We at CDFreaks would like to present a review of the Digital Media Player from INOi, the HV355U-00080. The HV355 is a powerful external hard drive. When connected with AV equipments, it plays back media files via its built-in hard drive directly. The HV355 not only stores data, plays movie, music, and photos, but also provides uncompromised high definition display and digital sound quality. It supports computer hot swap and high speed data transfer with USB 2.0 interface.
 

Company Information:

Let us take a look at some of the company information found at the INOi (USA) Website:

INOi is a company dedicated to manufacturing and marketing the latest innovative products for the computer and consumer electronics channels. INOi’s mission is providing products that bridge the gap between computer and consumer and make their customers lives easier and more productive.

Some of our latest products consist of devices that allow you to watch downloaded movies from the internet conveniently in the comfort of your living room as well as external miniature hard drive products that allow you to store all of your precious digital photos and important files in a product that fits in the palm of your hand.

INOi’s products are available in the US and Canada though major retailers, on-line resellers and national computer and consumer distributors.

Headquartered in Southern California, INOi employs a full team of seasoned sales and marketing personnel as well as a fully trained and dedicated technical support staff that are available in the event customers need assistance with their products. INOi also has a fully staffed overseas Research and Development and manufacturing facilities in Taiwan.

For more information about INOi, please refer to the corporate website: http://www.inoi.com

Drive Specifications:

Let’s take a closer look at the drive features.

• The INOi MeDrive is capable of playing back Mpeg1 (VCD), Mpeg2 (DVD) movie files, DivX/Xvid (AVI) and movie files although GMC and Q-PEL pertaining to DivX and Xvid are not supported. The drive will also play MP3 Music files and Jpeg photo/graphics files
• DivX subtitle: IDX/SUB, SRT, ASS, SSA, SUN (type II), SMI, PSB Audio/Subtitle/Angle Selection
• The INOi MeDrive when attached to a PC operates as a Hi-speed USB 2.0 hard drive and supports both NTFS and FAT32 file systems
• Supports both NTSC and PAL systems
• Supports component output: The INOi MeDrive incorporates video jacks (Y/Pb/Pr jacks) which provides higher picture quality
• Supports progressive scan output
• Provides a Coaxial jack to output Dolby Digital audio to a Dolby Digital receiver
• Full feature Remote Control that can also be stored on the bottom of the drive

Conclusion

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