Iomega ScreenPlay Pro 1 TB USB 2.0/AV/Ethernet HD Multimedia Hard Drive 34151

by Iomega

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 3 x 7.3 inches ; 2.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001GGI7ES
• Item model number: 34151
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 26, 2008

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Iomega ScreenPlay Pro HD Multimedia Drive 1TB is a multimedia player plus a high capacity network storage drive for your media collections of photos, videos, and music files in a compact, sleek black finish to complement your home theatre system.

Iomega ScreenPlay Pro HD Multimedia Drive, USB 2.0/AV, 1TB

The Perfect Way to View Stored Photos and Videos on a Big Screen TV

It’s Showtime!
Enjoy a high-definition theatre experience with the new Iomega ScreenPlay Pro HD Multimedia Drive 1TB. The ScreenPlay Pro HD is a multimedia player that connects to your home network to store & access your videos, music and photo collections. Easily browse your network to select stored videos to view on your home theatre. Record video from a camera, cable box, or VCR with a one-touch record button.

Very Versatile
The sleek black ScreenPlay Pro Multimedia Drive supports native HD and is compatible with the latest media formats such as MP3, AC3 (Dolby Digital Encoding), WAV, WMA, MPEG-1, MPEG-2 (AVI/VOB), MPEG-4 (AVI/DiVX 3.11, 4.x, 5.x/XViD) and JPEG, plus supports USB WIFI dongle for wireless access (dongle sold separately). Available in 1TB capacity, the ScreenPlay Pro HD drive is powered by an Energy Star qualified adapter for a better environment.

Control all functions by the unit itself or by the included remote control

Product Features

• Hi-Definition - Enjoy 720p and 1080i movies on your home theatre
• Convenient - Browse your home network to select stored media files to enjoy on your home theatre
• Great value - Multimedia player plus network storage; a one-touch video record feature is included
• Large capacity - Save up to 1TB of video, photos, or music files
• Stylish - Compact enclosure to complement your home entertainment environment

What’s in the Box
ScreenPlay Pro HD Multimedia Drive, remote control, US power supply, HDMI cable, USB cable, composite video cable, quick start guide with solutions CD

Product Description

Enjoy a high-definition theatre experience with the new Iomega ScreenPlay Pro HD Multimedia Drive 1 TB. The ScreenPlay Pro HD is a multimedia player that connects to your home network to store & access your videos, music and photo collections. Easily browse your network to select stored videos to view on your home theatre. Record video from a camera, cable box,or VCR with a one-touch record button. The sleek black ScreenPlay Pro Multimedia Drive supports native HD and is compatible with the latest media formats such as MP3, AC3 (Dolby Digital Encoding),WAV, WMA, MPEG-1, MPEG-2 (AVI/VOB), MPEG-4 (AVI/DiVX 3.11, 4.x, 5.x/XViD) and JPEG, plus supports USB WIFI dongle for wireless access (dongle sold separately). Available in 1 TB capacity.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

34 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Works as advertised, November 26, 2008

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Adrusa (North Carolina, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Iomega ScreenPlay Pro 1 TB USB 2.0/AV/Ethernet HD Multimedia Hard Drive 34151 (Personal Computers)

You can not go wrong with this Multimedia Drive from Iomega unless you get a faulty unit. It worked as advertised out of the box.
It plays most video, photo and audio files from 1.) The inbuilt 1TB drive 2.) A usb external drive 3.) From computers and NAS boxes attached to your network. It connects to your Display via HDMI (supplied), component and composite cables and the picture quality is great. It also accept composite input and display the input on your display. You can then chose to record the input. The recordings played on my Windows Media Player without any additional software.
You can transfer files to the Iomega via the network even while playing or recording. You can also use it as NAS and even for backup.
And most importantly the PSU is rated 100-240V. It means you can use it anywhere in the world!
I wouldn't give 5 stars because 1.) The interface is functional but ugly. It is mostly black and no pictures and no way to change that in the present firmware. 2.) The remote have a very narrow angle. You have to aim directly for it to work. 3.) The network transfer is quite slow, about 2Mbps maximum.
Overall, I think is a good buy and I hope that Iomega will improve on the firmware to iron out some of the issues raised above.

26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Played awhile with new screenplay., November 3, 2008

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Black Omne "dhodgen" (Wyoming) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Iomega ScreenPlay Pro 1 TB USB 2.0/AV/Ethernet HD Multimedia Hard Drive 34151 (Personal Computers)

I own a screenplay HD 500Gb and really liked it. So I bought the new Screenplay Pro HD 1Tb. First thing I noticed was the new remote, the older model tended to develop problems over extended use. Buttons started to fail. I then noticed the straight RCA to RCA connections. The older screenplay used a RCA to stereo type plug for the component connection. The interface is very different, the previous one went straight to the file structure. The new one goes to a general menu first. Overall is runs better and cooler because of the added fan. I then noticed the input connections and the ability to record straight to the drive(tivo). It has a ethernet port (NAS), hdmi and divx video on demand (not yet supported as a certified device). I am still trying to get the wireless connection to work (only a few supported USB wireless adapters and no idea on setting it up right). The only downside I have found was they removed the shuffle random feature. I used that I lot on the previous drive for my music.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Top Hit for Movie Downloaders, October 31, 2008

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W.Busch "Hookebine" (Westerwald) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Iomega ScreenPlay Pro 1 TB USB 2.0/AV/Ethernet HD Multimedia Hard Drive 34151 (Personal Computers)

Living in the USA since 30 month I got bored by the commercials on each of the 72 channels.
I was longing for the German TV contents quality and through a hint of a friend I found www.save.tv a web site that gave me the opportunity to subscribe and to record 25 German TV stations on a network recorder with a capacity of 3000 minutes. With a free provided download manager I could download all records on my PC anytime with 720 X 525 pixels.
Impressed by the quantity of commercial free features and documentary, magazines and political talk shows the rest of the family wanted also to watch. In order to make it visible on the big living room screen I needed to burn the videos on DVD. Mostly that took hours and hours to cut and to convert and to burn. I was looking for a mass storage media that provides the easy operating and high capacity. After a long search I found it: Iomega Screenplay Pro HD! When I received it I plugged it in and it worked right away on HDMI. Copying a 60 minutes video by USB 2 from my internal HD to Screenplay takes 3 minutes. I do not need to take out German commercials to bring it to the size of a DVD.
The drive has become the hottest gadget in my family.
I hope that will keep operating like it does right now.
Worth every dollar.