The Ripserver may make your CD collection history

Gigantic, festering CD collection got you down? Need some solution to get all of that music onto a hard drive, but simply don't have the patience or skill to use iTunes and an external hard drive? Well you're in luck, because the Ripserver is here. Acting as a completely stand-alone solution, this handsome black or white box lets you rip and store your music without any additional hardware or software. The RAID 1 device comes in 500GB or 1TB configurations, rips as FLAC files or MP3s (with adjustable bit rates), functions as a NAS device with UPnP support, supports connectivity with additional USB drives, and is DNLA compliant. The Ripserver runs a Linux build atop an Epia 1GHZ CPU, with 512MB of RAM, and boasts VGA, USB, and PS2 ports. The 500GB will run you £599 (or around $1,189), and the 1TB £699 ($1,388) -- both are shipping now.

[aubreyq Posted Mar 5th 2008 2:07PM]

Put a DVD-ROM, let hackers put DVD Shrink in it and cut the price in half. Then you'll have a product.

[joeyjoeyjoey Posted Mar 5th 2008 2:27PM]

That case is a Psile from Nexus. And as others have posted you can get a Psile bundle and build your own. Plus they have them in black or in other fancy designs.

[fencesitter Posted Mar 5th 2008 2:29PM]

DLNA server? I guess they don't want to incite the wrath of the mafIAA and put DVD ripping in too.

Also with most optical drives having CD (if not DVD) burning built into them, where's the "Duplicate" button?

Oh, it would be so easy to make that a completely infringing device.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 6th 2008 3:09AM]

maniacal laughter

http://www.ripfactory.com/mediagrabber.html

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2008 2:52PM]

MP4, please ... let it rip MP4 and I'm sold ... maybe ...

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2008 4:39PM]

This is one truly stupid product. Outside of George Bush who is stupid enough to need it and still have the money to buy it.

[Narfmaster Posted Mar 6th 2008 6:15AM]

That thing looks like it would suck in your cd, copy it and then grind it to dust before expelling it somewhere.