more than I have on my laptop's hard drive. The transfer speed via USB over the network is very good. The picture quality is awesome. There's no lag even if files are accessed simultaneously by different users. I can watch movies, even if somebody is uploading or downloading something to/from the media player over the network at the same time.
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I've got LaCinema with one intention in mind: to watch movies and photos on a big HDTV screen. After using it for almost half a year I can say that I'm very happy with this device. Everything is so convenient and intuitive, the quality is great and the range of features is very wide.
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I use it to store TV series till I can set down and watch them. I also have another brand of media player that is good, but I like the way the LaCie displays your files both seem to have slow remotes but this is something I have learned to live with. I would definitely buy another and would recomend this, and already have, to my freinds,PS I love the two USB ports which the other brand is lacking. Buy and enjoy. JIM
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I've been using this media player for a bit over a year now. It works exactly as advertised. It seems to plays whatever media file I throw at it. Buying this device was a great decision.
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I've been using this media player for a bit over a year now. It works exactly as advertised. It seems to plays whatever media file I throw at it. Buying this device was a great decision.
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all of my DVDs in one storage place
with one klick i have my own netflix
love this
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The drive is wired to my TV to help me keep up with various bits of digital media download. This has proven fantastic -- most of this material used to just sit on my harddrive, now it is getting used.
Easy to reformat for the Mac. Intuitive to use. In general, I'm really quite pleased with this purchase.
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I'm using this HD Multimedia Hard Drive about two months and this is such a beautiful device.I put all my movies in it,and we connected it to the big screen TV.Even DVD movies look so crisp and more colorful than on my laptop.It does make an upscaling so my videos shine now.Now I'm watching everything in HD.After watching a couple of movies my friend has bought the same 2TB LaCinema Media Player for himself,he was amazed by the quality of the picture.The installation was very quick,the main menu is intuitive and easy understandable.It's very easy to transfer files from computer,and it reads all the formats I could ever inmagine.It has a plenty of outputs for video and sound.I've connected my multimedia stereo speakers,and music and voices from movies sound so natural!The design is beautiful,it will fit to any widescreen TV or home theater.It's very quiet,and when you use it at night,it reminds of itself only by cool blue light.I would highly recommend it to everybody who has a big collection of digital videos and music.
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a+
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Hard drive is easy to set up and use. Web interface is pretty simple and friendly.
The best thing Bit-torrent client and direct download features.
Disk works quiet and have a power save options. Can work by schedule.Can make backups of data by schedule (I don't know who doing this at home :))
1000mb/s Ethernet provides unreal performance.
Best device for home use. High recommended.
PS. Blue bottom light can be switched off.
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Excellent player
Excellent connectivity
Excellent design
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