HP Pocket Media Drive 250 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive FE477AA

Best HP Pocket Media Drive 250 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive FE477AA Review

The HP Pocket Media drive has met my expectations. Basically, I wanted a device to back up my photos, Word documents and music files. I wanted it to be quick and easy.

I was a little disappointed, though, with the backup software that came with the drive. It doesn't allow you to automatically back up files to the Pocke Media Drive. The only options for backup devices were the CD drive or the hard drive. I guess they want to to upgrade this software, but I refused to fall for this trick.

I was especially pleased when my kids got me a HP MediaSmart Connect device for Christmas. With this device I can view video, music and photo files that are on my PC on my HDTV. THe HP Pocket Media drive plugs into the HP MediaSmart Connect device making the entire set-up very comparable to Apple TV.

Anyway, the device meets my expectations and the price is reasonable. I'm not saying there aren't other products out there that are just as good, just that you won't go too wrong getting this device - especially if you want to get the MediaSmart Connect too.