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Product Description
Capacity: 250 GB
From the Manufacturer
250 GB and 500 GB Seagate FreeAgent Theater Media Player Solution
The easiest way to move your photos, movies and music from your PC to your TV.
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Share your media library in three steps
1. Place the included 250 GB or 500 GB FreeAgent Go drive in the PC docking station. It will automatically find and copy your digital media files from your PC.
2. Remove the FreeAgent Go drive and insert it into the media player docking station connected to your TV.
3. Grab the included remote control and start enjoying your digital media from the comfort of your couch.
Experience your digital life in high definition
FreeAgent Theater media player supports 1080i high-definition playback and Dolby Digital 5.1 audio surround sound, so your movies and music will look and sound great. The 250 GB or 500 GB storage capacity can store hundreds of hours of high-definition and standard-definition videos, plus thousands of digital photos and songs. And thanks to a front-mounted USB port, you can access content from external hard drives, flash drives and digital cameras that support USB connectivity.
What's in the box?
FreeAgent Theater media player, FreeAgent Go PC Dock with USB cable, 250 GB or 500 GB FreeAgent Go portable hard drive, remote control, A/V cable (composite video/stereo audio), EnergyStar-compliant power supply, FreeAgent Theater software and User Guide (PDF), and Set-up Guide.
How much can you store?
| 250GB | 500GB | ||
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| Hours of Standard Definition Video | 1 GB/hour | 250 | 500 |
| Hours of High Definition Video | 5 GB/hour | 50 | 100 |
| Number of Digital Music Songs | 0.250GB/song | 62,500 | 125,000 |
| Number of Digital Photos | 0.320GB/picture | 80,000 | 160,000 |
Product Description
The easiest way to move your photos, movies and music from your PC to your TV. Share and enjoy your memories in a comfortable, social environment such as your living room. The Seagate FreeAgent Theater media player solution consists of three components: a media player dock, a PC dock and a FreeAgent Go portable hard drive. With two easy steps, you will be viewing and sharing your favorite photos, movies and music in no time! With its unique dual-docking system, setup the device once and never hassle with cables again. Simply place the FreeAgent Go portable hard drive into the PC docking station and it automatically copies your photos, movies and music from the PC to the drive. Then docking the FreeAgent Go portable hard drive into the FreeAgent Theater media player, connected to the TV, puts your entire media library at your fingertips with 1080i High-Definition playback and crystal clear Dolby Digital 5.1 audio surround sound support. With the front-mounted USB port, you can also plug your digital camera, USB flash drive or external USB hard drive directly into the FreeAgent Theater and enjoy the same high-quality viewing experience. Navigating through your media library is intuitive with the FreeAgent Theater¿s user interface and compact remote control. Share your memories like a pro with easy to customize slideshows, transitions, background music and zoom feature for both pictures and movies. Share and experience your memories in comfort with FreeAgent Theater.
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Size Name:500 GB
I don't want to repeat too much what others have already listed. The unit works great for playing your home videos you converted to DVDs just like you're using a DVD player and you don't need to convert any files(provided they are in the standard DVD format ifo, VOB etc) them just copy them off your DVD and you can have access to all your memories. I click on the VIDEO_TS.IFO file and it plays just like I had the DVD in menus and all.
Now for the problem. The unit does not recognize the FreeAgent Go drives. Dock the drive to it and it does not know a drive is there. I purchased both the unit and a FreeAgent Go drive in the last 2 months. The drive arrived yesterday. I had been using a flashdrive up until now using the USB port. Now I wish I did not buy this unit. Unfortunately, the only place people were talking about this issue was on Seagate's website in the forum section. If you can't dock your external hard drive to it, it's not of much use. Perhaps earlier models worked but in this economy many firms went cheap and perhaps Seagate has done this too. It was just too good to be true and I have relied on Seagate for storage for years, and now they have let me down.
***Update, Seagate initiated contact with me and appears may be taking care of the issue. I will update. So far their customer service has been very proactive and they initiated contact with me based on my discussion about it and how many firms do that!**** Seagate did replace the drive based on comments I wrote in a forum. I also purchased another unit for $29 (no drive included) on sale Jan 2010. Both units working well but you may need to use a USB cable to use a larger Go Drive.
Now for the problem. The unit does not recognize the FreeAgent Go drives. Dock the drive to it and it does not know a drive is there. I purchased both the unit and a FreeAgent Go drive in the last 2 months. The drive arrived yesterday. I had been using a flashdrive up until now using the USB port. Now I wish I did not buy this unit. Unfortunately, the only place people were talking about this issue was on Seagate's website in the forum section. If you can't dock your external hard drive to it, it's not of much use. Perhaps earlier models worked but in this economy many firms went cheap and perhaps Seagate has done this too. It was just too good to be true and I have relied on Seagate for storage for years, and now they have let me down.
***Update, Seagate initiated contact with me and appears may be taking care of the issue. I will update. So far their customer service has been very proactive and they initiated contact with me based on my discussion about it and how many firms do that!**** Seagate did replace the drive based on comments I wrote in a forum. I also purchased another unit for $29 (no drive included) on sale Jan 2010. Both units working well but you may need to use a USB cable to use a larger Go Drive.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Size Name:250 GB|Amazon Verified Purchase
Over all this player is a good unit for play back of basic media files. I purchased this unit primarily to play my extensive MP3 collection through my sound system. As other users have mentioned an HDMI output with support for 1080p is notably absent. The player is limited in what file types it supports although it plays my mp3's quite well. The digital audio output is nice and it allows you to choose between LPCM or raw format for external decoding. It would have been nice to have an optical output since some brands of receivers are limited in the number of coax connections available. One huge limitation of this player that perhaps a future firmware update will correct is that it will not use the track number contained in the ID3 data to play the tracks in album order. The unit simply uses alphabetic order so to properly order the tracks for playback every track must be renamed with the track number in front of it. I've also loaded a couple of my favorite standard definition DVD's onto the unit. The display quality was as good as could be expected considering the source material. Audio playback using the raw format to a receiver was good. One irritant though is that it sometimes pauses while switching between video files throughout the film. I was able to overcome this by using my PC to combine the video files into one large file. The downside to this method is that you lose chapter selection and since it doesn't resume playback to where it was stopped this can be a big headache to fast forward all the way to the point you want to resume from. The remote is basic and as most credit card types do it lacks power and must be carefully aimed at the unit. I plan to use a Logitech Harmony One to over come this.One surprise encountered when opening this unit is that it requires two simultaneous USB conections. Not a huge issue but it prevented me from using the single port I have wired on my desk top forcing me to climb behind the PC tower to connect it. Over all I'm pleased with the unit but it definitely has room for some improvement which is why only four stars.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Size Name:250 GB|Amazon Vine™ Review
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This product works best as an easy-to-use way to access your photos, music, and videos from your living room. You won't need a wireless internet connection. Just a USB port on your PC, an unused A/V jacks on your TV, and a free power outlet. There are limitations, as I explain below.
COMPATIBLE FILES
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According to the info sheet, the following file types are compatible. I didn't come across any problems, but other reviews on Amazon have.
- MPEG-1
- MPEG-2 (AVI/ VOB / ISO) up to 1920x1080i @30fps
- MPEG-4 (AVI / DivX / Xvid) up to 1280x720 @60fps
- Video Resolutions: NTSC 480i/480p; PAL 576i/576p. Supports video (HD and upscaling) up to 720p/1080i.
- Audio (MP3, ACS, WMA, WAV, OGG)
- Photo (JPEG's up to 20 megapixels per photo).
BENEFITS
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- Easy to use software (but not Mac compatible)
- Easy to use TV interface
- Great Seagate external drive (This is the same type sold separately as the Seagate FreeAgent Go 250 GB USB which has good reviews).
- Automatically transfer designated folders on your PC to the external drive for viewing on your TV.
LIMITATIONS
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- Component cables not included. Only RCA cables are included, so you won't experience the higher resolutions without them.
- Not Mac compatible
- The design of the remote looks a bit dated. The dock that connects to your TV looks like an old answering machine.
ALSO NOTE
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If you already have a PS3 connected to your TV, you won't really need this. The PS3 already can copy photos, videos, and music from a memory card or a DVD-rom (that you burn) and store them on its harddrive. You would also save an extra set of A/V jacks on your TV and not need to use another power adapter. There are also shareware programs that can update a memory card with your latest media files.
RECOMMENDED USE
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The people that may benefit most from this product are parents who want to show visitors their latest kids photos on the TV.
COMPATIBLE FILES
----------------
According to the info sheet, the following file types are compatible. I didn't come across any problems, but other reviews on Amazon have.
- MPEG-1
- MPEG-2 (AVI/ VOB / ISO) up to 1920x1080i @30fps
- MPEG-4 (AVI / DivX / Xvid) up to 1280x720 @60fps
- Video Resolutions: NTSC 480i/480p; PAL 576i/576p. Supports video (HD and upscaling) up to 720p/1080i.
- Audio (MP3, ACS, WMA, WAV, OGG)
- Photo (JPEG's up to 20 megapixels per photo).
BENEFITS
--------
- Easy to use software (but not Mac compatible)
- Easy to use TV interface
- Great Seagate external drive (This is the same type sold separately as the Seagate FreeAgent Go 250 GB USB which has good reviews).
- Automatically transfer designated folders on your PC to the external drive for viewing on your TV.
LIMITATIONS
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- Component cables not included. Only RCA cables are included, so you won't experience the higher resolutions without them.
- Not Mac compatible
- The design of the remote looks a bit dated. The dock that connects to your TV looks like an old answering machine.
ALSO NOTE
---------
If you already have a PS3 connected to your TV, you won't really need this. The PS3 already can copy photos, videos, and music from a memory card or a DVD-rom (that you burn) and store them on its harddrive. You would also save an extra set of A/V jacks on your TV and not need to use another power adapter. There are also shareware programs that can update a memory card with your latest media files.
RECOMMENDED USE
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The people that may benefit most from this product are parents who want to show visitors their latest kids photos on the TV.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Not good
Seagate makes newer models that are much, much better for the price, such as the Seagate FreeAgent Theater+1080P HD Media Player STCEA201-RK or the Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex TV... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Rick
No HDMI
No MDMI is the thing people need to know about this device, it uses old RCA cables, so it is the way of the dodo bird already, obsolete product.Again NO HDMI Cable support
Published 6 months ago by Oahu Clay
Beware!!! Possible Manufacturer Defects!!!
I recently returned NOT ONE, BUT TWO of these players! The first one arrived with a defective eject button which caused the included hard drive not to attach to the player. Read more
Published 15 months ago by R. Hunter
Seagate Home Theater
Loved this product.Has a few snags that i wish they would have said something about though.
If you have a smart screen filter like internet 8 has it will block the drive from... Read more
If you have a smart screen filter like internet 8 has it will block the drive from... Read more
Published 23 months ago by dstorey
FreeAgent Theater is not for Mac users
The Seagate FreeAgent Theater HD Media Player does not support HDMI, which is bad. It would have been a lot easier and lesser wires dangling out. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Roy Wiegmann
Easy to use, not what I wanted though
This unit is very easy to set up and syc up with your computer. On the tv screen it comes up just like an 'explore' window on your computer with files and sub-files. Read more
Published on May 7, 2010 by K. Peterson
Seagate FreeAgent Theater
I bought Seagate FreeAgent Theater from Amazon - it is much better than western Digital media player.
Published on April 8, 2010 by N. Rahman
Seagate FreeAgent Theater HD Media Player and FreeAgent Go 250 GB USB...
I highly recomend this product.does everything and does it with style. Very well packed
Remote is a bit small for the larger hands but you can adapt quickly. Read more
Remote is a bit small for the larger hands but you can adapt quickly. Read more
Published on April 6, 2010 by John D. Eyman
Okay,but has a few downsides.
This is a great player with high def and HDMI capabilities. This player does have a few downsides though. For one the remote is tiny and easy to lose. Read more
Published on March 9, 2010 by Johnny Walker
Does what it should
Got on closeout for @ $90. My main use is taking HD TV recorded on living room computer (by Hauppage USB TV dongle) to watch in our bedroom. Hour programs end up @ 6 gig. Read more
Published on February 28, 2010 by Jonathan Elder
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