Seagate FreeAgent Theater HD Media Player STCEA101-RK

by Seagate

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.7 x 8.3 x 9.4 inches ; 1.1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001U3YILI
• Item model number: STCEA101-RK
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank

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  Electronics > Computers & Accessories > Networking Products > Digital Media Adapters

• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 14, 2004

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Seagate® FreeAgent Theater™ Media Player

The easiest way to move your photos, movies and music from your PC to your TV.

The Seagate® FreeAgent Theater™ media player lets you share and enjoy your digital media library with friends and family without having to crowd around a PC screen or struggle with confusing network configuration and cable issues. Simply insert a Seagate FreeAgent Go drive into the media dock, or use the convenient, front-mounted USB port to connect flash drives, external hard drives and digital cameras that support USB connectivity. Then grab the included remote control and start enjoying your digital media from the comfort of your couch. It even supports 1080i high-definition playback and Dolby Digital 5.1 audio surround sound, so your movies and music will look and sound great.

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What's in the box?

FreeAgent Theater media player, remote control, A/V cable (composite video/stereo audio), EnergyStar-compliant power supply, FreeAgent Theater software and User Guide (PDF), and Set-up Guide.

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. 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 (sold seperately) 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.

Seagate® FreeAgent Theater™ Media Player

The easiest way to move your photos, movies and music from your PC to your TV.

The Seagate® FreeAgent Theater™ media player lets you share and enjoy your digital media library with friends and family without having to crowd around a PC screen or struggle with confusing network configuration and cable issues. Simply insert a Seagate FreeAgent Go drive into the media dock, or use the convenient, front-mounted USB port to connect flash drives, external hard drives and digital cameras that support USB connectivity. Then grab the included remote control and start enjoying your digital media from the comfort of your couch. It even supports 1080i high-definition playback and Dolby Digital 5.1 audio surround sound, so your movies and music will look and sound great.

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What's in the box?

FreeAgent Theater media player, remote control, A/V cable (composite video/stereo audio), EnergyStar-compliant power supply, FreeAgent Theater software and User Guide (PDF), and Set-up Guide.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Behind the Curve Stopgap, December 21, 2009

By	biggestbamboo - See all my reviews

This review is from: Seagate FreeAgent Theater HD Media Player STCEA101-RK (Electronics)

The Seagate FreeAgent Theater is now cheap because it is old technology and it shows. It is not a bad player for old-school video formats, but the picture is composite like an early years DVD Player, not HD. The firmware is slow, ugly, and buggy. The newer Theater+ model has HDMI, networking, and HD picture, but it is not worth the much higher $ investment (currently over $200 with hard drive and dock). The new firmware is still a D+ at best. I recommend using a netbook with an HDMI port as a media server instead. A netbook will work flawlessly as a media server and you will enjoy all the other PC fuctions it can do for you.

40 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars NO WAY!!, December 28, 2009

By	Mateo (Oceanside CA) - See all my reviews

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PLEASE RATE THIS REVIEW, SO IT WILL BE SEEN.

I have tried to use it for videos from flv and wmv, it wont play youtube videos, or much of anything, (except for .AVI), its format list is obfuscated . I spent hours converting many videos- to no avail. It plays photos and music, but whatever.

Second: the menu system, It acts randomly and buggy, it will scroll backwards, shift menu's when you press play, press anything, its RANDOM. I'm sending it back.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Seagate's prius, March 11, 2010

By	Ariel - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Seagate FreeAgent Theater HD Media Player STCEA101-RK (Electronics)

I'm surprised it has not been reported here but this unit does not work with some Seagate Freeagent Go drives designed to fit neatly in the special compartment. The drive (as well as other USB drives) works fine as external but does not work as intended.

Seagate has known about the problem all along (their forum is full of complaints about this) but does not have a fix for it and not even trying to address the issue. What is dishonest is that none of the distributors who are selling this unit would tell that upfront.

Otherwise, aside from climsy remote and slow remote response, this is a great unit for the price.