Sony HES-V Home Entertainment Server

2007_09_18 sony-home-ent-server.jpg With most of our home entertainment now stored digitally, the next logical thing to do is to add a home media server of some sort. For most people, what this has meant up to now is either building one from scratch or repurposing an old PC tower. The common thread between these two options is that they are usually ugly and need to be hidden out of sight somewhere. Not so with the Sony Home Entertainment Server. Spec wise you get a 200-disc Blu-ray/DVD/CD changer and a 500GB hard drive in a glossy black, touch sensitive tower that looks more like furniture than a big spinning hard drive.

On the rear panel you get the standard connections you typically see on a stereo receiver or TV which makes connecting the needed components simply plug and play. Definitely a more consumer friendly option than some of the currently available offerings. Although it is not yet available, you can pre-order here for $3500.

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Interesting. I wonder what you think of this: http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&categoryId=27339

posted by Chucky on September 18th 2007 at 5:02pm
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I wouldn't call this a media server. Just a new fangled carousel.

$3500 buys plenty of hard drives!

posted by DaveD on September 19th 2007 at 6:43am
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I've been using a wireless media server for over 3 years. Looks great with my silver stereo system and accesses all my music & movies wirelessly http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=1&pid=438.

posted by Gursk on September 19th 2007 at 8:25am
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There are a lot of options out there for cases that look like normal components. We just built a media computer with a terabyte of hard drive space for little under $1k. Only a regular DVD drive for now, but we'll upgrade to Blu-Ray or HDDVD when the those come down a little more.

posted by Jeremy In VA on September 19th 2007 at 9:33pm
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