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Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex TV HD media player

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Gadget TV

Friday July 23, 2010

Since time immemorial (ok, just over the last decade or so) we have been looking for practical ways to get downloaded and streaming video content off the computer and onto the TV. Now, with HDTVs in many North American living rooms, that quest has taken on a new importance. Seagate with its FreeAgent gear that we've looked at previously on the show has another great solution to offer. The FreeAgent GoFlex TV HD media player.

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Show Notes

FreeAgent GoFlex TV HD media player
$129.99

- One USB port allows you to connect any USB storage device and play or display just about any video, music or picture file on your HDTV.

- HDMI out plus an optical S/PDIF port for surround sound.

- Supports up to full 1080p video resolution.

- In conjunction with the FreeAgent GoFlex portable hard drive, it offers a pretty seamless media experience.

- Includes a remote, which you'd be well advised to keep careful tabs on. Without this remote you'll be unable to access any of the device's functions.

- Connects to any video or text feed via RSS.

- Includes several widgets and bundles video, photo and audio apps including:
- Flickr
- Weather Widget
- Finance Widget
- Mediafly
- YouTube
- Picasa
- Netflix

Video formats supported:
MPEG-4 (Xvid); MPEG-2 (VOB/ISO); Xvid HD; DivX HD; MPEG-1; AVC HD; TS/TP/M2T; RMVB Real Media; DivX; VC-1; M2TS; WMV9; H.264; MKV; MOV; AVI

Audio formats supported:
WMA Pro; WMA; Dolby Digital; ADPCM; FLAC; AAC; ASF; DTS; LPCM; OGG; WAV; MP3

Picture formats supported:
JPEG files (up to 20 megapixels); MJPEG; BMP; TIFF; PNG; GIF

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