Posted on Friday, April 18 2008 @ 0:27 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Iomega unveiled a new storage solution for gaming consoles. The firm's new USB-powered Media Xporter Drive features 160GB of storage capacity and is compatible with the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 consoles. The drive is available for $119.95 (99EUR).
"The new Iomega Media Xporter Drive extends the value of today's most
popular game consoles that are already evolving into home entertainment
centers," said Ralf San Jose, global product manager for HDD Products,
Iomega Corporation. "For the home-gamer enthusiast, the Media Xporter Drive
provides an easy-to-use portal for 160GB of family photos, music files and
videos to move beyond the computer room and into the family room for the
enjoyment of everyone."
Designed for plug-and-play operation and easy portability, Iomega's new
Media Xporter Drive features a rugged 2.5 inch portable hard drive that
requires no external power supply -- just connect its USB 2.0 "Y" cable to
two available USB 2.0 ports on the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3. The Media
Xporter drive natively supports PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 compatible
formats such as MP3, MPEG-4 and JPEG, and it also comes with video
conversion software to convert additional video file formats into
compatible game console formats. Prism Video Converter MX software can be
downloaded free of cost to convert input files in formats such as
QuickTime, AVI, VOB and others, into MPEG-4 files that are playable by the
game consoles.
"The new Media Xporter Drive is a total solution from Iomega that
includes software to convert most kinds of video formats for use with an
Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3," continued San Jose. "That means a game console
can run an entire media library, be the family video and photo viewer, not
to mention run favorite music playlists. The Iomega Media Xporter Drive
makes home entertainment accessible and portable in a way that's fresh and
relevant for today's home gamer."
As an added plus, users of the new Media Xporter Drive can not only
take their media files wherever they need them, but also use the Media
Xporter Drive as a backup solution for 160GB of media files stored on
virtually any computer with a USB port. Iomega's new Media Xporter Drive
can carry up to 640,000 photos, over 2,900 hours of music or 240 hours of
video.
