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A new toy has just emerged from Apple - providing Meridian owners with further options for storing music and video... A Mac Mini Server, sporting 2 x 500Gb drives, 2.53Ghz Intel Core2Duo processor, and 4Gb RAM - priced at $999 (US), or �799 (UK). http://www.apple.com/macmini/server/
Not an Actor, nor married to Jamie-Lee Curtis.
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Knows where his towel is
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Very overpriced unless you take advantage of the server software.
Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server retails at $499.
Nice bit of kit though.
Be nicer if they sold it with plain Mac OS X Snow Leopard for $400 cheaper!
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Paranoid android
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Be nicer still if it had HDMI.
3x DSP5200 L, R and C (all vertical), 4x Triad Silver in-wall surrounds and 6x Triad Silver in-ceiling ATMOS speakers, Triad Silver subwoofer, Denon AVR-X8500H, JVC DLA-7500 4K projector and Screen Research 120" AT 2.35:1 screen.
Apple TV 4K and Oppo UDP-203 Blu-ray player.
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Be nicer still if it had HDMI. That's not a problem, as you can buy a Mini DVI to HDMI cable - then add toslink for audio connection to your Meridian kit... ...plus MediaCentral software - http://www.equinux.com/us/products/mediacentral/index.html - and you've got yourself a cracking HTPC.
Not an Actor, nor married to Jamie-Lee Curtis.
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Paranoid android
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spinaltap, check out plex for media centre. I came across it the other day and brilliant for movies on mac.
3x DSP5200 L, R and C (all vertical), 4x Triad Silver in-wall surrounds and 6x Triad Silver in-ceiling ATMOS speakers, Triad Silver subwoofer, Denon AVR-X8500H, JVC DLA-7500 4K projector and Screen Research 120" AT 2.35:1 screen.
Apple TV 4K and Oppo UDP-203 Blu-ray player.
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I'll second the recommendation for plex. I was recently introduced to plex at a friend's house and have been playing with it now on my 15" Macbook Pro, connected to my 60" Pioneer plasma. From a user interface perspective, I am highly impressed, certainly when compared to the Popcorn Hour A100's user interface. I haven't yet tried any HD material, just SD DVD and Netflix Instant Watch for the moment and its working quite well. I still need to do some further experimenting to make sure I'm getting the best possible image quality.
Dan
Current: Anthem MRX300, B&W Matrix 804 Front L/R, B&W Matrix HTM Center, B&W Matrix 805 Surround L/R, PS3, Squeezebox v3, Popcorn Hour A100
Retired: 568.1, 562v2, 596, 558, DSP5000 Mk1 24/96, DSP5000C Mk1 24/96
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Be nicer still if it had HDMI. That's not a problem, as you can buy a Mini DVI to HDMI cable - then add toslink for audio connection to your Meridian kit... except for no audio over HDMI thus not taking advantage of the HD621. afaik only the appletv offers HDMI audio and video.
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Mostly harmless
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Mostly harmless
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[quote=Chris1971]Be nicer still if it had HDMI. That's not a problem, as you can buy a Mini DVI to HDMI cable - then add toslink for audio connection to your Meridian kit... except for no audio over HDMI thus not taking advantage of the HD621. afaik only the appletv offers HDMI audio and video. [/quote] You can get an adaptor which pipes the SPDIF / TOSLink into the HDMI alongside the DVI video connection. Eloise
Music + movies + dogs = life
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Not even Engadget have been offered a test of one these yet. Announced about 6 months ago, they are still trying to get it right, I believe
Interesting for some here if it works as advertised
Last edited by Ronnie Hurley; 2009-10-28 09:13.
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