HP MediaSmart EX485 / EX487 Reviews

The Hewlett-Packard MediaSmart Server ex487 stands tall, with four drive bays--two with a 750GB drive in each, and two available for user upgrades. The unit is the only one we looked at that uses Microsoft's feature-packed, but sometimes slow Windows ...

Packed with features Served high-defintion video smoothly

Initial configuration requires software Setup includes unnecessary software

Once you actually get to it, Windows Home Sever is visually attractive as well as intuitive--particularly for anyone who's already used to Windows. However, in spite of its Windows Home Server operating system, the MediaSmart offers no clear ...

There's a lot to be excited about when you consider the features Windows Home Server offers out of the box-primarily, automated backup of all your desktop and mobile machines and media streaming to every room in your house. HP builds on this goodness ...

Better hardware, corruption issues are fixed, and the HP add-ons are kick ass

We'd like a multicore edition to empower video-streaming apps like TVersity

To the base that Windows Home Server provides, HP has added a ton of powerful new features, including a much-improved media streamer; an iTunes streaming server; the ability to back up OS X-based machines using Time Machine; online backup for crucial ...

The HP MediaSmart Server EX-487 is the second generation MediaSmart Server. It runs on Windows Home Server, a flavor of Windows dedicated to network attached storage. The Ex-487 is in fact a small PC, however, HP made it quite easy to setup and manage ...