Now that Blu-ray has won the high definition DVD format battle, consumers will feel more confident about opting to purchase a media server to manage the ballooning storage requirements of their digital assets. A premium solution available is Sony’s HES-V1000 home entertainment media server and 200 disc BD/DVD/CD changer.
The HES-V1000 is a small, black tower (31 5/8 inches or 803 mm) stacked with a 500GB hard drive and room for 200 discs from your collection (actually you would have a very impressive collection just to fill it). The HDD can store up to 137 hours of video, 40,000 music files or 20,000 digital images. To access your media files Sony have included their Emmy award winning Xcross Media Bar (XMB) user interface as well as All-Media Guide (AMG) metadata technology.
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