The Apple TV, may be easy and affordable, but it’s not much use if you want to run third-party services; until now, systems like Plex have required an older, jailbroken box if you want them to run. That’s all changed with PlexConnect, a new homegrown hack by the company which puts Plex in Full HD
HP is looking to make a splash in the enterprise industry again with the announcement of the company’s new line of Moonshot servers running Intel Atom chips. These new servers are a part of a multi-year plan by HP to cut down on space and power needs when it comes to big data storage. The company says that these new Moonshot servers will help with that initiative.
The company mentioned last week that they would be announcing the next generation in Moonshot hardware, and as expected, they’re starting out the week on a high note with the new line of servers. HP mentions that with the growing needs of internet users, cloud data storage will grow exponentially, to the point where larger and larger facilities will have to be built in order to meet the demand of storage needs.
However, HP says that Moonshot will dissolve the need for bigger and bigger data centers, saying that the new Moonshot servers can take up 80% less space, as well as use up to 89% less energy and be 77% less costly than traditional servers. HP even went as far as saying that the new Moonshot systems are comparable to the move from Unix to x86 servers, as well as the innovation of blade servers.
The new Moonshot systems are available today in the US and Canada, while availability in Europe, Asia, and Latin America will start next month. Pricing begins at a whopping $61,875 for the enclosure, 45 HP ProLiant Moonshot servers, and an integrated switch, but clients will be able to customize their setup to fit their own needs.
HP launches Moonshot cloud server system is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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If you have a fairly large house and you want your music to come with you wherever you are in the house, a multi-room system is about the best solution besides carrying around a boombox with you wherever you go. CasaTunes has you covered, as they have announced and launch a new line of multi-room music servers to provide music around your entire house.
These music servers seamlessly integrate with a handful of popular AV Receivers, including those from Harman Kardon, Onkyo, Pioneer, Sony, and Yamaha. The CasaTunes Music Servers start out at three wired rooms and five wireless rooms, but they support up to a whopping 24 wired rooms and 10 wireless rooms, making it the perfect solution if you happen to own the Palace of Versailles.
Of course, the system allows users to install a wired-only music system, a wireless-only system, or a hybrid of the two in any combination, which makes it fairly versatile as far as where the system can be implemented. And the technology uses Apple’s AirPlay protocol to beam music wirelessly to various receivers.
Users can also listen to different playlists in different rooms, and it can all be controlled via the optional keypad (pictured above), through a web browser, or using the CasaTunes mobile app for iOS and Android. While setting up a multi-room music system isn’t cheap by any means, it’s a great way to get audio blasting all throughout your house, especially during a party.
CasaTunes announces new line of multi-room music servers is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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[MWC 2013] At this year’s MWC, Samsung unveiled its impressive HomeSync, which is a media server powered by Android Jelly Bean. Not to be outdone, Huawei also took the opportunity to announce its media streamer that is being introduced to compete against Samsung’s HomeSync.
The Huawei MediaQ M31 is another Android Jelly Bean-powered media streamer that offers a more compact look when compared to the Samsung HomeSync as it measures 65mm x 65mm x 14mm. Android-powered devices will be able to share photos, stream videos and games to the MediaQ M310, as long as they’re connected to the same Wi-Fi network.
As for its specs, the MediaQ M31 is powered by a quad-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage space, Wi-Fi, two HDMI ports (one in, one out), microUSB, a 3-in-1 SPDIF/3.5mm/Mic mono port and two USB ports. The MediaQ M31 will also allow you to connect PC and NAS drives located on your network to it, making streaming content available on other machines on your network easy.
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: TMY Air Fryer Arrives In Japan, Philips To Exit Consumer Electronics Business,
For some people, 8TB might sound like a lot of storage, but depending on your data usage (*cough* BitTorrent *cough*), it might be just the right amount. I know that I could use a RAID storage device like this one on my workstation desk.
The Western Digital My Book Live Duo is a dual-drive RAID tablet-top device, which allows RAID 0 or 1 settings, though the 8TB model is only available with the RAID 0 setting, sacrificing redundancy for speed. The Ethernet-connected drives can work as a media server, streaming content to DLNA/UPnP devices, and offer secure remote access.
The 8TB box will set you back $660(USD), which is a lot, but we’re talking about a massive amount of storage. The 6TB model sells for $440 and the 4TB unit sells for $375. They’re available for pre-order now over at B&H Photo.
In my experience, Western Digital makes awesome hard drives and they’ve got an excellent warranty as well as customer care, so I buy all of my hard drives from them these days.
[via Ubergizmo]
Plex fans among us just got treated to a smorgasbord — albeit one that isn’t completely free. The media front-end developer hopes to boost its bottom line through PlexPass, a subscription service that amounts to a paid beta program. Shell out $4 per month and you’ll get early access to in-development features, including a slate of premium-only extras during their incubation phase. One of the more ordinary (if important) features is going live today: a revamped Web Client not only rivals the native OS X app for speed but offers full media playback on top of the usual queue management. Whether you subscribe or not, you’ll want to get an updated Media Server app that supports both PlexPass and the new client along with improving the server’s behavior in several areas, such as lowering its memory use and supporting RTMP transcoding. We hope Plex keeps enough components on the free side of the fence as time goes on. For now, at least, we’ll see the paid model as a way for loyalists to reward a company that has been powering their home theater PCs for years.
Filed under: Home Entertainment, Internet, Software, HD
Plex launches new Web Client and PlexPass subscription, updates Media Server originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Aug 2012 22:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Tucked away amongst Microsoft’s Windows Server 2012 version plans is a bomb for media server PC fans: Windows Home Server is going away. Although the platform was already in something of a comatose state after HP dropped its MediaSmart servers and left the OS without a major vendor to champion the cause, an FAQ reveals the stand-alone build is going away as well. Windows Server 2012 Essentials is taking its place and will handle both media server as well as small business server duties in one package. That’s all well and good, except that Essentials is currently priced at $425 — almost 10 times the typical $50 street price of Windows Home Server. We’ve reached out to Microsoft to verify whether or not that’s the price a media server vendor or enthusiastic media PC lover will pay. Hopefully, it isn’t; we’ll have until the end of 2013 to buy a stand-alone copy of Windows Home Server (and a far-flung 2025 for very conservative OEMs), but the switch of focus may lead some fans of networked media sharing to drift elsewhere.
Windows Home Server takes its final bow, Windows Server 2012 Essentials passes the (pricey) casting call originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 06 Jul 2012 08:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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