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DenSweeP

DenSweeP

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Who has a media player other than their PC and if so, which do you have?

I have the Xtreamer 2.5" version and love it. HDD is limited to a 500GB 2.5" SATA, but that doesn't really worry me, as I have it hooked up on my network anyway and just stream from my PC. Works like a charm. Be it .avi or .mkv files. And it is nice and small, so quite unobtrusive.

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I have a playTIME media player it's roughly 3yrs old with 500gb Seagate hdd. It's falling apart. The hdd screams almost everytime I switch it on (like the plates are touching?)... but it still works. Need to get me the WD mini .. so much more convenient cos you can leave it at home and just carry your external hard drive around. Anyone know where I can have a hard drive looked at / repaired in Cape Town for a reasonable rate?
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MVP786 said:
Anyone know where I can have a hard drive looked at / repaired in Cape Town for a reasonable rate?
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There's two places I could recommend. The first is a tad expensive, but will be the far better option in my opinion. The second would be cheaper, but far less impressive.

You need to go into Cape Town itself. If you come in by the N1 just follow it all the way into town up Kloof Road. The one that goes over towards Camps Bay. Before going over the rise, you turn left into the road that has the cable car entrance on it. Park near their and purchase a ticket to take the car up (this is the expensive part). Once up there, find a secluded spot and bid farewell to your HDD and drop him off the side and witness the spectacular destruction as he smashes into the rocks!! :p

Otherwise take the cheap option. Same rule into CT, except turn tight to the waterfront. Drive the the harbour side and bid farewell and drop him into Davy Jones' locker!! :p

Seriously, unless the data on the drive is really worth a lot, it's not worth trying to salvage a HDD.
 
DenSweeP said:
There's two places I could recommend. The first is a tad expensive, but will be the far better option in my opinion. The second would be cheaper, but far less impressive.

You need to go into Cape Town itself. If you come in by the N1 just follow it all the way into town up Kloof Road. The one that goes over towards Camps Bay. Before going over the rise, you turn left into the road that has the cable car entrance on it. Park near their and purchase a ticket to take the car up (this is the expensive part). Once up there, find a secluded spot and bid farewell to your HDD and drop him off the side and witness the spectacular destruction as he smashes into the rocks!! :p

Otherwise take the cheap option. Same rule into CT, except turn tight to the waterfront. Drive the the harbour side and bid farewell and drop him into Davy Jones' locker!! :p

Seriously, unless the data on the drive is really worth a lot, it's not worth trying to salvage a HDD.
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Lmao! ...... Gona wait until it stops working then give it a proper ending. Pity I don't have some explosives and a detonator...*Sigh* Will post pics of the carnage & destruction!
 
I went all out - Just got my Dune HD MAX.

Very awesome media player... does everything I need and more... now forcing me to buy a 3D screen :-)
Here are some details...

"The new top-of-the-range model. Universal all-in-one solution to play video up to Full HD (1080p), combines in one case: universal HD media player and the up-to-date Blu-ray player.

Dune HD Max features the powerful modern Sigma Designs SMP8642 video processor, and a built-in silent optical drive that allows the Dune HD Max to play anything from CDDA to DVD and Blu-ray disks. The player also has a 3.5" SATA HDD rack with hot-swap support, an SD card slot, and 3 high-speed USB 2.0 ports to connect external storage and extension modules.

One of the main features that distinguishes this media player from its competitors is its special compartment for extension boards. The compartment is located behind a panel at the rear of the media player. Up to 2 boards can be installed simultaneously.

The new device justifiably promises to be as successful as its predecessors in the 3.0 series, which won all possible industry awards, and came out top in all the comparative tests conducted by different high-profile technology publications around the world. The Dune HD Max supports practically all audio and standard and high-definition video formats. It is compatible with all types of "high-definition" sound formats (Dolby TrueHD, DTS HD Master Audio etc.), and plays DVD and Blu-ray discs and images with ease. Special notice should be taken of the extremely fast networking speed, the IPTV and Internet Radio functions, as well as the built-in torrent client and Internet browser, not to mention the constant product development with firmware upgrade possibility."

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Only place I could find them was from www.satstream.co.za
 
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