«

In article <fI0e.12538$>,
le (S Roby) wrote:
>
>Not quite. Some people call PC's hard drives. Perhaps he means a Multimedia PC
>There are now external HD's with built in wireless etc & can play divx etc
>into the TV(the same size as 'normal' external HD's)

A long time ago, many models of hard drives as used in PCs had to run a
periodic "calibration" routine to realign the heads with the tracks due to
component tolerances as the drive heated up with use. This was handled
automatically by the drive itself, but the drive would not respond to
requests from the PC for the few seconds it took to run the routine. If the
PC happened to be streaming audio or video to/from the drive at the time,
there would be a pause or glitch in the stream. "Multimedia" drives were
designed to not require the periodic recalibration, or performed it "on the
fly" as part of normal read/write operations. With multimedia now the norm,
this previously extra-cost feature is now standard.

--
Don Hills (dmhills at attglobaldotnet) Wellington, New Zealand
"New interface closely resembles Presentation Manager,
preparing you for the wonders of OS/2!"
-- Microsoft advertisement on the box for Windows 2.11 for 286

Has any one use or have any advice for me about Multimedia Hard Drive. ?

Cheers Peter

In article <Xrp0e.12348$>,
"peter" <> wrote:

>Has any one use or have any advice for me about Multimedia Hard Drive. ?

Please to tell us what is Multimedia Hard Drive. ?

Can play direct to TV


"Lawrence D¹Oliveiro" <_zealand> wrote in message
news:ldo-...
> In article <Xrp0e.12348$>,
> "peter" <> wrote:
>
>>Has any one use or have any advice for me about Multimedia Hard Drive. ?
>
> Please to tell us what is Multimedia Hard Drive. ?

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 14:18:30 +1200, "peter" <> wrote:

>Has any one use or have any advice for me about Multimedia Hard Drive. ?
>
>Cheers Peter
>
>
Get a big fast one.

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 15:53:25 +1200, "peter" <> wrote:

>Can play direct to TV
>
>
>"Lawrence D¹Oliveiro" <_zealand> wrote in message
>news:ldo-...
>> In article <Xrp0e.12348$>,
>> "peter" <> wrote:
>>
>>>Has any one use or have any advice for me about Multimedia Hard Drive. ?
>>
>> Please to tell us what is Multimedia Hard Drive. ?
>
That has nothing to do with the hard drive. Graphics card - TV Out.

"Lawrence D¹Oliveiro" <_zealand> wrote in message
news:ldo-...
> In article <Xrp0e.12348$>,
> "peter" <> wrote:
>
> >Has any one use or have any advice for me about Multimedia Hard Drive. ?
>
> Please to tell us what is Multimedia Hard Drive. ?

He may mean portable mpg4 player, a USB type case the you install an HD into
www.anywarenz.co.nz

peter wrote:
> Can play direct to TV

Just looking at one myself, but was wondering the same thing.

GraB wrote:
>>>>Has any one use or have any advice for me about Multimedia Hard Drive. ?
>>>Please to tell us what is Multimedia Hard Drive. ?

> That has nothing to do with the hard drive. Graphics card - TV Out.

Think of them as a small media appliance.

"Lawrence D¹Oliveiro" wrote:
>
> In article <Xrp0e.12348$>,
> "peter" <> wrote:
>
> >Has any one use or have any advice for me about Multimedia Hard Drive. ?
>
> Please to tell us what is Multimedia Hard Drive. ?

Do you not remember when "Multimedia" was new and literally everything
was suddenly multimedia: Multimedia mouse, multimedia keyboard,
multimedia monitor, multimedia computer. (There were even multimedia
packages. Yes, right there in your pants!)

In short: A 'multimedia hard drive' is a hard drive.