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TrekStor MovieStation maxi t.u 500GB Multi-media Hard Drive
- Play Movies and Music Without Even Turning on the Computer / Windows, Mac & Linux compatible
- Onscreen menu available when connected to TV for playing all content located on the drive
- Remote control to access the video, music and picture files on the hard drive, shown via TV, No PC needed, 2 AAA batteries included
- Supports MPEG-1, MPEG-2 (DVD) and MPEG-4 (AVI, DivX3/5, XviD) files and music and audio books in MP3, WMA, WAV and OGG format and images in JPEG
- 7200 RPM, 16MB buffer
Product DescriptionThe TrekStor MovieStation maxi t. u 500GB is an external hard drive that can connect directly to a TV or stereo system to play stored movies, music, and photos without use of a computer. The MovieStation works with both Windows and Mac computers, and uses a high-speed USB 2. 0 connection when linking to a PC. It can be used to play HDTV and multi-channel audio content as well content from popular movie and music download services, such as CinemaNow, MovieLink, an. . . More >>
TrekStor MovieStation maxi t.u 500GB Multi-media Hard Drive
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about 2 years ago
I wasn’t sure about buying this thing as it seems nobody else has. But I did and so far so good. It’s relatively small, small enough to take on vacation or otherwise move around. The interface is clean and simple – ports on the back for component, digital audio, regular video/audio, etc. Software interface is clean to – basically a folder view.
I was able to update the firmware no problem. The video looks pretty good (on a 65 inch projection tv using component cables) although not superb.
I ripped our movies to files (mpeg 2) since the discs get destroyed by my daughter. Video is not as good as the dvd, but pretty close. We’re not talking HD here (even though it says it does 1080i) but good enough. It depends too on how you encode your files, etc.
5 channel audio works for the movies (after futzing with the encodings on the mpeg files). Photos and music play great.
I tried emailing Trekstor several times and the emails always bounce back, but if you go to the web site a submit a question via their form, they responded right away.
The only trouble I had was audio on the movies. I had no audio for mpeg2 movies encoded with AC3 – 6 channel. So I ran them through a different program, re-encoded them the exact same way and then they worked. Not sure why as viewing the files through Gspot shows no differences. But this device can do the surround sound if the encoding is right.
Overall I’m happy with it – I can tell my wife and mom to just pick a movie from the list and they’re able to navigate and select. No more unusable dvds.
Rating: 4 / 5