The full specs and some great pics of the Acer Aspire easyStore Home Server are available from website TiDo.
View them here.
Archive for August, 2009
The Acer Aspire In Pictures
Monday, August 31st, 2009Hian’s Home Server
Monday, August 31st, 2009IT Tech Peter Hian gives us the lowdown on his experiences with his Windows Home Server home build.
With a trial copy downloaded and a some newly purchased hardware, Pete had his Home Server up and running in no time, which you can read about here.
AutoExit Creator Interview
Monday, August 31st, 2009The Home Server Land website interviews the creator of the AutoExit add-in for Windows Home Server, in this forth installment of their add-in author interviews.
You can read the interview here.
Connector Installation on WHS
Friday, August 28th, 2009The How To Be Mobile website is back with another part of "Back up with Windows Home Server".
This second part goes into how to add drivers to your network card and configure your network connection as well as going through the connector installation on WHS.
Read it here.
The Home Server Show Podcast #54
Friday, August 28th, 2009
The Home Server Show podcast episode 54 is all about using CrashPlan on Windows Home Server amongst the rest of the weeks news and views.
You can catch it here.
Updating our Website – You Vote
Thursday, August 27th, 2009Ok we have been here for over 2 years now and we thought it was about time that we updated our theme (or the layout of the site), so we have chosen 3 of the best available and since this is your website we would like you to vote for the 1 theme which you like the best from the following three.
All you need to do is click on the small images below to open a site with a demo version of the theme for you to try/look at. Once you have decided the best one which you like, please let us know by voting in the poll below.
Theme 1
Theme 2
Theme 3
P.S. Don’t worry to much about the colors on the themes as these can be changed, its more about the layout and style – Thanks.
[polldaddy poll=1923782]
WHS Based Digital Entertainment Platform
Thursday, August 27th, 2009Paul from S1Digital has been in touch to inform us of their recently announced Digital Entertainment Platform, which provides centralized archiving, storage and distribution of HD movies, live and recorded HD television, videos, music, photos and more and its all based on the Windows Home Server platform.
“The Digital Entertainment Platform is the most advanced digital entertainment offering on the market today,” stated Paul Heitlinger, President of S1Digital. “Our solution is unique and we consider it a new category of product. No media server has been able to integrate this many different types of media, much less stream high-definition TV and movies.”
The S1Digital Digital Entertainment Platform consists of three components: an Entertainment Server, Media Center clients and a control solution.
The heart of the Platform is the Entertainment Server which consumes and catalogs content from the built-in combo Blu-ray, DVD and CD drive, automatically downloading cover art and metadata. The Server supports 16 or 32 terabytes of protected storage in a 3U rack chassis, or 4 or 8 terabytes in a 1U chassis. In addition, the Server can stream live CableCard or ATSC HDTV to clients.
The Media Center clients play content stored on the server, streaming smooth 1080p video and 7.1 channel audio. Live and recorded HDTV can be streamed directly to the client, without needing TV tuners or a cable box directly attached. The custom designed chassis is small, quiet and can also playback Blu-rays, DVDs or CDs directly from the built-in optical drive.
An optional touch screen controller can manage the Media Centers from any room. It provides two-way control enabling browsing of content including cover-art and metadata and can integrate with existing control solutions from Crestron, AMX, RTI and other touch screen controllers.
The Digital Entertainment Platform can be purchased as a package supporting as many rooms as customers wish. The components can also be purchased separately so that users can add new zones or include existing S1Digital Media Center models or control solutions.
“Integrators will realize the many benefits of selling and installing the Digital Entertainment Platform,” said Heitlinger. “There is no need for custom wiring back to the server or for bulky components in each room and the platform communicates over local network. In fact, there never has been such a powerful solution that’s so simple to set up and use, yet the platform costs less than most other single use media server solutions.”
More details are available from S1Digital.
UPDATE: Episode #220 of The Media Center Show has an interview with Paul Heitlinger from S1Digital who chats about their new range of products including the Windows Home Server based Digital Entertainment Platform – you can listen to it here.
Installation Walkthrough
Thursday, August 27th, 2009
Website How To Be Mobile have just posted a walkthrough on the installation process for Windows Home Server. This first part will be followed by another on completing the backup and restore process.
Read it here.
Save $150 Off the HP EX48x Range
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009If you fancy saving 20% off of the EX485 and EX487 MediaSmart Server’s from HP then head along to the HP Official store.
From now (8/26) for 2 days only, HP is offering $150 off of both models with FREE standard shipping included – A deal definitely not to miss!
Catch it here.
Phenomenal Write Performance – The HP LX195
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009DesktopReview.com has a review of HPs LX195 MediaSmart Server which looks at the build and design of the unit as well as its expansion capabilities and performance.
In conclusion the reviewer states:
“The LX195 is compact and stylish. It offers better Mac compatibility than other commercially available Windows Home Server units. It’s relatively low power and it offers pretty phenomenal write performances.”
Read the full review here.