How many times have you found yourself in a situation that you wish you had access to your files on your computer, while not at your computer? Thumb drives, CD's, and DVD's only hold so much data and can leave you sitting there wanting more. The most common solution to this problem is using an external hard drive enclosure. This allows you to add just about any size of hard drive you want, while not limiting you to minimal space. Today we are going to be taking a look at VIZO's Luxon Advanced 3.5 inch hard drive enclosure.
First Impression:
Taking a look at the packaging for the VIZO Luxon Advanced HD enclosure, we can see that VIZO has included all the specifications, features and system requirements on the back. This gives the consumer all the needed information they might need when looking to purchase a HD enclosure.
Opening up the box we can see that everything is well packaged. On the left we have the main housing for the Luxon Advanced. Next to it you will find the power supply packed in its own box, with all the cables and accessories to the right of it.
The Luxon Advanced is a 3.5" HD enclosure, which is compatible with SATA and IDE hard drives. The Luxon Advanced can be connected via USB2.0 or eSATA connections.
The Luxon Advanced has an aluminum outer housing with a nice high gloss finish to it. The connections are labeled on the right front of the Luxon Advanced for easy identification.
Features:
Compatible with 3.5" IDE/SATA Hard Drive
Support 480Mbps High Speed USB 2.0
Support 3.0Gbps High Speed external Serial-ATA ( eSATA )
4 functions in it : USB to IDE HDD, eSATA to IDE HDD USB to SATA HDD, eSATA to SATA HDD
Sleek and elegant design
Aluminum housing for excellent heat dissipation
Side vents improve convection for better system cooling
Support plug and play & hot swappable
Specifications:
Case Material : Aluminum
Host Interface: 480Mbps USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 Compatible) 3.0Gbps High Speed external Serial-ATA ( eSATA )
HDD Type : 3.5 " IDE / SATA Hard Drive
Power Supply : AC/DC POWER Adapter ( AC input: 100~ 240Vac , DC output: +5V/+12V)
Indicators : Blue for POWER on / Purple for file access
Weight : 400 g (without HDD)
Dimensions : 210(L) x 125 (W) x 34 (H) mm
System Requirements:
For USB 2.0 : Windows 98SE / ME / 2000 / XP / Vista or Mac 8.6 & above One USB port available for USB Host
For eSATA : Windows 2000/ XP / Vista or Mac 8.6 & above Proper SATA/eSATA port or SATA card available for eSATA host Must have SATA 3.0G/eSATA 3.0G hot swappable compliant host to enable hot swappable function
