Envive announces simplified media server: The TheaterStation

Because you'll need somewhere to download/install those 1080p flicks from VideoGiants, Envive has announced its TheaterStation Media Server. Light on hardware details, Envive's focused on its Spin interface to ease content browsing via remote. The base model's hard drive reportedly holds at least 200 hours of DVD quality movies, and can be upgraded to hold ten times as much although that'll drive up the $2,495.99 starting price. Equipped with HDMI, component and DVI outs its available for preorder now,

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[Jon @ Jan 11th 2008 6:47AM]

They should just sell the software , Id love that for my media center

[speedyrulz8 @ Jan 11th 2008 12:04PM]

http://www.team-mediaportal.com/

[x20mar @ Jan 11th 2008 7:03AM]

Is it just me but are all these media centers/centres starting to look the same?

[John @ Jan 11th 2008 11:48AM]

CEO to Interface designer: "Uhhh yeah I bought my daughter one of those Apple computers she kept whining about not having, and the darned thing put all of your CD and DVD covers right in a row and they flipped like one of those old jukeboxes! Make it look like that!"

[Adrian G @ Jan 11th 2008 8:06AM]

DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY MOVIES YOU COULD BUY FOR $2500!?!?!?!?! I mean SERIOUSLY! What would be the point!?

[James Ollier @ Jan 11th 2008 8:48AM]

Not that many. Only 90 HD movies, or 25 TV Season Box Sets.

[buttabean @ Jan 11th 2008 9:35AM]

Don't these companies not understand they could make a fortune just selling the software. I'd buy that aswell for my media center. They should look at the market and actually see who has media servers. I'd probably say majority already own one which probably built their own.

[cmatto @ Jan 11th 2008 10:04AM]

Got that right - i would love to have that on my media center - at the moment i have my movies:

http://www.mymovies.dk/

Which gets a bit painful to use....

[buttabean @ Jan 11th 2008 10:08AM]

Awesome I'm going to have to try this out. Thanks! :)

[Neeko @ Jan 11th 2008 11:43AM]

Iam really considering just building my own PC and taking it from there. Only problem is figuring out how big a drive I need. ofcourse it would also have to be a raid-1 setup.

[James Ollier @ Jan 11th 2008 12:44PM]

1tb drives are cheap these days,

I picked an external one up from play.com for £155 ($300)

[umm....hello??? @ Jan 11th 2008 1:45PM]

much as I dislike sony, I do like their XMB interface...they should sell that.

[Superman @ Jan 11th 2008 5:51PM]

i would also love to have software version of this

[Pouya @ Jan 11th 2008 11:23PM]

Am I the only one that thinks that the overuse of the 3D carousel has caused it to lose its charm?