Play Multimedia On A TV With LaCie silverscreen Hard Drive

January 13, 2005
Play Multimedia On A TV With LaCie silverscreen Hard Drive

LaCie premieres the LaCie silverscreen, a portable USB hard drive with the ability to plug directly into multi-standard television sets for instant playback of stored movies, music or photos. LaCie silverscreen is ideal for travelers wanting to enjoy digital entertainment or professionals wanting to show clients corporate videos on larger TV screens without the need for a computer. The ultra slim and quiet drive comes in 40GB or 80GB capacities. 80GB LaCie silverscreen will be available in February at the suggested retail price of $329.

"As people’s desire to carry and view media anywhere increases, LaCie makes it possible with this innovative storage solution," says Olivier Mirloup, LaCie Senior Product Manager. "With LaCie silverscreen people can bring their movies, personal photos and favorite songs to their friends and family for instant playback on any TV without the need for a computer. This new portable hard drive is designed specifically for people who want to enjoy digital entertainment at home or on the road."

The LaCie silverscreen is pre-configured to recognize and instantly play back a wide range of movie file formats, including the MPEG-2 ISO format and the popular compressed DivX format. After uploading multimedia from any PC or Mac through the USB interface, LaCie silverscreen enables a real home theater experience with surround sound thanks to the optical digital output that supports compressed Dolby® Digital 5.1 and DTS pass through. A handy remote control is included for easy menu surfing and playback.

This highly portable 10.6oz/300g drive stores up to 14 MPEG-2 movies, 80 MPEG-4/DivX movies, 20,000 MP3s, or one million photos. LaCie silverscreen also includes a Video On-Demand (VOD) feature that allows people to conveniently rent or buy DivX VOD movies directly from the DivX website.

Features

Supported Video Formats: MPEG-1, MPEG-2 (ISO, AVI, VOB), MPEG-4 (AVI, DivX®, XviD)
Supported Audio Formats: WAV, MP3, AAC, WMA, AC3
Supported Photo Formats: JPEG (up to 8 megapixels)
Video Outputs: NTSC/PAL composite and S-video, analog YPbPr video scalable up to 1920x1080i or 1280x720p, VGA scalable up to 11024x768, RGB via SCART (Europe only)
Audio Outputs: Dual stereo analog audio, coaxial and optical SPDIF digital audio
Interfaces: SPDIF, Audio/Video Out, Hi-Speed Mini USB 2.0
Included Accessories: Hi-Speed Mini USB 2.0 cable, power adapter, AV cable, SPDIF coaxial cable, infrared remote control, L/R Audio RCA adapter, SCART to Composite RCA (Europe only)

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