Alienware Hangar18:HD Media Server unboxed
Filed under: Blu-ray, Media PCs, Other hardware, Others
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Xyzzy @ Mar 1st 2008 10:51PM
"Along with every HD video output you can think of, "
I can think of one it doesn't have... HDMI! Why the hell would they not have one of those?!
CRiccio @ Mar 2nd 2008 10:07AM
It does...
It comes with a DVI-->HDMI converter. RTFA
Xyzzy @ Mar 2nd 2008 10:11AM
I did read the article -- but my understanding was that you can't output audio over DVI, even with a DVI->HDMI connection. If that's true, that means no high-rez audio from the BD disks or other media you might have on the thing.
Unless things have changed and you CAN get audio out of DVI nowadays?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080205110644AA8Sv2i
Papa Midnight @ Mar 2nd 2008 10:57AM
No but a little TosLink never hurt anyone.
Xyzzy @ Mar 2nd 2008 11:45AM
But that won't get me TrueHD, PCM, etc, will it? I thought the only way to use the advanced audio codecs was HDMI or analog 5.1/7.1 outputs.
Seems like a stupid oversight for such an expensive piece of hardware (similar to the $2,000 BD player that doesn't include an ethernet jack, I suppose...)
yaksplat @ Mar 3rd 2008 9:20AM
So, what does this do that media center, home server and an xbox360 can't do? Empty your wallet maybe? It does look pretty....
Adrian @ Mar 8th 2008 1:55PM
for the consumer space yes, but in high end graphics environments or client - server environments, I'd go to Phantom Data Systems for bluray server solutions. Phantom Data Systems Blu Ray Server Solutions MAC, PC, LINUX compatible as well.
THey also have Solid State Drive arrays Solid State Drive Array
AG.
Adrian @ Mar 10th 2008 9:43PM
Bluray Server from Phantom data systems definitely delivers 100 times the capacity and capability of DVD for sure. Great for PACS systems, high resolution imaging environments.
Adrian @ Mar 19th 2008 11:09AM
Checked'em out Blu Ray Server Library Phantom Data really caters to the enterprise space.
G