http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png http://gizmodo.com/tag/mediasmart server http://gizmodo.com/tag/mediasmart server The Skinny: MediaSmart 1080p LCD TVs are coming of age—both the $1,900 42" and the $2,400 47" will have built-in Microsoft Media Center Extender connectivity and an improved higher-contrast panel (2000:1). They have 3 HDMI ports, 2 component inputs, integrated Wi-Fi in A, B, G, and N flavors and Ethernet. Has ATSC and QAM Tuners and 500cd of brightness.
One catch: Though you can rent movies without your PC, the PC still needs to be running, and there's a bit of a delay.

]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:23:09 EST Brian Lam http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=339899&view=rss&microfeed=true The Skinny: The mv2120 Media Vault, a junior Linux-based server with the Photo Webshare and iTunes server functionality of its big brother but a much lower cost. (They'll start at $300.) As for the big guy, he's getting some much needed updates come February, including server-side anti-virus software from McAfee; improved media streaming to Media Center Extenders thanks to Packet Video, and support for 64-bit Vista.

]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:01:00 EST Wilson Rothman http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=339863&view=rss&microfeed=true Amazon, by way of a product page, leaked the ship date and price of HP's MediaSmart Home Servers. These Windows Home Server machines (more about them here), will be sold in two models at $599 and $749, with 500GB and 1TB of storage respectively. Each one will have a 1.8GHz AMD Sempron processor along with a HP Photo Webshare suite that can build a photo-sharing website automatically. They will both supposedly ship starting September 15. [Amazon via ComputerWorld]

]]> Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:20:51 EDT Jason Chen http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=292304&view=rss&microfeed=true