” Hence the use of a multimedia player with a self contained
hard drive. That’s when I was referred to the Argosys HV269T media
player. Now right away you’re likely asking, “So what does this
have to do with Linux?” Well, a lot actually, otherwise I wouldn’t
be reviewing it here if it wasn’t Linux powered.“Is it Linux powered? You bet your bottom dollar it is. That’s
the part that shocked me. When I first picked it up, I figured that
I had ended up with something that had a self contained IOS that
was likely limited and proprietary. Boy was I surprised to find out
that it wasn’t. And I stumbled onto that fact while loading it with
test movies.“To get started, you have to install the hard drive, then
install the “operating system” onto the disk, which takes up a
small slice of your drive. A little advice too. If you stick a
drive in there (it only takes sata drives) and it’s got any data on
it, then kiss it goodbye, as this installer tool will completely
wipe it out.”
Review: Argosy HV359T Multimedia HDD Player
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