Hi all,
I'm new to this forum, so excuse me if this has been discussed or if I'm in the wrong spot. I'm looking to backup my DVD's to a 500GB SATA Hard Disk. I don't have a problem ripping the DVD's to the Hard disk as ISO or VOB files, I just want a HDD Media Player to play/store my DVD ISO's onto to use as a virtual DVD changer. Do any of you own a HDD Media Players? I've seen them on ebay. Would preffer a local seller.
I'd preffer SATA connection that supports up to 1TB for future upgrade, but for now I'll probably only throw in a 500GB SATA drive so Media Players that support up to 750GB will do. Looking for one that supported ISO's so I'd have full DVD menu's and quality. I've seen one's that support VOB files, but don't know if that would give you all the menu options like playing the actual DVD. Have any of you tried playing VOB files off a HDD Media Player?
Also want one that supports DivX playback and SRT subtitle support. Most HDD Media Players I've seen only support up to DivX 5, which I don't really understand.
I have a DVD player that plays DivX files on a disk, USB drive, and SD cards. This got me to think I can save money and just play my video files off an USB external hard disk. I plugged a 60GB external hard disk into my DVD player, but it wouldn't work.
I can just connect my computer to my TV, but that requires restarting it and I hate to do that since I loose all my current download connections. Plus sometimes I get interference using S-Video out, white lines moving up the screen making videos unbearable to me. I can also copy the DivX files to a SD card or flash disk to play on a DVD player, but memory cards and usb flash disks can only hold so much space. Popcorn Hour and other media streaming devices seems cool, but over my budget.
The one I'm interested in is MIDTE MDT-PM368HP. I've seen it locally for 3,400 pesos with out hard drive. Not bad considering it has HDMI out, Component out, S-Video out, RCA out, and optical out.
http://www.midte.com/English/Products/MDT-PM368HP.htmlCD-R King sells one for 2,500 but it doesn't support SATA drives. I know new 500GB IDE drives can be found for as low as 3,500 pesos but don't want to buy a new drive. But now that I think about it 6,000 doesn't sound bad for a 500GB Media Player.
http://cdrking.com/local/products/index.php?action=&temp=2&typeno=6824425-652202-835025400-9162003&prod=Cd-r%20King&prodcode=2165966-503976-791617153-9829546Please let me know what you think and if you have any experience with HDD media players. Thanks in advance for any input.
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My PC
Vista Ultimate
2.8GHz Pentium D
ATI Radeon X1550 (512MB + HyperMemory)
19" Wide Samsung & 15" NEC LCD Monitors
2GB DDR2 667 RAM
1.32TB total (320GB + 500GB SATA Seagate Hard Drives & 500GB SATA Samsung Hard Drive)
Samsung DVDRW lightscribe writer
Firewire 1394 PCI card
