Product Description

The Epson P-4000 has what you need to store and share thousands of photos, videos, music and more - anytime, anywhere. Ready when you are, it features a high-capacity 80GB hard drive, so you can download and save images from your camera, memory card or computer, wherever life takes you. And, it couldn't be easier to share images on-the-spot. A large 3.8" LCD with Epson Photo Fine technology means your friends and clients will see every vivid detail in brilliant clarity and color.With the Epson P-4000, the perfect companion to any digital camera, you'll enjoy the freedom of true multimedia portability. In fact, you can easily download or transfer files - all without a PC! Just slip your CompactFlash or Secure Digital memory card into the built-in card slots. The Epson P-4000 even supports additional memory cards with an optional third-party adapter. If you choose to use a computer, simply connect the Epson P-4000 to your computer using the Hi-Speed USB 2.0 interface. It's all right at your fingertips with this compact device. You can easily save important photos or your favorite videos and music. Best of all, with the large capacity hard drive, you can store thousands of files!The Epson P-4000 also has an intuitive menu that makes it easy to organize files, so you can quickly access or view them. This full-featured product does it all, including direct printing to select Epson ink jet printers. Whatever your agenda, the Epson P-4000 offers the ideal on-the-go solution.

Product Details

• Brand: Epson
• Model: B31B179011
• Dimensions: 3.30" h x 1.20" w x 5.80" l, 1.00 pounds
• Hard Disk: 80GB
• Native resolution: 3.8
• Display size: 3.8

Features

• Share your favorite photos, videos and music anytime, anywhere without a computer
• High capacity 80GB hard drive to quickly save images on the spot
• Large 3.8-inch LCD with convenient zoom capability displays photos, videos and more
• Built-in card slots support CompactFlash I/II and Secure Digital memory cards
• Connects to TVs or projectors with optional cable; Windows and Mac compatible

Manufacturer Description
The Epson P-4000 has what you need to store and share thousands of photos, videos, music and more--anytime, anywhere. Ready when you are, it features a high-capacity 80GB hard drive, so you can download and save images from your camera, memory card or computer, wherever life takes you. And, it couldn't be easier to share images on-the-spot. A large 3.8-inch LCD with Epson Photo Fine technology means your friends and clients will see every vivid detail in brilliant clarity and color.

With the Epson P-4000, the perfect companion to any digital camera, you'll enjoy the freedom of true multimedia portability. In fact, you can easily download or transfer files--all without a PC! Just slip your CompactFlash or Secure Digital memory card into the built-in card slots. The Epson P-4000 even supports additional memory cards with an optional third-party adapter. If you choose to use a computer, simply connect the Epson P-4000 to your computer using the Hi-Speed USB 2.0 interface. It's all right at your fingertips with this compact device. You can easily save important photos or your favorite videos and music. Best of all, with the large capacity hard drive, you can store thousands of files!

The Epson P-4000 also has an intuitive menu that makes it easy to organize files, so you can quickly access or view them. This full-featured product does it all, including direct printing to select Epson ink jet printers. Whatever your agenda, the Epson P-4000 offers the ideal on-the-go solution.

Enjoy the freedom of multimedia portability

• Makes it easy to share your favorite photos, videos and music--anytime, anywhere--without a computer
• Includes a rechargeable battery so it's always ready to travel

Download and store thousands of digital photos
Includes a high capacity 80GB hard drive to quickly save images on the spot (73.8GB for available storage, 6.2GB for system requirements).

View every image with precision clarity and color

• Large 3.8-inch LCD with convenient zoom capability displays photos, videos and more
• Features Epson Photo Fine LCD technology for remarkable color and detail

Transfer files quickly and easily

• Built-in card slots support CompactFlash I/II and Secure Digital memory cards (supports additional card types with third-party adapter)
• Includes Hi-Speed USB 2.0 for fast uploads and downloads to and from your computer

Share and view your photos and videos on screen
Connects to TVs or projectors using an optional third-party video cable.

Access hundreds of images with ease
Enables you to create folders to categorize and group your files for easy access and viewing.

What's in the Box:
Epson P-4000, software CD, hi-speed USB 2.0 cable (mini-B to standard A), hand strap, carrying case, display stand, user's guide, li-ion battery, AC adapter, power cable.

Customer Reviews

Problem with WA compact flash cards
Epson has admitted to me that all their storage devices have problems with loading WA cards e.g. Lexar 133x, Told to watch for a fix.

Unimaginably slow
I use a Canon 5D and shoot RAW. The files are 12-15 megs each, so they eat up the 8GB of flash fairly quicky. I got this viewer for a trip so I could in effect have 10 8-gig flash cards of backup. On the very first transfer I realized I can't live with it -- it took this device 2.5 hours (!) to import the photos. Once the data was in, the battery was nearly dead.

When viewing files, it takes maybe 15 seconds to populate one screen (about 12 thumbnails) with data. Until that happens the thumbnail slots are blank, so you can't quickly find what you need. Even once cached, it takes several seconds to draw a screenful of thumbnails. For a dedicated device the size of my camera, I expect it to be at least as fast! Instead, it's lethargic. To import 22 RAW files, it took more than 5 minutes -- 14 seconds per photograph, or less than 1MB/sec. What is it doing with all that time?

When viewing RAW files, it only shows the JPEG ewmbedded in the RAW file, so you get no zoom at all. For that, you have to select Jpeg+Raw in the camera, which is a feature I avoid, because it results in twice as many files on my computer, and nearly half the space on the card. I tried that mode, and of course the Epson now takes twice as long to build the thumbnails, and since you now see two identical thumbnails instead of one, you lose half the screen. One thumbnail is zoomable, the other isn't. What Epson should have done is detect that there are two files with the same name, but different extensions -- .cr2 and .jpg, and by default displayed only the .jpg. What photographer would want it any other way?

All in all, this device is just not usable for the high volume of photographs it was designed for.

Epson P-4000 Multimedia Storage Drive
Once you have loaded images into the drive it works very well. The pictures are crisp and easy to see. You can organize pictures in folders which is useful but not initially intuitive to do. It gets easier with more use.
A major complaint is that the drive does NOT accomodate all cards. For instance to use a memory stick duo, you must have a CF adapter. Problem...they are very difficult to find, if you can find one! Sony has discontinued them. Some other brands are available but not in USA markets. In addition the adapters are quite expensive.
I found this misleading and problematic given one of the cameras we use.
The newer units may take care of this but at a higher initial purchase cost