Iomega ScreenPlay Director HD media player gets busy with CinemaNow

Iomega's making a Full HD play for the living room at CES with the introduction of its new ScreenPlay Director device. The 1TB HD media player brings a bevy of TV connectivity options including HDMI composite video, component, and more. It's also DLNA- and DivX-certificated in addition to boasting H.264, WMV, AVCHD and MKV format support at 1080p. A trio of USB ports give you room for external capacity growth while baked in 10/100 Ethernet (or optional 802.11n USB WiFi Adapter) gets the pup online where you can rent or buy movies from CinemaNow or browse content on Flickr, YouTube, Shoutcast radio, and RSS feeds. ScreenPlay Director HD lists for $250 when it goes on sale, well, today if you order through Dell.

[WhatHappened Posted Jan 5th 2010 6:05AM]

What? No Zip 100 slot??

[Bizam Posted Jan 5th 2010 8:29AM]

@WhatHappened Hey now, this is the future, Zip 250...

[HaveNoLimits Posted Jan 5th 2010 6:45AM]

If it's under 200, I might bite. Otherwise, it's a Core i3 HTPC build.

[aubreyq Posted Jan 5th 2010 9:00AM]

Interface, interface, interface! What will it be like?

[perpetual98 Posted Jan 5th 2010 9:28AM]

@aubreyq

I agree, you can pump out all of the media players you want, but until one come out with a WAF interface like Windows 7 Media Center, or even XBMC/Sage, etc, they just aren't going to cater to the masses. I have an older mvix box that while it does pretty much what this Iomega one does, the interface is so clunky, I just use it for an external hard drive.

[hillstrubl Posted Jan 5th 2010 9:45AM]

This is a stupid product

https://www3.tivo.com/store/boxdetails.do?boxName=180hourtivohd&boxsku=R65216 + vuze (specifically for its free drag and drop media converter) = divx, etc playback (you know you already have a computer to actually download your media) + a FAR better DVR set-top box than your provider will ever give you

[zom Posted Jan 5th 2010 10:36AM]

250 compared to 120 for a wd tv live... the 1tb is sorta nice, i take it the ethernet can communicate on the home network?

[factoryEquipment Posted Jan 5th 2010 12:35PM]

mmmm thinking about it