Sata to USB External Drive Enclosure

[Mole]

Just been given a couple of 300gb SATA Maxtor drives, and want to get an enclosure for them.

I've been hunting about and found a nice enclosure, but it seems its only a PATA enclosure, its also a media centre, so plugs straight into the tv and shows the video files etc... Sumvision Aqua media enclosure.

Just wondering if there is a solution for SATA drives, as i'd like the feature of just plugging in the enclosure to my TV and using the remote to select the movie i want to watch.

If anyone can recommend a decent one, if one exists that can be a media centre aswell, otherwise just after a SATA enclosure with USB2, and lan if possible

Cheers

 

[biojo]

http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product_id=11929&category_id=350&manufacturer_id=0

thats sata doesnt state if its usb but u can buy a PCI SATA controller card

same with http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product_id=8864&category_id=350&manufacturer_id=0#


then connect them to http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product_id=9111&category_id=350&manufacturer_id=0

 

[Mole]

problem being is I use a laptop so USB2 or Firewire is the only way.
Would prefer USB as I can connect it to any computer

Can't find many in a good price range that have either LAN, or the media centre thing built in so I can just attach it to a TV and watch films etc.

Shame I didnt get normal IDE 300gb hd's

 

[biojo]

you can buy cables that go from usb to sata , so i dont see why the cases wouldnt ,

 

[FiDoDiDo]

Just found this and remembered this thread.