Russ,

Here's the deal. You have a restaurant that has FREE Wi-Fi. The restaurant owner is thinking about purchasing an HDTV. But, he does not want to have to purchase a laptop and dedicate a long VGA cable to go along with it. He feels that someone might steal the laptop. Besides that, there is no way to make it look right. A laptop connected by a long VGA cable to an HDTV in a restaurant is going to look weird.

But, a FreeAgent Theater Digital AV Player is a different deal. It is designed to mesh into the ambiance of the room. Yes, someone could possibly steal that box as well. But, the difference is, you could easily mount that box on the wall near the HDTV above a person's reach and it would look just fine. Plus, the FreeAgent is a great deal less expensive than a laptop. Also, it is not necessary to place a 500 MB Seagate drive in the device. You could get by with just a thumb drive in the USB port.

I may be mistaken, but I think the FreeAgent can access the Internet for slide shows and videos using the remote contol. If that is true, you don't even need to use a thumb drive. You can simply upload what you want to show in the restaurant from sites like Youtube and Slideshare. Once you have everything set up with your remote control, you are good-to-go for the entire day. How convenient.

Lamar Morgan

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