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November 2013
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The editors liked
Design blends with other electronics
Easily backup Facebook photos and videos
Easy setup
Easy backups
Works as a great alternative to Plex
And Samsung Smart TV app is super convenient. Affordable pricing
Lets you archive the photos and videos from your Facebook account
Also works with DLNA and as an iTunes server. Lets you con
Price is nice with drive included
Performance is inline with other lower priced NASes
Includes easy remote access
DLNA and iTunes servers
Super quiet
Easy remoteaccess configuration
Mobile apps can't access private folders
Easy to configure
Handy apps for Android and iOS simplify remote access from mobile devices
Reasonable price
Easy setup and configuration. Excellent Read/Write performance. Great remote-access service. Integrates with Facebook
Other media devices
Rocksolid performance
Best user experience in the business
And Bluray quality downloads
The editors didn't like
App needs work
Would like to see a RAID option for extra protection
Seagate Dashboard is a porky 629MB install
Android and iOS apps are still not consistent
No automatic backup of the Central's files
No selfbackup
Somewhat limited feature set
No power switch
Horizontal design limits where you put it
No folder-level sharing options
Runs a little warm. Highest storage capacity capped at 4TB. No granular user control over Facebook integration. Some performance lag within the interface
You need the disc vault to store your Blurays
The system is expensive
And the Kscape doesn't support HD music files (yet)
Solid structure, Easy setup, Smooth media streaming
No data protection ( for internal failure), Limited feature set
Seagate Central Shared Storage offers plenty of decent functionality. Most importantly, the drive allows centralizing all the contents at one place, so that you can access the files remotely from anywhere (within the network) though mobile device and web ...
to this Seagate also sells some portable hard drive with internal wifi chip. But device connectivity is limited on them. Seagate Central comes in 3 different storage sizes. They are 4TB, 3TB and 2TB. The cost of Seagate Central is Rs.17,449.00. That makes
No Power On/Off Button, Limited Dashboard feature, Heats up quickly if used for long time with multiple devices.
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Published: 2013-05-28, Author: Francis , review by: firstpost.com
Abstract: Storage is one of the most important elements in today's digital life. From important documents to vital emails, music, photos and videos, we keep hoarding data – and with it the need for storage expansion rises. Sharing this stored data is also an import...
Goes up to only 4TB of storage, Heats up after extended usage, No RAID
Seagate is one of the first few companies to make a network storage device that is easy for home users to utilise. It is quite unfortunate however that it only has up to 4TB of storage space to play around with.(previously published in issue March 2014)...
Abstract: Quick Setup Seeing that this is a single-volume NAS, just know that it doesn't have protection when the hard-drive fails. That aside, this is a very simple device because there's basically nothing when setting up. All you have to do is plug in the power, ...
We've already mentioned how quick and easy it was to set-up the Seagate Central and we really can't say anything that we didn't like in the setup process. We will admit, the 4TB sample we had was a chore to fill-up but kidding aside everything was smooth ...
Abstract: The Seagate people sent me for review their new 4TB networked hard drive which they've dubbed Seagate Central , a 4TB behemoth that really sparked my interest.It's double the capacity of my 2TB Buffalo Cloudstation NAS, which I've been loading up with my ...
Abstract: I have been using the below Seagate Hard Drives for a while now and here is my review for themSeagate Backup Plus Fast Portable Drive (4TB),Seagate Backup Plus Slim Portable Drive (2TB),Seagate Wireless Plus Mobile Device Storage (2TB), andSeagate Central...
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Published: 2013-08-06, Author: Nick , review by: tbreak.ae
The Seagate Central is a blissfully easy to setup and use, and provides more than enough storage in a sleek little device. But it's iffy remote access might irritate some users who want to access or stream their files remotely. However for everyone else...
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Published: 2013-05-07, Author: François , review by: 01net.com
Ce disque réseau de Seagate se révèle très simple à installer et à utiliser dans ses fonctions de base. L'application pour smartphone et tablette séduit par son interface très conviviale. Les grands débutants devront peut-être jeter un coup dans la docume...
