LaCie ups the LaCinema Rugged ante with new HD version

At first glance, you'd be hard-pressed to notice the difference between LaCie's LaCinema Rugged HD and last year's model, but sure enough, the middle square of that device definitely has "HD" ingrained into its genetic code, and if you can't guess what that means, we'll tell ya: 1080p output. Other than that aesthetic modification and the new peak resolution, there's not a lot that's changed -- HDMI and composite output, USB 2.0 transfer, and a sizable number of supported codecs -- but that's not exactly a bad thing here. It's available as of this moment, and while previously we had a few variety of sizes, for now we're only seeing 500GB at a penny under $350 before shipping.

[DWells55 Posted Jul 9th 2009 3:45AM]

Or, WD TV + 1TB external drive for all under $200 with better format support. Tough call.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 9th 2009 8:35AM]

[...] if it is 500GB at a penny under $350 before shipping than it affordable in my opinion plus i know see variety of sizes [...]
http://www.electrocomputerwarehouse.com/

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 9th 2009 2:53PM]

wow, gotta say this is the first LaCie drive i DON'T like the look ... er ... of. well, admittedly i *only* have 3 of their CDRW external enclosures with DVDRWs i've slapped in them...