Epson P-4000 80GB Multimedia Storage Drive, Viewer & Audio/Video Player (3.8-Inch LCD Screen)

by Epson

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 1.2 x 3.3 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000BPCWFA
• Item model number: B31B179011
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 14, 2005

Product Description

Manufacturer Description

The Epson P-4000 has what you need to store and share thousands of photos, videos, music and more--anytime, anywhere. Ready when you are, it features a high-capacity 80GB hard drive, so you can download and save images from your camera, memory card or computer, wherever life takes you. And, it couldn't be easier to share images on-the-spot. A large 3.8-inch LCD with Epson Photo Fine technology means your friends and clients will see every vivid detail in brilliant clarity and color.

With the Epson P-4000, the perfect companion to any digital camera, you'll enjoy the freedom of true multimedia portability. In fact, you can easily download or transfer files--all without a PC! Just slip your CompactFlash or Secure Digital memory card into the built-in card slots. The Epson P-4000 even supports additional memory cards with an optional third-party adapter. If you choose to use a computer, simply connect the Epson P-4000 to your computer using the Hi-Speed USB 2.0 interface. It's all right at your fingertips with this compact device. You can easily save important photos or your favorite videos and music. Best of all, with the large capacity hard drive, you can store thousands of files!

The Epson P-4000 also has an intuitive menu that makes it easy to organize files, so you can quickly access or view them. This full-featured product does it all, including direct printing to select Epson ink jet printers. Whatever your agenda, the Epson P-4000 offers the ideal on-the-go solution.

Enjoy the freedom of multimedia portability

• Makes it easy to share your favorite photos, videos and music--anytime, anywhere--without a computer
• Includes a rechargeable battery so it's always ready to travel

Download and store thousands of digital photos
Includes a high capacity 80GB hard drive to quickly save images on the spot (73.8GB for available storage, 6.2GB for system requirements).

View every image with precision clarity and color

• Large 3.8-inch LCD with convenient zoom capability displays photos, videos and more
• Features Epson Photo Fine LCD technology for remarkable color and detail

Transfer files quickly and easily

• Built-in card slots support CompactFlash I/II and Secure Digital memory cards (supports additional card types with third-party adapter)
• Includes Hi-Speed USB 2.0 for fast uploads and downloads to and from your computer

Share and view your photos and videos on screen
Connects to TVs or projectors using an optional third-party video cable.

Access hundreds of images with ease
Enables you to create folders to categorize and group your files for easy access and viewing.

What's in the Box:
Epson P-4000, software CD, hi-speed USB 2.0 cable (mini-B to standard A), hand strap, carrying case, display stand, user's guide, li-ion battery, AC adapter, power cable.

Product Description

The Epson P-4000 has what you need to store and share thousands of photos, videos, music and more - anytime, anywhere. Ready when you are, it features a high capacity 80GB hard drive, so you can download and save images from your camera, memory card or computer, wherever life takes you. And, it couldn t be easier to share images on the spot. A large 3.8 LCD with Epson Photo Fine technology means your friends and clients will see every vivid detail in brilliant clarity and color. With the Epson P-4000, the perfect companion to any digital camera, you ll enjoy the freedom of true multimedia portability. In fact, you can easily download or transfer files - all without a PC! Just slip your CompactFlash or Secure Digital memory card into the built-in card slots. The Epson P-4000 even supports additional memory cards with an optional third-party adapter. If you choose to use a computer, simply connect the Epson P-4000 to your PC using the Hi-Speed USB 2.0 interface. It s all right at your fingertips with this compact device. You can easily save important photos or your favorite videos and music. Best of all, with the large capacity hard drive, you can store thousands of files! The Epson P-4000 also has an intuitive menu that makes it easy to organize files, so you can quickly access or view them. This full featured product does it all, including direct printing to select Epson ink jet printers. Whatever your agenda, the Epson P-4000 offers the ideal on-the-go solution.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

67 of 70 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Its Superb!, January 1, 2006

By 

Indranil - See all my reviews

This review is from: Epson P-4000 80GB Multimedia Storage Drive, Viewer & Audio/Video Player (3.8-Inch LCD Screen) (Electronics)

Recently I bought P-4000 from Scandinavianphoto.se (Stockholm branch) and I paid 995 USD (including 25% VAT) and as of now, I am very satisfied with it. This is my first ever multimedia storage viewer.
I wanted to buy iPOD 60 GB, but after considering the clumsiness of transferring photos from digital camera to iPOD, time and power consumption during the transfer process, I changed my mind and then found P-4000 in the market. I read reviews in Amazon (for P-2000) and elsewhere on the net and decided to go for it.

When I first opened the box and took it, it was cool. I charged the battery (included), which took about 3 hrs and then started the device. The picture quality of the LCD is excellent. Copying images from the CF card to this device was easy and quick. Photos look great in the LCD. Nikon NEF files look a bit pixelleted than JPEG photos. The coolest thing here is you can store images, see them better and re-shoot on the same CF card, while out photographying.

It was quite a bit of trial and error before we found the correct software to convert movie clips into MP4, which was finally playable by P-4000. Transferring 720 MB MP4 data took less than 90 secs. 451 MB of image data (Nikon NEF files) took 30 seconds to copy and 984 MB of data took 65 seconds to copy (from computer to P-4000). Copying pictures from CF card to P-4000 was equally quick. The P-4000 could not play our mp3 files and we had to convert the files into MP4a, before they could be played.

To fast forward the playing video, it takes about 5 seconds to do so and skips 15 - 20 seconds of clips. It takes a hefty 50 seconds to check and display the free space on the hard disk (which is slow for me!).

The battery life seems to be quite good, though I haven't checked exactly how long it survives. This is more or less I can tell about P-4000 now. It would have been nice if a pair of earphones and a transparent carrying case were included.

In conclusion, its an amazing piece of device.
Strengths:
Available disk space 73.8 GB (rest is taken by the system itself)
Excellent audio, video and picture viewing performance.
Fast copying capacity.
CF card and SD card slot.
Weakness:
Expensive.
You have to do little research before you can actually play audio and video files in P-4000.

40 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Unimaginably slow, February 9, 2007

By 

Alexei Lebedev (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Epson P-4000 80GB Multimedia Storage Drive, Viewer & Audio/Video Player (3.8-Inch LCD Screen) (Electronics)

I use a Canon 5D and shoot RAW. The files are 12-15 megs each, so they eat up the 8GB of flash fairly quicky. I got this viewer for a trip so I could in effect have 10 8-gig flash cards of backup. On the very first transfer I realized I can't live with it -- it took this device 2.5 hours (!) to import the photos. Once the data was in, the battery was nearly dead.

When viewing files, it takes maybe 15 seconds to populate one screen (about 12 thumbnails) with data. Until that happens the thumbnail slots are blank, so you can't quickly find what you need. Even once cached, it takes several seconds to draw a screenful of thumbnails. For a dedicated device the size of my camera, I expect it to be at least as fast! Instead, it's lethargic. To import 22 RAW files, it took more than 5 minutes -- 14 seconds per photograph, or less than 1MB/sec. What is it doing with all that time?

When viewing RAW files, it only shows the JPEG ewmbedded in the RAW file, so you get no zoom at all. For that, you have to select Jpeg+Raw in the camera, which is a feature I avoid, because it results in twice as many files on my computer, and nearly half the space on the card. I tried that mode, and of course the Epson now takes twice as long to build the thumbnails, and since you now see two identical thumbnails instead of one, you lose half the screen. One thumbnail is zoomable, the other isn't. What Epson should have done is detect that there are two files with the same name, but different extensions -- .cr2 and .jpg, and by default displayed only the .jpg. What photographer would want it any other way?

All in all, this device is just not usable for the high volume of photographs it was designed for.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for storage, good for viewing, June 29, 2006

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Andrea Fanter (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Epson P-4000 80GB Multimedia Storage Drive, Viewer & Audio/Video Player (3.8-Inch LCD Screen) (Electronics)

I wanted this device as backup storage for my photos after my computer crashed and I lost most of my pictures once already. So far, this device is exactly what I needed. The LCD screen is large and beautiful. Copying and deleting large files is slow, but the P-4000 holds 80 GB so there is plenty of storage space. The biggest problem for me is that high resolution videos will not play. However, they are still stored, and therefore saved if my computer crashes, and smaller video files will play. Also, with high resolution pictures, viewing is slow. It can store as much as my computer and it yet is so small and portable. It is very simple to use with memory cards or a PC. The screens and menues are also user friendly. I love this device and I would recommend it to anyone. The only drawback is slow viewing and inability to view large video files.