Looking for a Media server...ie Microservers

[DarrenFord]

HI All,

Can anyone assist with your opinions on this, I am looking for a pc\server which i can download all my media onto and then stream it throughout the house. So far i am liking the look of the HP ProLiant MicroServers , does anyone know of anything similar or better, in the R2000 region?

Thanks
Darren

 

[Speedster]

You could always go Raspberry Pi

 

[DarrenFord]

You could always go Raspberry Pi

I was initially looking at this but need something a little more powerful and that has a lot of storage

 

[DarrenFord]

Let me also be a little more specific, I am going to be pluggin this into the ADSL and then accessing it from the following devices..

Ipad, Rikomagic TV dongle, Apple Tv and ps3.

 

[opinionhated]

Let me also be a little more specific, I am going to be pluggin this into the ADSL and then accessing it from the following devices..

Ipad, Rikomagic TV dongle, Apple Tv and ps3.

Get an older hp Microserver. No real world performance difference. The new ones are overpriced.

 

[rodga]

esquire were selling them for 1599 ex vat yesterday, not sure if its still on

 

[Pho3nix]

Get the HP micro-server , put Plex on and enjoy

 

[LazyLion]

esquire were selling them for 1599 ex vat yesterday, not sure if its still on

about R2100 for the new N54L models at Esquire.

Limite 1 per customer.

 

[DarrenFord]

Hi All, Got the N53L and am very happy with it , thanks for all your help !

 

[DominionZA]

Be aware the the HPMS will choke with multiple HD streams if it needs to transcode.
I went down this road a while ago.

Ended up picking up a quad core xeon 3.2Hgz, nobody and 8GB RAM off carbonite and all good now.

If just a single - or maybe 2 depending on quality - you should be fine.