LaCie LaCinema Black Max Reviews

LaCie recently sent us an early unit of the LaCinema Black Max, its triple-threat hard-drive and media-streamer combo. (We will update this review with our impressions of the U.S. version of the device when it becomes available.) The device can not ...

Stylish design Includes TV tuner

Operation isn't always as you'd expect

The LaCinema sports a 500GB hard drive for recording or transferring media, but it also has USB inputs and will play media on attached drives. Output was excellent via HDMI (up to 1080p) as well through as the component and composite outputs, and I ...

A streamer worthy of LaConsideration?

LaCie's LaCinema Black MAX is a tidy and versatile media centre that performs very well, and if you're in the market for a PVR as well as more standard media access it's definitely worth a look.

A versatile recorder and streaming media player that nonetheless falls down on basics such as its unresponsive menu system and inadequate remote control.

LaCie does deserve credit for attempting to combine the features of a DVR and network media server into a single unit and, from a technical standpoint, the Black MAX is pretty successful. You can switch from streaming music or video across your ...