Maxtor's Networked External HD

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cNet wrote it like no one was doing exactly this. It's an external HD designed to be household storage of media, and plugged directly into the network as a stand-along device.

What is probably most signifciant is the price. They are doing roughly $1/1Gb. Even though I can put another HD on the network, I'll probably start heading in this direction so I don't need to have all PCs on to get to content anymore:

http://www.maxtor.com/portal/site/Maxtor...w=Overview

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I use a 300GB one of these. I dont actually record to it, but it has ripped DVD collection, music collection etc.

I'm pretty happy with it.

[capone]

Short of having 1G network and having the device being a cybernetic brain, I don't think I could put trust in an external recording drive (think my skepticism of responsive external HD was clear enough )

My thinking is exactly yours, and thinking it could also be a perfect decive to point a record achiever at.

I think the bottom line, and why I found the whole thing most interesting was it showed more validation for the PVR and netowrked home media environment. Seeing things like this shows not only need but demand, and I like knowing this shift in the entertainment paradigm is not just a fad. I think the old one (ppv vs on demand, theaters, as much as I love them) is ready to be retired.