Seagate FreeAgent Theater + HD Firmware Update Adds Netflix and YouTube Streaming

Humberto Saabedra

Seagate FreeAgent + HD

Seagate’s criminally underpromoted FreeAgent Theater + HD media streaming and playback box has received a new firmware update which adds support for Netflix Watch Instantly streaming as well as other major online media portals in YouTube, vTuner and Mediafly.

This unit can also playback the vast majority of fansubs, including those in the ever popular MKV container and the new wave of HD fansubs without much issue, but you didn’t hear that from me.

This makes the FreeAgent + HD a much better deal in comparison to other streaming media boxes such as Roku or Vudu, since the FreeAgent can also playback ripped DVDs and other media from its hard drive dock and Ethernet/optional Wi-Fi connection instead of relying solely on the aforementioned services.

The update is available from Seagate’s page, with all future shipping units being updated as well.

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Journalist since 2006, initially covering the retail wireless sector before pivoting to anime and manga trade reporting in 2008. Founder and publisher of AnimeNews.biz (2008–2017), followed by a 13-year tenure at Crunchyroll News (2011–2024) and launching K-Comics Beat with Comics Beat in 2024. Now stripping away consumer noise to build independent, data-backed intelligence desks focused on cross-border licensing telemetry, production committee balance sheets, and industrial supply-chain forensics.

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