Seagate FreeAgent Theater Expert Reviews

Seagate built this second-gen FreeAgent Theater+ to be equally Mac and PC friendly, and to decode any video file you throw at it, regardless of resolution, framerate or other variable. Despite a crappy interface, the mission is a genuine success.

Some more coolness: It remembers where you are in a movie, so you don't have to worry about stopping then coming back and having to find your place, even when you're viewing a DVD image. And since it's connected, it can hop on your NAS drives to pick ...

Moving a step ahead, Seagate announces the updated version of the FreeAgent Theater called the FreeAgent Theater+. This device now brings you an Ethernet connection which lets you access your local media files collection, and a Digital Dolby audio ...

Want a glossy mother ship for your FreeAgent Go drives? Seagate has the answer. Simply slide your portable drive into the Theater's topside dock. Like the WD TV, it automatically marshals your media collection into categories by type of file. Unlike ...

Onboard playback controls. Straightforward setup. Easy-to-navigate menus. Decent 1080i upscaling

No support for RAW image files. Composite and component outputs only. Had trouble recognizing external drives that weren't FreeAgents

When Western Digital introduced its smart WD TV HD Media Player earlier this year, which is designed to mate portable hard drives with big-screen TVs, we knew it was only a matter of...

Attractive design ; controls integrated into the device ; good remote

No HDMI ; video resolution limited to 1080i ; lacks support for several important media file formats ; disappointing audio DAC ; software incompatibilities

If you're looking for a way to view tons of media from your computer on your TV, but you want something other than a media streamer, a hard-drive-based media player like the Seagate FreeAgent Theater (starting at $129 without the hard drive, as of ...

Easy to use. Pleasing aesthetic design.

No HDMI. Limited format support.

By and large, the FreeAgent Theater does an admirable job; and for many users, it should provide an easy, painless way to release the media held hostage on their PC. For high-end users, though, the lack of HDMI output may be a deal-breaker

Seagate's FreeAgent Theater+ takes nearly all its competitors' tricks and combines them into what promises to be one extremely svelte and capable digital media adapter.

The Seagate FreeAgent Theater+ promises to be one of the most technology-complete digital media adapters on the market - when it's fully developed. However, unless you enjoy early-adopter aggravation, we'd recommend you wait a few weeks for the ...

Great for photos and videos, integrates well with Seagate's FreeAgent Go range of hard drives

Doesn't support some video codecs, no HDMI or 1080p playback

If you're an avid Seagate external hard drive aficionado and have a predilection for watching slideshows on your television, the Freeagent Theater is exactly what you need. As a general purpose media player, though, it doesn't stand up to the ...

seagate freeagent theater review: Its poor video support means it's not perfect, but if you have a FreeAgent portable hard drive it's quite a capable photo and audio streamer.

Excellent integration with the FreeAgent hard drive range ; Great for photos and videos on your TV

Lack of video codec support ; Lack of HD video playback ; Too expensive for what it is

promising, but still a bit shy, early in the Seagate hard drive multimedia FreeAgent Theater ... This takes the form of a small station host circuit with audio-video decoding, without storage capacity integrated .