http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/ Engadget Comments for MvixBOX media server: 2TB of web-enabled, media streaming goodness http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/Oct 28th 2008 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/You're better off building your own then.]]>Oct 28th 2008 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/
A 1 or 2 TB network enable storage drive is more than that.]]>Oct 28th 2008 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/
I totally agree, overpriced.]]>Oct 28th 2008 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/Oct 28th 2008 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/Oct 28th 2008 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/
I'm trying to workout if I canuse a NAS rather thana full blown server to host and streammy media to XBMC/Wii and a couple of laptops. I'm fed up with having to split and duplicate my media across every machine. I would rather hold it allinone place and access as and when.

The wii is the only thing that really needs the box to be able to transcode.]]>Oct 28th 2008 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/
Find the most restricted system, I'm assuming there is an Xbox 360 in your setup somewhere, because XBMC can play anything. Encode all of your videos specifically for the 360 and you wont need any cpu power to transcode make a NAS the perfect solution.]]>Oct 28th 2008 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/
The reason for transcoding, is that the wii, in my living room,requires video to be FLV. I think that this is an awful format and would rather keep my files as AVIs, which every other piece of kit can run fine.

At the moment in our living room we just have the wii and a small sony freeview box. I'm reluctant to add anything else so watching movies through opera is the dream. Then I just need Wii DVD playback.]]>Oct 28th 2008 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/Oct 28th 2008 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/Oct 28th 2008 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/Oct 28th 2008 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/My "free" home server is configured with pretty aggressive power management settings. No need for those hard drives to be spinning 24/7. The network card will wake it up whenever I need to access content. All that minus the $300 price tag.]]>Oct 28th 2008 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/
The Qnap TS-109 has 14 different applications built in the new firmware update's and more to come

]]>Oct 28th 2008 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/Oct 28th 2008 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/]]>Oct 28th 2008 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/
Wouldn't really need a PS3/X360 to do that anymore. On top of which it streams media across your network. ]]>Oct 28th 2008 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/Oct 28th 2008 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/
It's thinner so if I want to glue it to the back of my LCD TV I can do that. And its OSX competible too.]]>Oct 28th 2008 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/
I just bought a DNS-323 for $159 from BeachCamera/Buydig. Also, the price of this device is inline with the QNAP & Synology boxes that have the same features. Should NAS boxes with these features cost so much? I personally don't think so.

For all of you that say, 'I can just build my own for less.' That's true if you have spare parts or can get them for free. Also, you have to think about your OS. If your a true computer geek, than you can use FreeNAS or your own Linux distro. But, you're the minority anyway and this box does not truly cater to you.]]>Oct 30th 2008 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/Oct 30th 2008 7:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/Oct 28th 2008 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/Oct 28th 2008 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/Oct 28th 2008 1:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/Oct 28th 2008 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/
Any good sql programmer wortht their salt will have already seen all the BSG episodes.]]>Oct 28th 2008 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/Oct 28th 2008 9:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/28/mvixbox-media-server-2tb-of-web-enabled-media-streaming-goodne/
This place has it for $239 ! - looks well priced for sure
http://www.thenerds.net/MVIX_USA.Ultra_High_Performance_Server.MVIXBOX.html]]>Oct 29th 2008 8:08AM