TiVo Storage and Windows Home Server

by Christopher Kenney (cskenney)
With the release of the HP MediaSmart Expander for TiVo Add-In, I thought it might be interesting to talk about the options available for storing content from a TiVo to a computer or your Windows Home Server and making the content available for transferring back to the TiVo. Most of the options [...]

Upgrade the RAM on your EX470 or EX475 for the HP 3.0 Update

The news of the 3.0 update coming out for older generation MediaSmart owners is certainly good.  If you are interested in the update on your EX470 or EX475 server you had better upgrade your RAM before attempting it.  Here are some photos and videos to help you out.
In this post you can find Hi-Resolution photos [...]

Windows Home Server spotted at CES 2010

CES 2010 was not a huge year for the Windows Home Server product but there were some sightings on the show floor.  Before I show you the servers I should first mention the omissions.

The Keynote speech by Steve Ballmer was the first snub.  No server seen, no server spoken about.  I didn’t really expect a [...]

HP EX49x series gets a patch already

Alex over at mediasmartserver.net is reporting a patch available for owners of the EX490 and 495 series of Windows Home Server. I usually don’t do news posts on day to day happenings in the WHS world but I experienced some of these issues over the weekend.
You can see the details of my adventure in this [...]

HP Promo: $150 off EX485 and EX487 MediaSmart Servers

If you are on the fence whether or not you should build or buy your Windows Home Server here is some real motivation to buy!
HP is offering $150 off the EX485 and EX487 models but you better hurry.  It’s only for two days and it starts today! (8/26)  Free shipping too!  This offer is through [...]

Diehard’s Ideal HP MediaSmart Server

With the news going round about the upcoming Lenova IdeaCentre D400 and the possible first clue to the next MediaSmart server, I thought I would chime in with what I wish HP would come out with in their next home server.
Microsoft has recently started to push WHS as an option into the SOHO market. You [...]

My EX470 is now a EX480???

This is for all owners of the EX47x series hardware that would like to run the 2.5 update that HP released for the EX48x series.
Not quite as low as EX470/EX475 and not as high as a EX485/EX487 until I change the CPU then it will be a EX490.
Well, I’m one of you guys who has [...]

Add a fan to your MediaSmart Server

Add a fan to the rear of the power supply  on the  MediaSmart Server.
A little history first about why:
I’ve been following the post on adding a Dual-Core CPU to HP’s MediaSmart EX47x models on MediaSmartServer.net here called “Saw a EX470 post with a AMD X2”. This is a great post and very popular.  It was [...]

MediaSmart Server High Resolution Photos with Seadragon

Microsoft Labs has released a fun tool called Seadragon.  If there is a hi-res image on the web you can enter it into Seadragon and drag, click, zoom, scroll, you name it.  I’ve included one of my MSS images so you can play with it.  Sea more Seadragon here. (Sea? did you catch that?)

Installing the Subsonic Web Based Media Streamer on your MediaSmart Server

Subsonic is a free, web-based media streamer, providing ubiquitous access to your music. Use it to share your music with friends, or to listen to your own music while at work. You can stream to multiple players simultaneously, for instance to one player in your kitchen and another in your living room.
Subsonic is designed to [...]

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