Find Your Best Home Media Server

The Media Server is fast becoming THE essential piece of the home entertainment puzzle.

With the ability to share all your movies, music, photos and other files with all your devices; TVs, media players, computers, ipads/tablets and other mobile devices, as well as the ability to stream content from hundreds of high quality sources on the internet, the question is not do you need a media server, but which media server to choose?

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HP ProLiant MicroServer N40L Media Server

Media Server Hardware
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If you want the most bang for your buck, and don’t mind getting your hands dirty, a microserver or small tower server can be the best choice for a Home Media Server. With the ability to upgrade not just RAM, Hard Drives, DVD drives and add PCI cards, you can also choose the Operating System [...]

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Synology DiskStation DS212J

Synology DiskStation NAS and Media Server Network Attached Storage

This recent upgrade to the popular Synology DiskStation DS212j looks to have hit the lead in the “most impressive media server (storage)” stakes. The Synology DiskStation is a Network Attached Storage device for the home with multimedia support for all your movies, music and photos. Fast, quiet and customizable via Synology’s impressive DiskStation OS, the [...]

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NETGEAR ReadyNAS Ultra 2 Plus

NetGear ReadyNAS brilliant Media Server for Audio and Video Network Attached Storage

As a Media Server, this NAS is unmatched, with support for Tivo, PS3, XBOX, Logitech Squeezebox and Sonos. The NETGEAR brand has become quite established in the home, and it is the aim of Netgear to take the ReadyNAS ULTRA family to the next level. As a Network Attached Storage device, the NETGEAR ReadyNAS Ultra [...]

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New Media Server Reviews and Categories for 2012

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Frequent visitors to Media Server Reviews will have noticed a couple of new categories are appearing on our site. The old categories of Basic, Mid-Range and Premium were just not useful enough when looking for the right devices for your needs. The important thing to consider is not how much money a product costs, though [...]

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Media Centers

Information Center

This category includes set-top boxes and other devices capable of playing your movies, music and displaying photos. Popular devices used as media centers are: Apple TV Roku Boxee Box WD TV Live PS3 XBOX 360 Media Center PC   Best Media Player The best media player will have the following: Must have a great, fast [...]

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NAS Devices as Media Servers

Sharing Media

NAS devices make great Media Servers. The best NAS storage devices such as the excellent Synology DiskStation and NETGEAR ReadyNAS Ultra 2 Plus have built in media streaming software and are DLNA compatible, meaning you can stream your media to many different devices such as ipad, iphone, android, mobile, xbox, playstation, TV and many more. Network Attached [...]

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New Apple TV for $99 with 1080p

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Apple have announced the new Apple TV will sport a new user interface as well as supporting 1080p.   The Apple TV MD199LL/A will have 1080p HD programming, including iTunes movies and TV shows, Netflix, Vimeo, photos and more in full HD.   It will be able to support the usual web media sources such [...]

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Roku 2 – Home Media Center Review

Media Centers

  Roku introduced their next generation media server dubbed the Roku 2 on July 20, 2011. The first thing I noticed how small or tiny even the new Roku player is. It’s new look includes sleeker rounded edges, more apple TV like. It’s smaller overall but slightly taller than an Apple TV device.   The [...]

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Sony SMP-N100 Streaming Player

Media Centers

Basic Media Server   Sony SMP-N100 Summary: This affordable streaming media player delivers full HD 1080p but falls short on some other aspects, like interface and playing certain files. Pros: Top quality sound and video, built in Wi-Fi, and a wide range of video sources make this media server a contender. Cons: Does not beat the [...]

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Microsoft TV?

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Rumors abound that Microsoft will announce a TV service for the XBox tomorrow at E3. Winrumors is saying it will be called Xbox LIVE Diamond TV. Like Google TV it is more than just TV. In addition to featuring Microsoft partners Hulu, ESPN, and Netflix it is rumored to integrate with a music subscription service [...]

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