Digital Trends

When Western Digital introduced its smart WD TV HD Media Player earlier this year, which is designed to mate portable hard drives with big-screen TVs, we knew it was only a matter of time before rival disk manufacturer Seagate would come up with something similar. Second-to-market products are often better than the ones that create a new niche, so expectations were suitably high around the office. In a strange twist though, Seagate’s FreeAgent Theater unexpectedly takes several steps in the wrong direction, much to our dismay and disappointment.