The Iomega ScreenPlay HD Multimedia Drive is a 500GB* drive with the storage capacity to hold up to 2 million photos, 9,250 hours of music, or 750 hours of video**, enabling family and friends to share high-resolution photos, music, and video clips in the comfort of the living room, without a computer.
"Today's mainstream home entertainment products are entering the
high-definition era, which presents a huge opportunity for media devices in
the living room like the Iomega ScreenPlay HD Multimedia Drive," said
The portable ScreenPlay HD Multimedia Drive comes with a remote control for easy navigation and includes both HDMI and component video outputs for displaying high-resolution digital photos and video.
"We took everything we learned from previous ScreenPlay products and created a better media-sharing tool that's right on for today's multi-media sharing experience," continued Bryner. "The new ScreenPlay HD Multimedia Drive is an intuitive, easy-to-use solution that not only makes it easier to enjoy all kinds of digital content but also facilitates moving and playing content from one display or location to another."
Iomega ScreenPlay HD Multimedia Drive Technical Description
The ScreenPlay HD Multimedia Drive 500GB weighs 2 pounds and measures a diminutive 7.7" x 2.3" x 5", or about the size of a paperback book.
Inside the ScreenPlay HD Multimedia Drive is a 500GB 3.5 inch 7200 RPM hard drive formatted with the NTFS file system. Video connection options include HDMI, component and composite video, and SCART (RGB). Audio connection options include composite RCA and coaxial S/PDIF outputs. PC transfers use the USB 2.0 interface. USB, composite video, and component video cables are included.
Using the HDMI or component outputs, the user can choose video settings from 480i/480p/720p/1080i (720p and 1080i are achieved through upscaling). Supported media formats include MP3, AC3 (Dolby(R) Digital Encoding), WAV, WMA, MPEG-1, MPEG-2 (AVI/VOB), MPEG-4 (AVI/DiVX 3.11, 4.x, 5.x/XViD) and JPEG.
System Requirements
The Iomega(R) ScreenPlay(TM) HD Multimedia Drive is designed for use with the following PC operating systems: Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 2000 Professional, XP Home/XP Professional/XP Professional x64, Windows Vista(TM).
Availability
The Iomega(R) ScreenPlay(TM) HD Multimedia Drive USB 2.0/AV 500GB is now
available in the Americas for
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product performance and specifications, future applications for the new
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encountered in ramping up production or other manufacturing issues, including
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including Iomega's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
* 1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes. ** Examples refer to 3-megapixel JPEG photos (at 4 photos/MB), 128 Kbps MP3 audio (at 1.1 min/MB), and 720 x 480 MPEG 2 video (at 11MB/min).
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