Got one yesterday… I agree with the above.
Had some troubles to keep NETWORK flowing without interruptions (was happening every 2~3 min…) using Wired.
Went to the IOMEGA website and downloaded the latest Firmware, and indeed… resolved the problem.
Some MKV files don't play the sound, not sure if it is because the sound is on some format (digital) or because I’m not using optical, only HDMI.
I'm sure more firmware updates will appear soon.

Installed the last update v1.4.0.68 as per instructions,then checked to see if it had done so,it did.I played a few music videos ok.I later put it back on,it will boot up to normal screen then go off,tried a few times same thing,it also does'nt register as drive on my computer via the usb lead,it is now defunct.The other drawback for me when ir was working that video music files don't shuffle only mp3's etc,the older screenplay does.Not a got buy.

Don't agree that it supports a wide variety of video formats. More than half of my mkv's don't play well on this and there's lots of films where for some reason or another it can't read the subtitles. Big mistake buying this one, should have bought a second eGreat instead.
When it does read the subtitles they are miserably small and I haven't found any way of changing their size. DTS files have no sound (the eGreat just downmixes them to stereo) and there's no way to move a specific point on a file.

I have the same problem – I can access the device via RCA but I cannot use it using my HDMI cable. Any solutions? Thank you

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I agree with many of the comments here…piece of crap.

I've had one of these for a few months and definitely would not recommend. Haven't experienced too many issues with sound or playback. The software interface is just sooooo intolerably slow. Takes an eternity to start up. Once up and running, browsing the files stored on it is no better. One of my reasons for buying it was to store and play an extensive music collection. By the time this thing starts and browse to the required directory I've lost the will to live. God help you if you want a directory starting with a letter towards the end of the alphabet.

setting up the network is a pain, i cannot get it to connect directly to my laptop either wired or wireless but i finally got it to work wirelessly through my bt hub
1gb of video takes 20 mins to send this way
torrents seem to be limited to their recomended ones only,

I bought a ScreenPlay TV Link DX HD Media Player
When I play Pandora on it i get no Sound???
Please Help
Thanks

Iomega will never release a new firmware the fixes the youtube problem, so for you out there thinking that the issue will be fixed I can say , it will not, the update team have stopped (after order from Iomega) programming the firmware to screenplay pro and director models.

Piece of shit, avoid at all costs!