Cisco chairman and CEO John Chambers showed off several home networking devices during his Friday CES keynote, including a Media Hub that lets users remotely access their digital libraries.
Connect the Linksys by Cisco Media Hub to your wireless router and it will scan your network for all the hard drives in your home. Organize your files as you see fit, and access them throughout your house. If you’re out of town, you can also log on to your Media Hub through the Web and gain access to all your files remotely.
“This device will automatically collect all the pictures and music and movies that are on my PC or my Mac and it will store it on this local device, allowing them to be shared across all of the devices across the network,” Jim Grubb, Cisco’s chief demonstration officer, said during the keynote presentation.
There are three models available: the NMH305 with a 500GB hard drive for $299.99; the NMH405 with a 500GB hard drive, an LCD screen, and six-in-one card reader for $349.99; and the NMH410 with a 1TB hard drive, the LCD screen and card reader for $429.99.
Cisco will provide one year of free access with your purchase, but the Media Hub will require an annual fee of $9.99 thereafter.
Media Hub works with the four wireless music devices Cisco also unveiled this week – the Director, Conductor, Player, and Controller.
