Epson P-2000 Multimedia Storage Viewer Review

The Epson P-2000 Multimedia Storage Viewer allows you to download digital photos and movies onto its 40Gb hard-drive and then view them on its 3.8 inch colour LCD screen. The Epson P-2000 has built-in card slots for Compact Flash and SD memory cards. The Epson P2000 will be of particular interest to digital SLR camera users as it can show a preview of some RAW file formats as well as JPEGs. You can connect the P-2000 directly to a PC or TV and it will even print directly onto compatible Epson printers. In addition the Epson P2000 can play digital music in the form of MP3 and AAC files. So can the Epson P-2000 do all of the things that it claims and do them well? Carry on reading to discover the answer.

Website: Epson P-2000 Multimedia Storage Viewer Review

Published: Monday, March 28, 2005

Reader Comments

1. Do you think you could get one of these into the prize list for the newsletter drawing?

   phule at 02:36pm on Wednesday, March 30, 2005

2. No!

   Mark Goldstein at 08:16am on Saturday, April 02, 2005

3. I stumbled across your website while looking for reviews of media storage devices. Congratulations on such detailed and illustrated review. You have made my job of selecting a product much easier.
   
   Thanks.

   Shalini at 02:38pm on Thursday, June 09, 2005

4. Thanks Shalini - you may also want to take a look at today's review of the Jobo Giga Vu Pro, a very similar product to the Epson P-2000.

   Mark Goldstein at 02:47pm on Thursday, June 09, 2005

5. Are you able to copy images from a CF disk onto a SD card using this device?
   I want to be able to email pictures taken with my digiSLR using my Pocket PC phone when away on holiday without resorting to taking a laptop
   Cheers for a great review

   Aiguille at 08:22pm on Thursday, June 09, 2005

6. Hi Aiguille - you can definitely copy the contents of one card onto the P-2000's hard-drive, then back onto the other card.

   Mark Goldstein at 03:27pm on Monday, June 13, 2005

7. This Epson P-2000 is the "dog's bollocks", as we say in Britain. I'd buy one today if it wasn't for the fact it doesn't support MPEG1. I have two cameras - a Nikon D70, and a Sony DSC-V1 Cybershot which shoots MPEG1 movies. To discover that the Epson P-2000 has everything I could wish for except the MPEG1 support was such a disappointment.
   
   The only other product that I'm aware of which comes close to offering everything I need seems to be the Vosonic X'S-Drive Super VP6210 you reviewed - but then that little 2" screen does let it down quite badly.
   
   Is there something out there that's got it all - or am I asking for the moon on a stick?
   
   Anyway, thanks for such great reviews. I'll stay tuned.

   Stefan Harris at 07:41pm on Thursday, June 23, 2005

8. Stefan, have you read my review of the Jobo Giga Vu Pro? That supports MPEG1 I believe.
   
   http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews_jobo_giga_vu_pro.php

   Mark Goldstein at 07:32am on Friday, June 24, 2005

9. I would like to be able to operate/charge the P-2000 while in a car. Do you know of any compatible car adapters that would work? Also, am I correct in assuming that the battery can't be charged from a powered usb port?
   
   Your review was very helpful. Thanks!

   Tim Kordick at 07:32pm on Sunday, July 24, 2005

10. Epson UK have confirmed that there isn't an official Epson car adapter kit for the P-2000.

    Mark Goldstein at 11:18am on Thursday, July 28, 2005

11. One downside you do not mention is that it will not let you place your images in the order you choose for a slide show. At least that is what I have discovered and was told by techinical support. This is very frustration if you want to use your device for presentations. If you or anyone knows how to overcome this problem I would appreciate an e-mail. Otherwise I agree with everything you said.

    Alan F at 06:44pm on Tuesday, October 04, 2005

12. You can always use a small 12v to 120vac inverter to plug into your lighter socket in your car and plug the ac charger into that, I do this with the P2000 and also my notebook...40watt inverter is about 20-$30..

    Larry McDowell at 07:36pm on Wednesday, November 16, 2005

13. Regarding the post from Alan about the files ordering in the slide show of the P2000, I am still trying to bypass it with no result. Any ideas? 8 bit file system also annoying but still a great tool for professionals.

    Franco at 06:28am on Monday, December 19, 2005

14. I'm thinking of buying an Epson P2000 but what I actually need is a photo viewer/storer AND a general purpose portable hardrive. Will the P2000 act as a general hardrive and allow me to store/transfer spreadsheets, WORD files etc? Or will it only accept multimedia files? Any help gratefully received.

    Matt at 01:21pm on Wednesday, January 11, 2006

15. Matt, yes you can use the P2000 as a general purpose hard-drive.

    Mark Goldstein at 01:50pm on Wednesday, January 11, 2006

16. Mark - thanks for a very informative site. Have you ever figured out how to re-arrange the order of the photos on the Epson? I have my second presentation on climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro next week and it is very hard to use my Epson to make a presentation because I can't re-arrange the order of the photos!

    Alan at 05:01pm on Wednesday, January 11, 2006

17. I think you just have to make sure that they are in the correct order using your computer, before copying them onto the P-2000. Not ideal I know!

    Mark Goldstein at 03:04pm on Thursday, January 12, 2006

18. mark,,please help me,, i want to show pics on my tv, i have set the video out to pal (uk)
    i am using an i pod av lead ,when i plug it in the p2000 screen goes blank but nothing comes on the tv,, i got the 2000 so i could load pics onto it and show my mum (who lives 200 miles away) the pics on her tv ,, reallyt wanted it for easter sunday,, i`m struggling please help

    geo at 12:21pm on Friday, April 14, 2006

19. Hi geo,
    
    It all sounds as though it's working OK, until you get to the TV part. You have set the P-2000 to PAL and used an AV cable to connect it to your TV. The P-2000 screen should go blank when you do that. Step 3, Page 59 of the manual says Set the TV display to video input from P-2000. I'm guessing that you haven't set your TV appopriately? It might also be worth trying a different AV cable if you have one.

    Mark Goldstein at 12:34pm on Friday, April 14, 2006

20. Just found this site thanks for an interesting read. I only wish I found you before I made my purchase of the P2000. I have a nikon D200 I was led to believe the P2000 took Nikon Raw I now find it is not compatible. Do you know if any firmware is due out. If not I have made the wrong move. Can you please help. Graham Worley

    Graham Worley at 02:00pm on Wednesday, April 26, 2006

21. The last update that I'm aware of was 2.0.4:
    http://www.photographyblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/epson_p_2000_firmware_update_v204_released/
    
    I haven't heard of any new updates.

    Mark Goldstein at 09:01am on Thursday, April 27, 2006

22. help. my Epson P-2000 tells me the memory is full but it's empty and it wont allow me to load images into memory. how do i correct this?

    Tricia at 03:15am on Wednesday, October 17, 2007