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February 14, 2007 12:04 PM PST

Make room for the Media Tank

by Matthew Elliott
(Credit: ThinkGeek)

Do you suffer from peripheral overload? If your desk is a mess of wires, the Media Tank can help. ThinkGeek is selling this external enclosure for $90. It supplies a 6-in-1 card reader (CF I/II, MD, SD, MMC, and MS/MS Pro) and room for an IDE hard drive and optical drive of your choosing. Inside is a cooling fan and heat sink to keep your drives from overheating. Built-in surge protection helps keep your data safe. The Media Tank connects to your PC (or Mac) via USB 2.0 and also serves up a USB 2.0 port for all those pesky USB keys that litter your desk drawers. It's the perfect companion for ultraportable laptops that lack an optical drive and are short on hard drive space. Keep it next to your docking station for all your media burning, transferring, and archiving needs.

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Matt Elliott, a CNET editor since 2000, heads up coverage of computer hardware, from desktops and laptops to their assorted components and peripherals. Prior to joining CNET, he worked for PC Magazine. When not writing about computers and wrestling with their shipping boxes, he likes shooting with his Nikon D50 camera. Matt is also skilled with a tape gun. E-mail Matt.
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Isn't this a little big?
by Wild Eep February 27, 2007 12:51 PM PST
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Continued, see previous post for subject
by Wild Eep February 27, 2007 12:55 PM PST
sorry, i accidently posted a blank, what I mean by the title is, this thing is bigger
than all the things it holds combined.

If I wanted to have a card reader, disk drive, hard drive, and USB hub, I could
make it take up a good deal less space than this thing does, though if they
removed the card reader thing (which was badly positioned) this might be
reasonable.
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