[TriLUG] Networked DVR (was storage with 4 x 80G hard drives?)

[John Turner]

> I guess what I really want is a device that has a big hard drive, can
> output video for playback on a TV, and can participate in a network.
> Preferably it would take a wireless network card. The recording  
> side of
> things is not so important.
>
> Putting together a cheap (but reliable) PC with a video card that  
> has a
> TV-out port, running some form of Linux, seems one of the better  
> options
> because it is so flexible, except that I want something quieter  
> humming
> away in my living room. If it was more like a device it would be even
> better.
>
> This one looks interesting ... but isn't out yet, and I don't need all
> the extras that will probably drive the price up.
>
> http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2695151209.html
> http://www.mediabolic.com/products/nmp.html
>
> -- Owen

Here are some network media players, some have the ability to attache  
local storage also. They require you have some media player software  
running on a PC or Mac or one of the embedded storage devices.

http://www.buffalotech.com/products/product-detail.php? 
productid=96&categoryid=18
http://www.iodata.com/products/products.php?cat=HNP&sc=AVEL&pId=AVLP2% 
2FDVDLA&ts=2&tsc=15
http://www.tvix.co.kr/ENG/Products/TVixHDM5000U.aspx

John