Memup Mediadisk Diamond

Reviews: Media Centres

The Memup Mediadisk Diamond media centre with hard drive promises to be the 'ultimate high definition experience' and offer 'simple and intuitive playback with optimum results'. Will the product live up to the promises? Answers in the test of this model that comes with a hard drive. Rather nice to look at, the Mediadisk Diamond has a good quality glossy plastic shell. It comes with a built-in hard drive (options from 500 GB to 2 TB of data). The remote is an entry level model and the finish a little bit too lightweight for our taste. It can also be a bit capricious and you sometimes have to press down several times for a command to be accepted. Memup wasn’t lying when it said that the interface was simple and intuitive. However, the graphics are from another era and don’t make the most of a the available surface area on a Full-HD TV. The options are pretty standard with viewing by list, a thumbnail of the file or mosaic form. You can display photos in miniature format, which is practical when you’re trying to retrieve a particular image. Music album covers can also be displayed, as long as they’re integrated within mp3 files or are external. Audio track information (TAGs) isn’t recognised on any other format than mp3.