3.5" HDD player Enclosure-Divx Mp3 DVD-HDMI CH5.1-SD
A couple of weeks ago I ordered a new hard disk player from eBay. I decided to splurge on a unit with a HDMI interface so I could connect it to my Panasonic HD TV.
Paying via PayPal I was able to use money I had earned from ProjectWonderful and selling EntreCard credits. A nice little reward for myself for my blogging efforts. What a waste.
The best part of three weeks after ordering the player and paying, it arrived yesterday. Upon opening the box it was clear that the device was 100% plastic and poorly made. Still with a plethora of supplied cables including a 1M HDMI cable and even a magnetized screwdriver, I was happy with this.
The power cable supplied with the unit didn't suit Japan, but I was able to take a power cable from another device and use it, so that's one step overcome. Next I had to format the drive Fat32. On a Japanese PC running XP, that's not an easy feat as the only option was NTFS. I needed to download a 3rd party program to do this for me. I partitioned the drive as directed and started it up in stand alone video mode.
NO HDISK
Argh!
I have contacted support and received one tip to try, which failed, and I am still waiting upon further advice of what to try next. Needless to say, this is the last time I buy anything that was designed and made in China. I thought I was saving money by not buying a Media Cowboy from Yodobashi Camera, but now I realize I've flushed a whole bunch of money down the toilet.
Still, I guess I have learned another expensive lesson in life.
Lets see if support can reply faster than once a day, or maybe I can ask PayPal to get involved.
5 comments:
I got this one from NewEgg and it works like a charm:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817158013&Tpk=17-158-013
I purchased the cowboy from Yodobashi about 3 weeks ago, I slapped in a 1TB drive, formatted NTFS, works a treat.
www.paulhartrick.com
If i hadn't already bought a Sony Living Room PC http://neilduckett.com/sony-vaio-tp-series-living-room-pc/ i would have gone the Media Cowboy option. A few guys from work have them and they give them great reviews.
@Rudy
That looks cool.
@Paul & Neil
OMG! within a minute of each other. Are you two psychic twins or something?
@Paul
I wish... I wish...
@Neil
Live and learn....
We must be on the same daily routine of which sites we check, kind of like the train running on time, but not only "on time"... but second perfect ;-)
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