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HP MediaSmart Server ex487 gets hands-on love and full-blown review
Engadget —
... aside, the newfangled unit was pretty well adored. In fact, WeGotServed flat-out called the device "stunning," praising HP for its tightly integrated applications that worked fairly well on top of Windows Home Server. For those eying a simple-to-use media server, it looks like HP finally produced one that can be purchased sans regret; the real question, however, is will the outfit push these delectable new features down to existing ex470 / ex475 owners? Read - MediaSmartServer review Read - WeGotServed review / hands-on Filed under: ...
HP Makes Home Server PC & Mac Friendly
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... media streaming, centralized iTunes music libraries, and PC and Mac hard drive backup. It comes with an Intel Celeron 2 GHz 64-bit processor and 2 GB DRAM.
The interoperatability between PC and Mac though comes at a hefty price tag. The ex485 with 750 GB hard disk storage will cost $600, while the ex487 with 1.5 TeraBytes of storage will be $750.
Maybe the PC and the Mac guy would like to go back to bickering with each other. It was more fun that way.
Review of HP MediaSmart Server ex487 [MediaSmartServer.net]
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HP MediaSmart Server update now lets you stream video to iPod
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... HP's MediaSmart Server just got smarter. Thanks to a free software update, the Windows Home Server-running PC automatically converts video files for easy playback on an iPhone. HP also unveiled iStream, a free dedicated iPhone app, available on the iTunes App Store later this month, that can access your server from far afield, playing back those converted videos, photos and music files. If you have fairly fast broadband uploading, that video on the iPod might actually look pretty good. ...
