Emtec S800 HDD Movie Cube
This is the age of multimedia entertainment – there is no denying that. Though we still have a lot of different gadgets for specific purposes, we are seeing multi-functional gadgets more and more. This year, if you are looking for a multimedia toy that can give you great value for your money, look no further than the Emtec S800 HDD Movie Cube.
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This baby packs a powerful punch with its hosts of features. It has a whopping 500G of storage (yeah, with all that multimedia files you have, even this amount might not seem big after a while) and has a built-in hybrid analogue and DVB tuner. How does 500G translate in terms of number of files? You can expect to store about 180,000 photos, the same number of songs, or about 600 full length films. Not bad!
As for the formats and connections supported, the S800 seems to be pretty robust. It gets Scart, USB and HDMI connectivity, as well as DivX playback. What excites me about the S800 is the fact that you can connect it to your network at home, either through the Ethernet 10/100 or WiFi connection. This means that you can access and manipulate your files through your laptop or other networked device.
But wait, there’s more! The S800 can function as a recorder and converter as well! You can record your favourite TV programmes so that you can store them for those inevitable TV marathons. You can even spruce up your old DVD or video films by converting them into better digital formats.
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I have struggled with the thing for 8 hours now and beleive me. Nothing really works the way it should work. The remote is such low quality it only works when pointed in a direct line with the device. Digital tv can not be connected because it doesnt have a smart card slot. It is impossible to upload files from a laptop into the device by the wifi function. Only thing that works is the internet radio. But if you want to listen you do need to see a ugly ip-code screen when doing so. The quality of the menu makes me remember those first 8bit game consoles. Please do not buy this as a xmas gift for any one, it is a horrible mistake.
nice post and great information thank you very much.
Nice post , thank you for saving my money.
Thanks for nice post It’s the next generation harddisk.
With 500 GB of space, I could backup all my movies and still have room for all my mp3’s!
So cute! Keep up the good work!
So cute! Keep up the good work!
The device ain’t bad the but firmware is horrible.
They need to improve it, fast, or they will lose customers.
I agree with the last commenter. The firmware is indeed ‘horrible’. Nothing quite works in the way that you think that it should. Hardly intuitive, the user interface needs some familiarisation so this is hardly likely to become popular until these issues are resolved.
I have this @ home and it is working well. I must say, you need to install latest firmware update.
There is also software (on the internet, not emtec stuff) where you can change some default settings, for example boot the machine with network enabled …..
Very informative. But I must say, the firmware badly need some improvement.
Hi there.. have just bought this EMTEC device and for the last 4 hours have got no where! Can anyone help me as to how I get my computer to recognise the device so I can start loading photos and vides on to it?
one of the great device that I attract and catches my attention..I am interested to try this gadget..I can deny that when I read the information I want to try this stuff.:)
I have the macbook osx 10.5.6. and just bought the s800 EMTEC
Not simple as advertised to use, thus not user friendly.
wi-fi comes separate on a dongle that only works with Vista according to the description on the dongle box!
Very big and heavy
expensive for what you get
doesn’t play as many formats as i required!
never tried the wifi
However does work with windows and mac
looks good
Could you have returned the game when you realized it’s not worth what you’re spending for it? The electronics store you bought it from can stick it down their vendor’s throat.
I bought this machine some months ago .I transfered all my dvd’s on to it easily .I only bought it for my dvd’s and it works a treat. brilliant machine. works great on windows.
just a little information for anyone having trouble transfering dvd’s use DVD SHRINK to transfer to emtec it’s so easy . good luck!!
Hi there.. have just bought this EMTEC device and for the last 4 hours have got no where! Can anyone help me as to how I get my computer to recognise the device so I can start loading photos and vides on to it?
Same happened to me with a brand new Q800. My computer wouldn’t recognise the EMTEC device (“Connect to Computer” is step 1 in the installation guide). I then found that if you setup the “TV connection”, the first thing it tells you is that the disk needs to be formatted. After going through to the process of formatting by doing the selections from the TV screen, I found that when I connect again the device to the computer the computer does recognize the device. (There is no Windows messages indicating that there is new hardware – the EMTEC device simply shows as a new disk)
So in my case the problem was that the disk comes unformatted (which may be good since it will allow to select the most adequate options for formatting) but the innstallation instructions should say so.
Good luck!
Fancy gadget for your home thearte. But seem a few people already put some complain about this EMTEC not that friendly. Anyway there must be some troubleshoot to overcome all the mass. I like the look of the EMTEC and hopefully this products is good. Cheers
Thank you for your great article. It’s a very helpful to me
fancy gadget! I hope this ships worldwide.
thanks ^^
fancy gadget! hope it’s shipped worldwide.
thanks ^^
BE CAREFULL S800H does not support analog TV ONLY Digital (DVB-T)
S800 does. Wifi antenna is optional and If you need to use non emtec wifi antenna you must find drivers for linux xxdx (if there is any) and boot from your pc to the players operating system and…….
I bought the s800h yesterday and I agree with the first one. The second worst buy I’ve ever made (the first was a chinese 8gb mp3 player which did not supported folders hahaha)
Very Bad firmware…VERY
Complicated settings (I cant manage to set this up to my network)
Stucks every now and then and must be unplugged (ruins the HD this way)
coclusion
S800 DOES A LOT OF THINKS BUT VERY FEW THE WAY IT SUPPOSED TO (unless you are willing and able to hack stuff)
BE SURE YOU NEED WHAT IT OFFERS (AND THE WAY IT DOES) BEFORE YOU BUY!!!!