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If you’re looking for a one-stop replacement for the Apple TV, this could be it. Essentially a mass media storage device, media adaptor and internet browser box in one, it comes with all the bells and whistles you need to easily watch and listen to yo...
1TB of storage; good range of connection options for stereo and hi-fi; good picture quality...
Slow startup; sluggish controls; 10/100Mbps Ethernet not ideal for big files...
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techradar.com Updated: 2011-08-21 11:53:10
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Most of the features in media players like the ScreenPlay Director will be included in the next generation of high-end hybrid Freeview and Freesat boxes – but can an IT company do it better than a consumer electronics brand? Iomega's latest DLNA-compat...
Terabyte network storage, Broad format support, Online media playback...
Tacky remote control, No web browser...
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webuser.co.uk Updated: 2011-08-21 11:53:18
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There's a wide range of devices available that are designed to get your digital media content from your PC onto your TV. Some use the network, some use an internal hard disk and others accept files on USB devices such as memory sticks. Some even offer...
The ScreenPlay Director HD is a flexible device that lets you manage and transfer media easily – whether you decide to copy content to
the hard disk, stream it over the network or even download it straight from the internet. The do-it-all nature of t...
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There's no denying it: media streamers are definitely cool devices to have. Playing digital media on a PC is all well and good, but it's palpably better to do so via a TV or projector. Iomega, known to us for its NAS devices (see: the StorCentre ix4-200d...
1080p video supported, Great codec support, Good SD upscaling...
No built-in WiFi...
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Product Code: 34651 The Iomega ScreenPlay Director HD is a network-enabled media streamer that builds upon the strong points of earlier ScreenPlay units such as the HD and Pro HD. It has an intuitive and well-designed menu system and support for a r...
Apart from a few problems handling large collections of music and movies, the Iomega ScreenPlay Director HD is a significant step up from the previous ScreenPlay media streamer. Campbell Simpson...
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Iomega’s original ScreenPlay Pro network media player was a bit of a mixed bag. It had very good connectivity features, including a video input option that allowed it to capture video as well as simply playing audio and video files that were already st...
The Director HD is certainly an improvement on its predecessor. The support for H.264 video is welcome, and the online media options are good fun to play with. However, the browser interface could be improved to make it easier to quickly look through...
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The Iomega ScreenPlay Director HD is a network-enabled media streamer that builds upon the strong points of earlier ScreenPlay units like the HD and Pro HD. It has an intuitive and well-designed menu system and support for a reasonably large range of video file formats. It struggles with navigating through extensive music or video collections, but otherwise it's a competent media player.The Iomega ScreenPlay Director HD is similar in many ways to the earlier ScreenPlay Pro HD, including its...
Support for a wide range of files, online media streaming...
Interface struggles with large media collections, slow start-up...
Apart from a few problems handling large collections of music and movies, the Iomega ScreenPlay Director HD is a significant step up from the previous ScreenPlay media streamer...
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Media players are becoming an attractive home entertainment option of late as they require very little of the user. They’re not as expensive or labour intensive to setup as home theatre PCs and should appeal to a wider audience than consoles that are g...
The Iomega ScreenPlay Director HD is one of the better media players we’ve come across. It offers a wide range of codecs and is ridiculously easy to setup. Its networking features and Online Media features also make it highly desirable. Like most medi...
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The ScreenPlay Director is the most advanced media player from Iomega's line of ScreenPlay multimedia drives. This media player also doubles as a Network Access Storage (NAS) drive with its internal hard drive and Ethernet support. It's not a new player i...
When it comes to media players, I would go for the whole shebang especially since I have a wired home. The Iomega ScreenPlay Director would surely fit in a networked household where people can just dump multimedia files onto it and stream videos to and fr...
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toptenreviews.com Updated: 2011-08-21 11:53:11
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The Iomega ScreenPlay Director HD is a fantastic media player that can play back most any video and music/sound file, along with photo collections. It supports up to 1080p high definition resolution, stereo surround sound and more. Rent or buy movies a...
You can buy or rent movies easily, it can process content at 1080p resolution, and it has a large hard drive...
It offers no Pandora support.
The Iomega ScreenPlay Director HD is a fantastic home media server that offers plenty of content...
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A slew of HD media players have been introduced recently, and it is no surprise that they are becoming a hot gadget for almost everyone who has a HD television at home. India has still not been graced with the glorious HD television broadcasts (e...
Built in 1TB drive, convenience factor...
Extremely slow to start, needs better remote...
HD Media Players << Home Just IN! LG Chocolate BL40Just Mobile Xtand for iPhone Iomega ScreenPlay Director HD media player A lot of potential, but disappoints quite often Thursday, February 04, 2010 | Vishal Mathur Email Print Comments RSS...
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Iomega is betting that you want a HD Media Player to go with your large screen HDTV, with this product. For the most part, cable TV in India does not yet broadcast high-definition video content. To use a HDTV as intended, a number of people are placing...
Builtin HDD, 3 USB ports...
Highbitrate MKV still not played well...
The Iomega ScreenPlay Director HD Media Player finally brings to India a media player with a hard disk built-in - a large 1 TeraByte drive at that. It is at par with other products of its category in almost all other aspects. It gains points due to th...
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The recent few HD media players we reviewed have been almost rudimentary when compared to the model we have today, for the simple reason that those had no storage capacities inbuilt. Thus one needed an external drive with media files to connect to the...
Plays all mentioned formats without exception, Smooth playback...
UI could be better...
Performance The home screen takes about 5 seconds to start up the first time you load any data. The UI is simple and illustrated with large icons and fonts - the color scheme being mainly gray and white. It looks neat though it's not as exciting to us...
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