Media Server - Wave Of The Future

By Author: Lee MacRae
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Just about everyone is looking for a home-based digital media server these days. It's become a hot "need to get item" from many living rooms.

Everyone has loads of music, videos [including home movies], digital photos, even TV shows, all contained on your Mac or PC. Or you may just have it contained on dozens, maybe even hundreds of CDs or DVDs scattered around your home.

The digital media server provides you with a place to keep all your digital music and photos, TV shows, and digital home movies and then allow you to watch it all on your television. Now, you might say you already watch them on your computer. But is it really that easy to get everyone sitting around a small computer screen to watch that last home movie of your trip to Hawaii? Or the family photo album you have put together? Is it really that convenient or enjoyable ?

The home media server lets you use your living room to display your digital media for enjoyable family gatherings. Digital media servers are basically computers but with very large hard drives [usually a series of fast Raid drives] with a fast CPU and plenty of Ram along with ...
... outlets for DVD/CD drives, CableCARD, the new HDMI out, Ethernet or even CAT-5 cables (via USB adapters) to deliver the content to wearever you need it in your house. If you have high definition television, the media server can supply high definition output as well as great stereo sound to your new music system.

One of the unique things about a media server is that it allows you a central location from which you can build an entire home network to share all of your digital media. By hooking up your media server to any television in your house, anyone can access whatever is on the media server in an instant. Each and every television can be used to deliver up a personal media experience without bothering anyone else. That means that even when someone is sick they can still share in a family event by having the media delivered to their own television. And once more, you can access your media in an instant. Unlike a PC that has to be turned on and you wait for the software to load, the media server is always on and ready to go when you are. And if you have a large number of people in the family gathering not everyone has to gather around the same television. Everyone can get a close-up view that matter where they are.

A home media server is the most economical, convenient and highly effective way for you and your family to organize your digital life. Don't spend hours trying to find your favorite photos or movies. Go buy one today and make your digital life much easier.