Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Escient FireBall DVDM-300
Posted by Chris Gohlke in "HARDWARE" @ 11:00 PM
"HTPCs have made some headway moving from the den into the living room in recent years. Many who have created their own movie management system understand the difficulties inherent in integrating a functional movie/music management system, much less a user friendly one. Oodles of wires, keyboards, hours organizing and managing the system are all common occurrences. Enter the Escient FireBall DVDM-300. An "all in one"movie and music management/storage solution designed to take the headaches out of the HTPC and create a functional, user friendly environment that EVERYONE in the family can enjoy."
Not a bad unit, but for $5,000 I want it to have the ability to rip DVD's to the hard drive and have a big enough hard drive to hold a ton of DVD's. Otherwise the ability for it to hook up to multiple DVD changers such that you can manage 1,200 DVD's is pretty awesome. Question though, with the support for changers in MCE, is there a need for a more expensive product like this?
Not a bad unit, but for $5,000 I want it to have the ability to rip DVD's to the hard drive and have a big enough hard drive to hold a ton of DVD's. Otherwise the ability for it to hook up to multiple DVD changers such that you can manage 1,200 DVD's is pretty awesome. Question though, with the support for changers in MCE, is there a need for a more expensive product like this?
