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adamcube   04-10-2006 at 08:53:15 PM

Basically, I'm looking for an enclosure for an IDE or SATA hardrive that can connect to my PC through USB.

That's where the simplicities stop.

I also would like this enclosure to be able to output video to a TV, through S-Video or something akin. It should be able to support as many video codecs as possible, with Xvid and MKV being my two preferences.

The last detail is that I need this enclosure to be fairly cheap - under £50.

Thankyou for your help :D

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nobly   04-11-2006 at 12:58:27 AM
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Its more like you're asking for a computer in an enclosure.
It would need some type of video card to output video, plus a processor for DVD/MPEG, etc.

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adamcube   04-11-2006 at 01:37:47 AM
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But I have seen these around.

Just simply not quite what I need.

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nobly   04-11-2006 at 02:08:57 AM
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Hmm I did a Google search for "HDD enclosure s-video" and came up with this...

http://www.xpcgear.com/ue820mb.html
http://www.shop4tech.com/?go=view_ [...] 4060&r=183

kind of what you're looking for? they must all come with a remote to control it.

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Crashman   04-11-2006 at 04:27:13 AM
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I've used the Vantec Avox, it was fairly good, you can read about it at:
http://www.sysopt.com/features/net [...] hp/3568291

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adamcube   04-11-2006 at 02:29:00 PM
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Thanks very much for your help.

The http://www.xpcgear.com/ue820mb.html especially is almost perfect.

Although I'd prefer a 3.5" enclosure as the drives are cheaper - or is this asking too much?

Thanks again.

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adamcube   04-12-2006 at 01:48:33 AM
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I really like that device alot, and it's just the sort of thing I'm looking for.

The only problem is that it costs around £150 ($250).

That is unfotunately too far out of reach for me and for that money I would be able to put together a basic Mini-ITX system.

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