Emtec S800 HDD Movie Cube

The Emtec S800 HDD is supplied with a pre installed 500GB, multi media, hard drive. That's a lot of storage, but it can be replaced with any three and a half inch drive. The unit has a male, USB 2.0 port, for external drivers or memory stick. Plus twin female connectors. Although it's called a cube, it isn't one. The design is unobtrusive and, well, fairly mundane looking. The specifications, certainly more appealing than it's looks.

The Emtec S800 HDD has a HDMI connector. It is possible to capture composite images and phono audio from external sources. Using the units Scart-to-RCA adapter the composite limitations mean HD recordings, from external media, do lose quality. Definitely not the sharpest picture around.

Analogue and DTT images produce an acceptable good picture quality. One neat little feature. You can start watching any recording, from the beginning, while it's still being processed.

AVI, Xvid, MPEG-4, and subtitled files are all supported by the Emtec S800 HDD.. Not AVC files. The unit can also be used as a network hard drive for both wireless and Ethernet/LAN connections. The Linux Based software is a let down, dated and cheap looking. But it is user friendly. You'll find the remote more of a challenge to navigate! Not one of the best units around.