Multimedia Hard Drives

maddogb:
what you are looking for is a "media center PC " or "htpc", A HARD DRIVE IS A COMPONENT INSIDE A PC.
it helps to know that when shopping ;)

londonlynxeffect:
Sorry I do not think I am explaining myself properly I am looking for something similar to the Iomega ScreenPlay Pro 1TB HD MultiMedia Player USB, Ethernet, AV + HDMI Connection

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/151065

Has anyone had an experiences with this product or they can recommend something similar?

Many Thanks

maddogb:
thats a "media player" the recording bit threw me but there is one posted today in deals with tv recording but they are few and far between, you see a lot of sh media players on here etc, don't know if thats a good indication of how good they are..

here it is, aint seen any others but not something i would notice having a htpc
http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/50983...-160gb-99-99-c

londonlynxeffect:
Thanks for the tip the recording part is not a necessity but would be nice - looking more to back up my dvd's/films with an easy play system hence media player rather than just straight hard drive, and just do not have the time to build my own or the skills.

maddogb:
not sure how user friendly the set up is, shouldn't be too bad think you may need to read up on re-encoding dvds on your pc to transfer to the player, other than that hard drive space is important, allow enough for you at decent quality
music@150 tracks or 10 albums per gigabyte
pictures depends on camera file size
video@dvd quality with good encoding at approx 4 films per 3GB