With a capacity of 60GB, the new Iomega Screenplay is well suited for playing back the majority of today’s media on any RCA or S-Video equipped television. With the exception of H.264 and WMV, nearly all the popular video formats are supported, including MPEG-1/2/4, VOB, DivX and the open-source XviD codec.
Music enthusiasts can shuffle through their MP3 collection, and photographers can also get their fix as both progressive and baseline JPEG pictures up to 8 megapixels can be displayed. Best of all, the ScreenPlay’s interface can be controled through at a distance via a remote, and directly controlled by media buttons on the top of the unit for when you realize you left the remote on the couch two states back.
When off the road, the drive can also be used as a regular external USB 2.0 hard drive, backing up files at a moderate 4200RPM. Iomega currently lists the ScreenPlay at $219 on their website.

From: Everythingusb.com
Pictures from: Engadget.com

Taking a page out of 80’s marketing, Maxtor just announced their new OneTouch III Turbo edition (don’t tell us extreme finally got played!). Er, vroom vroom. This Mac and PC compatible external storage solution actually sounds promising offering up to 1TB of “easy-to-understand” RAID 0/1 storage using two 3.5-inch 7200RPM ATA drives, FireWire 800/400 and USB 2.0 interfaces, and of course their OneTouch backup. It also includes new tools to synch data between two or more computers and a System Rollback feature to revert PCs back to a healthier state. No, it is not network accessible but it is available this December at $550 for 600GB or $900 for 1TB.

From: Engadget. com
Pictures from: Gizmodo.com
Official’s site: Maxtor