The Harddrive That Goes Boldly Where No Other Drive Has Gone Before
Rather than exploring strange new worlds or civilizations, Seagate and Paramount have recently teamed up to offer a strange new deal for film and portable hard drive enthusiasts. In what they claim is an industry first — I’ve yet to find evidence to the contrary — Seagate will be selling a selection of their 500 GB Free Agent Go portable hard drives pre-loaded with a selection of 20 Paramount films, including a free copy of J.J. Abram’s Star Trek.
The other films will remain locked, requiring a code which can be purchased for $10 to $15 a piece in order to view. I’m not really in the market for a digital copy of Nacho Libre, or G.I. Joe for that matter, but I kind of like idea of having a number of feature films readily available. On the other hand, they will take up roughly 50 GBs of hard drive space and I can imagine you might end up having to format the drive in order to remove them, potentially making this more trouble than it’s worth.
Still, a free copy of one of the best Trek films of all time might make it worth your while. It also helps that Seagate is currently selling the drives for a mere $99, when it retails for closer to $150 without the films included. If you ask me that’s a steal. For a full list of the titles that will be included, check out the official press release here.
Tim is a pro-blogger and freelance writer out of San Diego, California. In addition to Fanboy.com, he contributes to the ModernMethod Network of sites as an Associate Editor for the Japanese culture and entertainment blog, Japanator, as well as the collectible toy culture blog, Tomopop. For more information, follow him on twitter, or check out TimSheehy.com