My kids have one more day of Spring Break left. I love my kids with all my heart and with every fiber of my being, but they can drive me bonkers sometimes.
After one week of them being home the condo is a mess, I’m behind on posts and I have a ton of errands to run around town that I haven’t had a chance to do yet. I need a vacation! LOL!
One of the biggest things that my kids fight about is TV and watching movies. My son would watch the Weather Channel 24/7 if you let him, or CNN (my son is not your average ‘tween…LOL). My daughter on the other hand wants to watch movies and “her” shows (teenage girl shows).
When my husband is at work one can watch TV in the living room and the other in the bedroom. Once my husband is home he takes over the living room TV, leaving the kids to fight over the other one.
Seagate has a solution for that. They now have the first wireless hard drive, the GoFlex Satellite.
The GoFlex Satellite allows you to stream HD videos, music, pictures and other content to your family’s iPads, iPods or other Wi-Fi enabled devices. This is a great way to keep the kids entertained and finally give a chance to get things done and not have to worry about breaking up fights or listening to a steady stream of whining. Ha Ha.
The GoFlex Satellite gives your files one compact location where you can store your family’s music and movie library. The content can also be shared wirelessly during road trips or plane rides, so everyone can enjoy the same music and videos independently while traveling – perfect for your upcoming Summer vacation road trips. That means if my daughter wants to watch Bring it On for the millionth time and my son wants to watch Speed, they can each watch their own movie and not have to quibble about what to watch.
I was sent one of the GoFlex Satellite units to do a review. My husband and I are actually finding more use for this then my kids. Don’t get me wrong. My kids use it too. In fact my daughter was using it this evening. She was looking up some pictures she needed me to print out for a project. She saved the photos to the GoFlex Satellite and I was able to access them from the desktop, which is connected to the printer.
My family has been using the GoFlex Satellite to share photos with one another. Yesterday I took photos of the local mall that was being knocked down. I took them on my camera and uploaded them to the GoFlex Satellite. My husband was able to pull the photos from the GoFlex Satellite to share them on his Facebook page. In the past I’ve had to download them on to a flashdrive and give the flash drive to him to upload them on his computer. The GoFlex Satellite makes it A LOT easier. Now my whole family can share photos with one another. Or if my kids need me to print something out they can just send the document to the GoFlex Satellite for me to print out.
As for movies and music, my kids have been enjoying pulling the music off the GoFlex Satellite. Thank goodness we have two iPads. Now each of them can get music from the GoFlex Satellite and play it off the iPad.
We haven’t been able to test out watching movies in the car yet. Both Grandpa and Grandma were sick this weekend so our Easter get together has been postponed. We’re hoping to get together next Sunday. If we do then we’ll try out watching movies in the car on the iPads. I have to see what movies I can save on it for the kids to watch.
The GoFlex Satellite allows you to view HD movies on different devices all at the same time. You can actually store up to 300 HD movies on the GoFlex Satelitte. It also has 7 hours of battery life before it needs to be re-charged again.
You could even upload your entire ebook collection so that you can read any of your books on the go.
The GoFlex works with laptops, Android phones and tablets, iPhone, iPod Touch and more.
This is literally a “plug-n-play” type of product. Simply charge it, plug it into your computer, upload you the media you wish to put on the external and then enjoy. It’s THAT easy. My husband had it set up in a flash.
The only thing my husband noticed is that you have to disconnect from our current wireless to access the Seagate GoFlex Satellite wireless. It’s not that big of a deal. He says you can’t have two different wireless going on at the same time, but he’s going to look into it. While we are home it’s not big deal to disconnect from our current wireless. When we are out and about (like driving to Grandpa’s house) it won’t be a problem since the GoFlex Satellite will be the only wireless we’d be working from.
This is certainly a handy little gadget for the family on the go, or just for mom to get a break from time to time.
For more information about the Seagate GoFlex Satellite or other Seagate products visit www.Seagate.com.
Seagate would love to give a lucky reader their very own Seagate GoFlex Satillite. The retail value is $199.00. Thank you Seagate!
This giveaway is open to US residents only and will end on April 23, 2012 at 12:01 AM (EST). The winner will be chosen at random using a random number generator from all eligible entries.
Remember, you MUST do the initial entry requirement or none of the extra entries will qualify.
Kimberly
*I received a free sample product in order to do this review. There was no financial compensation. The opinions expressed are entirely my own. Seagate will be providing the prize.
diana says
i would love to win this! i’ve been researching these but they are currently too pricey for me.
debra hall says
i refuse to pay for cable and this is awesome i can watch what i want
Auriette says
I’d like to win this because we’re starting to accumulate a lot of digital copies of Blu-rays, our own home video clips, and so forth, and it would be great to have a dedicated external drive for that.
Jen Tink says
I’ve been trying to save up to buy one of these for my husband for his birthday
Alana Belliveau says
I would love to win this because my external hard drive that I had for 5 years died a couple months ago and I have not been able to replace it and this one looks pretty cool!
Betty Baez says
This would be amazing my little guys like playing on my iPad while where on the go but they often fight over it so this would be great seeking as they could watch a movie or their favorite shows
Claire says
It looks super high tech
Wendy R says
I would love to win b/c i’ve been wanting to buy one of these!!
Dezi A says
I want to win one of these awesome prizes because it’s SO awesome. 🙂 It is really an amazing thing!
Joseph Stowell says
The Seagate GoFlex Satellite would be awesome to have because it would increase the capacity of my Wi-Fi devices. That means an iPad, Nook, Kindle, or smart phone would be able to access additional storage space locally and save on data costs. Thanks for the chance to win this great device!
Adrienne gordon says
i want it to back up data
Kristi C says
I would like to win because my children are constantly fighting over whose turn it is to watch the tv.
Becky M says
This would be great for the kids in the car!
nickie says
This would be great for those long car rides
Ann Fantom says
I would like to get the Seagate GoFlex Satellite Wireless Storage device so I could watch movies on multiple laptops.
Chantelle says
This would be awesome for the car. We spend a lot of time driving and waiting in the car.
Susan Smith says
This would be great as my children always seem to be arguing about what TV to watch and with this they can each watch their favorite show.
Sarah Hirsch says
This sounds like a cool product. I’d love to win it so my kids can watch movies on car trips
Rachel Newman says
I would love this because I already have one to take my work on the go and would love to give one to my boyfriend as a present. Romantic, eh?
Harmony B says
We have alot of problems with our dvr and we lose the kids shows so this would be great
Kimberly Bauer says
I am tired of watching Nick Jr. I can watch what I want.
ceebliss says
What a great way to share pics!
Rust says
My son is like a memory black hole. He would love this for his music and movie files!
traci s says
would love to win, cant afford to purchase one, we sure could put it to use, think it would be great for watching digital downloads, lord knows my grandson and son would love this on the long drives
Jim B says
I really want this
Kurt Liget says
This would work great with my Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 !
Geri S says
I would LOVE to WIN!!! the Seagate GoFlex Satellite it would be awesome to have because it would increase the capacity of my Wi-Fi devices. Thanks for the chance to WIN!!! this GREAT!!! product!!!
Cynthia says
I can’t even tell you how awesome this would be for vacations with our daughter!!!
Sylvia White says
My husband would love this as he has trouble watching his own movies
TawndaM says
the possibilities are pretty much endless with these!
Scott Martin says
I will use it to backup my computer.
Brenda C says
this would be awesome for the kids when we are travelling!
Jeff P says
This would free up room on my regular hard drive
Ellen B says
My husband would so love this! Our satellite bill is huge and we are thinking about cancelling some of it.
rebecca w says
I’d like to win because my kids fight over whos turn it is this time!
kelly nicholson says
Leave a comment on this post and tell me why you want to win this awesome prize
im a greed bugger
Yona says
This would be a great win because we are constantly traveling and this would be entertaining.
Patricia Wojnar Crowley says
I’d love to win so I can watch a movie on my laptop! I can see myself using it in the kitchen while I clean/cook!
Karen Lynch says
Our family could use this for our travels. Everyone is always asking me to put stuff on their gadgets before we travel. with this one, place for all the data, no switching screens and downloading or converting files for them.
Eileen says
We dont have ipads but I can see all the five tween to teens and mom and dad using this to share photos. Like you stated, we would be using a flash drive to do the same…so this would be easier for FIVE of us to share. Not sure what you meant by using the individual Seagate wifi, but I think my husband could figure out a way around this. He’d be so excited to have one of these…kind of a cute nerdy software guy who would love to afford all the gadgets others have, so that’s why I’d like to win!
thanks!
kyl neusch says
it is a great harddrive
Vickie Bartlett says
it would be an awesome way to share different media
Crissy D. says
I would love to win this to put at my in laws house, it would be great for the kids to be able to face time me when they are visiting
MEG says
I’d love this so I could watch movies in the bedroom.
Catie says
I want to win because this would make long road trips sooo much easier!
*°•ƸӜƷ Louis ƸӜƷ•°* says
I love the flexibility of my iPad, and streaming media would just be awesome
Thank you for hosting this giveaway
Louis
pumuckler {at} gmail {dot} com
Lisa Welch says
OOOHHHHHH another gadget! He will LOVE this!
Brad Edwards says
This would be great for our family vacation this summer.
Kristie says
I need an external drive for my pictures and I would love to win.
Linda Kish says
It would be a great place to store our photos, movies and ebooks to start.
lkish77123 at gmail dot com
Lori S says
This would be awesome for when i go shopping and the kids in the shopping cart.
Thanks!
Rondah says
because we dont have cable
Kathleen says
I would love it for my daughter in the car especially on longer trips
kport207 at gmail dot com
ShellieAndBrutus says
I want to win so i can take my movies everywhere. I spend a lot of time waiting on appointments and this would help pass the time. Thanks.
Crystal Warren says
I have 3 kids with very different tastes in EVERYTHING so I’d love to have this to give some relief on rainy days when all I usually hear is “Mom she won’t let me have the remote!”
Cheryl Free says
I want to want to win this awesome prize for watching movies on long trips to the cardiologist ヅ *Thanks* for the giveaway!
We often use more than one wireless connection at the same time. I play Solitaire on my Kindle while Scott’s playing games on his iPhone, or one or the other of us is using a Netbook. I’m not sure how he has it set up — he’s the hardware guru and I let him take care of those things. I’d rather focus on software issues ヅ
Patti Hess says
I would like to win this because we don’t have TV and we fight over what movie we will watch…him suspense me comedy….
pattifritz2000 at yahoo dot com
thank you
Jennifer T. says
I’d love to win one of these for our summer family road trips. Keep everyone happy!
jtmagmom73(at)gmail(dot)com
Stacy says
I would love to be able to be able to let the kids watch movies while traveling.
Ravzie says
I would like to have my data on a portable drive! Thanks.
Susan Chester says
I would love to win this for when my grandchildren visit. I don’t like their cartoons, and this would save some headaches.
Sunshyn V says
I would love to win this because we lost a harddrive last year and ever since I don’t think one can have too many backups.
lisa brown says
I would love to own one but too expensive for me.
Anthony says
I want to win to store all my movies and watch them on the go
Lara says
I really need something like this!!
Sue King says
I want to win this to take my music from the GoFlex Satellite and play it on the iPad.
Chris H. says
I have 1gb left on my current drive.
Melanie B says
I would love to win this to store all my music and photos
Amber says
I’d love to win this so it can help me store family photos and videos!
lisa lo says
Going to travel a bit and this would be a great thing to have.
Mark Price says
This would be great for storing photos
Debra Guillen says
I want to win because I could use the extra storage and capabilities of this device for movies and music
Erin says
I am in a band and this would be SO helpful for recording/sharing our tracks!
Carmen says
Would love this for the car! We live in Houston and we LIVE in our car, as well:)
Happi Shopr says
I’d love to win to store our pictures, movies and music on.
Lim says
Stream netflix when everyone else wants to watch law and order.
Kathlyne says
This would be great to transport my many Gigs of music.
Mary OBrien says
We’d use this for backing up our photos and family history, which we really need to do.
Sarah says
We just had another computer go bad and it would be great to have backup copies of everything on an external hard drive.
Mike says
Nothing is more annoying then getting a virus and starting over from scratch. As a recent college graduate, i;ve had to start over from scratch for a lot of things in my life. I would like to backup my files and not have this be a problem i continue to face
Daniel M says
need something to back up all my stuff!
Claire says
I want to win because I have a lot of data that’s taking up too much space on my computer!
Roxann Clark says
It would be great when I am away from home or as a gift for my college student
cynthia layton says
we would use it for camping trips
Russell Moore says
Wireless backup with enough space for all my media. Great!!
Valerie Taylor Mabrey says
I love this and I’ve been wanting one for a long time.
vmkids3 at msn dot com
sherrie says
I’m on a tight, cableless budget and this would be a great addition to my entertainment — Plus my b-day is in April.
Debbie C says
I want to win because I need reliable, easy backup.
chrisdeglen(at)gmail(dot)com
Pauline Milner says
I do a lot of travelling and this would be great to take with me on the plane to occupy my time.
Thanks for the awesome giveaway opportunity. ~Pauline
Karen Gonyea says
Because I want one but can’t afford one right now….they sound like a wonderful product 🙂
jolene says
i’ve been wanting one but they’re so pricey…
addrienne mertens says
wow wireless? like you said above i would be great for trips! movies on the go
Eileen says
I want to win because I love seagate products and this would help me so much in storing and organizing all my family videos and photos!
Angela Cisco says
It would be great for long cars trips with the kids. It would give them something to do.
mistysunrise says
I want to win, because I take lots of pics and need more hard drive space.
George Hnatko says
I never knew these worked with iphones and tablets
sarah t says
this would be great for us our portable hard drive died not to long ago and we really need a new one.
julie hawkins says
I want to win because i’d love to be able to stream hd movies to my iPad
Angela W says
My husband has wanted one of these for awhile now, would love to surprise him, thanks for the chance
Thomas Gerber says
I want this so I can backup all my valuable information/data.
Chelsea G. says
I would love to have this to stream videos when I’m traveling.
Joseph Sudyka says
I need a reliable backup and love that it can be used as a streaming device.
Jaque R. says
I would love, love, love this! So portable, so flexible in it’s abilities….it is just great! Thank you.
Erica C. says
It’s a quality product that I’d love to have around.
Nissa says
Majoring in computer science and graphic design. Have tons of files I need to keep safe.
Jill says
This would be really perfect for us this summer. Going on a long camping trip and this would be great for those raining days stuck in a camper with the little ones.
Jill says
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tamar says
Because I am a data hoarder. 🙂
John Stetson says
This would be a great way to carry all the pictures to the family up north.
Jammie says
I would love to win because it would be great entertainment for my daughter. We recently cut the directv.
Brittani says
It’d be great to backup my files worry free!
heatherzilla says
I would love to win because the GoFlex Satellite allows you to stream HD videos, music, pictures and other content to your family’s iPads, iPods or other Wi-Fi enabled devices.
Deborah Hogue says
I would like to win this awesome prize so that I could have a permenant back-up of all my pictures, music and everything else on my computer that is important to me. My last pc crashed and I still haven’t been able to rescue the info off of the hard drive
lynn brannen says
Great sweeps! Wanna win1
Kathy Luman says
I would like to have one so I can download my important papers, pictures and music on it.
Brittney House says
I would love to be able to use this on road trips.
ferriz says
i have had a harddrive crash and lost everything. i cant have that happen again. 🙁
danielle b .
Rochelle says
I want to win because I have bought some movies online and would love a secure way to store my movies. Be perfect for long car rides too. Thanks!
Donna Marie says
I want to win this to use in the car on road trips for our kids.
amy deeter says
i have been wanting to get one of these
Desiree Dunbar says
I’d love to win this for my husband to transfer all of our data to.
Julie says
love to win this for my oldest son thaks
Lori White says
We ALWAYS need more alternatives on TV!
kathy pease says
id love this to save all my precious family photos and videos 🙂
kathy taylor says
I wanna win so I can back up all my granddaughters pictures and video.
Stephanie Adkins says
I would love to win this because my old PC is really full and I need more hard drive space.
Bob Hazlewood says
What a great prize – nice review.
mary gardner says
because it would be great for in the car
marygardner49 at aol dot com
Coriander Warren says
My husband says “THIS WOULD BE SOOOO AWESOME!”
James Coyne says
i could use this to store photos
colleen m. says
My home computer is becoming outdated but I can’t afford a new one with more storage yet. This would also be great for travel. I would love to have this!
Josh says
I need more places to store my stock images for my digital graphic arts job.
Isaac D says
After buying a new computer transferring all my families photos and all our computer breaks no fixes, bought a new computer, and all our memories are lost. Hopefully this new hard drive can help in storing future photos and videos.
Matthew Gunther says
This would be great to store my movies and pictures on.
r foster says
this would make a great backup, can never be too safe with photos and all our music
okiraan says
I’d use it to store pix and music.
regina m says
An answer to a prayer. With videos, cd’s pictures and the like to have a dedicated place for it all.
Andrea Henry says
This would be ideal for me on the go…budget is limited so winning it would be great.
caden at pineland.net
Barbara Hunt says
Thanks for the great contest
bahjeep@aol.com
Brett says
my seagate just died lost 500gig of stuff ..would be great to get a new one 🙂
Tobia Hawklyn says
Oh dear lord this would be a godsend when I have to go to New Hampshire and fix my aunt’s business computers. We bunk at her apartment overnight, and her wifi signal doesn’t travel through to the other side of the building. I take a few movies with me on a thumb drive sometimes, but usually it’s an emergency and I jump in the car and go (from Connecticut.)
cmp2005 says
wow this would be great where i stay
Geoff K says
I’d love to win this for my mom – she now has tons of photos, music files, and e-books that she only has saved on her computer’s hard drive, so she could really use a secure external drive for backing up all of those files. Thanks!
Talal says
I hope i win!
Li says
This would be great for my family
Michael Rose says
I’d love to win this because I edit film on the fly and it would be great to not need to lug around cords 24/7
Lori L. says
I take so many digital pics and videos and need a hard drive dedicated to storing them all securely.
Dawn Reid says
This would be great as my children always seem to be arguing about what TV shows to watch
mightynaynay(at)cs.com
Steve Stone says
love to win this for the wife to have her own backup. thanks.
R Hicks says
I want to win this to use with my laptop that has a tiny hardrive and almost full
brich22 at earthlink dot net
Samantha says
So I can keep things between my laptop, the desktop computer and my iTouch!
Tiffany says
I would love to win this to store files.
Deborah Wallin says
I am tired of having to give up my computer when someone else wants it, I would love having my own private ones.
Rob Hestar says
I want it so I can back up my moms old files so her and my pops can finally get a new comp and one that doesn’t still use windows millennium!
JD Blosser says
i would love to win this because I would love to be able to stream video to my tablet, too cool.
Kathleen Conner says
I’d like to use this to back up some pictures I had scanned.
Tim Moss says
I could really use this for storage purposes, RE: my computer.
Breanne says
I want to win this for my sister.
Erik Liptak says
I want to win because it is cool to win anything
meme says
this would be great for every day and a vacation this summer to visit family for a few weeks especially since their will be several kids with different ages and tastes
Dorothy says
I need some memory. I dont have any external memory yet
Dustin says
This would be great to backup our pictures and movies of our 7 month old twins.
shirley pebbles says
My hubby has been wanting one of these.
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Mike says
I need this harddrive to back up all my important DATA!!!!
what if my harddrive died today! i’d loose all my gaming save files!
Betty Curran says
I would love to have this to have all my books on hand. You know one can never have too many books!! 🙂
Jill says
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Mark says
It would allow me to back up all our photos and videos of the kids so we don’t loose them.
Gianna says
I’d love this for my husband!
brian e. says
Thanks for the giveaway…we need a backup & a place to store some digitized family photos, old B&W prints.
senorpiero [at] yahoo [dot] com
DanV says
I want to win this awesome prize for our next trip
Gina P says
i travel a lot and this would be great!