Now, we've got ole Iomega trying its hand at the game, with the introduction of the Home Media Network Hard Drive at Macworld in San Francisco. The drive, which includes the firm's LifeLine software, enables users to easily backup their

Free software that rips full DVDs onto XP/Vista/Windows Home Server and play them in Windows Media Center (and presumably Xbox 360 in Extender Mode). Apple TV + Boxee Plays DVD ISOs or VOB files on the network off Macs and PCs.

It's also an HDD-based media player (bring your own hard drive, of course), which outputs content up to 1080p via HDMI. You'll also find integrated WiFi, a USB port for streaming files on external drives and UPnP / BitTorrent

You can use the SageTV HD Theater as a whole home HDTV DVR solution by running the SageTV Media Center software on your computer. The DVR/Media Center software will put you back by an additional $79.95. Minimum system requirements for

For some, HD media streamers are the answer. For others, a dedicated HTPC does the trick. For Nick, it's an HDD-based HD media server that he's after -- you know, those HDD enclosure-sized boxes that provide local multimedia for your

The service will effectively be identical to the Netflix feature available on the LG BD300, Samsung BD-P2500, and BD-P2550, Roku Player, and--as of mid-November--the Xbox 360. That means that existing Netflix subscribers can stream more

The NEOTION Pocket Recorder can also serve - thanks to the Neotion TV Media Player freely bundled - as a Media Center enabling the seamless connection of one or more PC Computers to the TV set. Using a straight Ethernet cable,

Any size. What size you got? Trust me, that’ll fit. Second, it connects to your network either via Ethernet or 802.11b/g/pre-N MIMO. Third, it’s a media player that connects to your HDTV via composite, component, s-video or DVI.

When selling an item billed as a HDMI SATA HDD Media Centre it does help if you include a hard disk instead of expecting your customers to buy and fit a HDD themselves.

The SnapStream Link Client allows users to connect to the Enterprise Server remotely to view and manage recordings. This video demonstrates playing . Watch Video about media,center,dvr by Metacafe.com.