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1. #Freeagent dockstar pogoplug movie#
2. #Freeagent dockstar pogoplug pdf#
3. #Freeagent dockstar pogoplug portable#
4. #Freeagent dockstar pogoplug professional#

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#Freeagent dockstar pogoplug pdf#

Unfortunately, the interface won’t display TXT files or PDF files. The transcode process seemed a little glitchy as it slowed down the access and did not display a status to let you know what it was doing.

#Freeagent dockstar pogoplug movie#

A background process will transcode the videos so that you can watch the whole movie in your browser.

Clicking on a video file will show a short preview of the movie in thumbnail mode. Music files can also be played directly through the web interface. Photos can be viewed by clicking on their thumbnail. When you do this, you’ll see all those types of files on one screen regardless to where the actual files are stored on the attached devices. You can also filter the view by Movies, Music and Photos. And if you have both, you don't have to re-learn the Web-based management interface.Once you’ve activated the adapter, you’ll see all the attached drives on your Pogoplug page.įiles on those drives can be viewed as thumbnails or lists. Thankfully, both devices provide easy access to USB 2.0 drives for your local network and your remote use. If you don't have a FreeAgent Go, you probably are better off with Pogoplug if you can stand its new color scheme. Ultimately, the best reason to get DockStar is if you already own a Seagate FreeAgent Go drive you want to share.

#Freeagent dockstar pogoplug professional#

The sleek and smaller DockStar is rather austere in design-it has that crisp, unadorned, stark-white motif of Apple hardware-and may look more professional in a business setting. Maybe you'd prefer DockStar's aesthetics, since the newest Pogoplug is a funky-looking colorful device that looks almost like a toy. Is there any advantage to using DockStar over using Pogoplug? Seagate is a recognizable and trusted brand maybe that alone would attract buyers over the arguably lesser-known Pogoplug. Using the Pogoplug-Seagate interface, I was able to quickly search and switch between all drives.

#Freeagent dockstar pogoplug portable#

I had the Seagate portable drive, an external Verbatim USB drive and two USB flash drives connected. The DockStar and Web-based service had no problems handling three additional USB drives. I was quickly able to create my Free DockStar account and manage my hard drive. Next, was the matter of activating the DockStar by accessing The "Online Seagate Service" located the DockStar in mere seconds. If the light goes amber, you have a problem with the device communicating with your network (check to ensure your router has DHCP enabled it's the only way DockStar can get an IP address and join your network, as it doesn't support Static IP addresses.) I got a green light indicating connectivity instantly, although the instruction that came in the package cautioned it could take up to 60 seconds. I connected a 500 GB FreeAgent Go Portable drive to the DockStar and hooked the dock up to my network. Pricing outrage aside, the DockStar does its job efficiently. After that, Seagate charges $30.00 per year. Seagate's DockStar is $99.99 but service is free only for the first year of use. In what may be one of the most puzzling pricing models I have ever heard of, Pogoplug's device sells for $129.00 and you get the Web-based access and sharing service for free. So Pogoplug and Seagate's DockStar have the same basic purpose and the same interface. You can manage your DockStar-connected USB drive by going to either or. In fact, Seagate uses the same cloud-based service from Cloud Engine (the makers of Pogoplug) to manage remotely-accessible USB drives.