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entertainment servers...opinions? #1493330 01/31/06 07:47 PM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,738 New Albany, IN P Pimpalicious316 OP Hard-core CEG\'er
OP Pimpalicious316 Hard-core CEG\'er P Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,738 New Albany, IN	just curious if anyone here has an entertainment server and if so, what brand/model is it? i have been debating for about a month now whether i want to invest in an actual entertainment server or not. we get a good dealer discount on them through work, but i can't really find any features (other than a touch-screen remote control) that my current entertainment server (modded xbox) doesn't provide. anyone have experience with an entertainment server? worth the investment? ~Andrew 2001 VW Jetta Wolfsburg Edition 20 valves of fury

Re: entertainment servers...opinions? #1493331 01/31/06 09:09 PM
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 217 SE Michigan T TSIN03SE CEG\'er
TSIN03SE CEG\'er T Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 217 SE Michigan	I built one from spare PC parts I had. Added 700GB of hardisk storage and hooked it up my home network(hardwired). It's serving all my music(MP3 and FLAC), my movies(*.vob, MPG1/2, .mov) and my pictures( JPG's ) throughout my home. It's idling when not serving so I plan to run some video converters in the background mode and maybe P2P. It's doing what I need to do - serve media files to bedroom, living room and nook. I highly recommend it. FYI, it's AMD XP2100, 512MB memory, no CD, no video card(integrated video), no sound card.

Re: entertainment servers...opinions? #1493332 01/31/06 10:20 PM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,738 New Albany, IN P Pimpalicious316 OP Hard-core CEG\'er
OP Pimpalicious316 Hard-core CEG\'er P Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,738 New Albany, IN	Originally posted by TSIN03SE: I built one from spare PC parts I had. Added 700GB of hardisk storage and hooked it up my home network(hardwired). It's serving all my music(MP3 and FLAC), my movies(.vob, MPG1/2, .mov) and my pictures( JPG's ) throughout my home. It's idling when not serving so I plan to run some video converters in the background mode and maybe P2P. It's doing what I need to do - serve media files to bedroom, living room and nook. I highly recommend it. FYI, it's AMD XP2100, 512MB memory, no CD, no video card(integrated video), no sound card. right, but that's already what i have with my modded xbox. networked games, movies, music, and pictures along with web browser and some other tools. that's why i was curious about actual name brand entertainment servers (not just networked computers). thanks for the input though ~Andrew 2001 VW Jetta Wolfsburg Edition 20 valves of fury*

Re: entertainment servers...opinions? #1493333 01/31/06 10:25 PM
Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 7,431 Somerville, MA R rouar Hard-core CEG'er
rouar Hard-core CEG'er R Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 7,431 Somerville, MA	Stick two TV tuners in a built multimedia PC and you have the capability of multiple TiVos (provided you have a cable connection that accepts multiple tuned stations). That's what one of my project partners did. Matthew 2000 Nissan Maxima SE Sold: 98.5 Contour SE V6 ATX

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