HP MediaSmart Servers for TiVo DVR Recordings Tweet

11th March 2010

HP MediaSmart Servers

HP have unveiled it’s MediaSmart Expander for TiVo, a new software application that lets TiVo DVR owners manage video content from an HP MediaSmart Server. With a HD DVR from TiVo, users can record, pause and rewind live TV, and access the world’s largest on-demand video library to watch blockbuster movies, TV shows, music videos and popular web videos.

With the new software application, which is offered for FREE to MediaSmart server users, TiVo users can:

* Transfer shows from a TiVo DVR to a HP MediaSmart Server and back to a TiVo DVR
* Manage TiVo recordings stored on a HP MediaSmart Server
* Watch TiVo DVR recordings that are stored on a HP MediaSmart Server on any PC in the home

Based on the Microsoft Windows Home Server platform, the HP MediaSmart Server is a central repository for automatically backing up and accessing digital music, videos, photos and documents from multiple computers on a home network.

The HP MediaSmart Server automatically organizes files across all Windows and Mac computers, streams media across a home network and the Internet,(4) and publishes photos to popular social networking and photo sharing sites.

Pricing

The retail price for the HP MediaSmart Server EX490 with 1 terabyte of hard disk storage is $549, while the HP MediaSmart Server EX495 with 1.5 terabytes is $699.

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