HP Media Vault mv2020 (500GB)

January 28, 2008 – 2:30 pm

HP Media Vault mv2020—expandable home network storage—allows you easily manage, share, and store everything. It can store up to 232,000 photos, 116,000 songs, or 145 hours of DVD-quality video.

The HP Media Vault is essentially a network-attached storage (NAS) drive with media-streaming capabilities. The drive is available in two capacities: the 300GB Media Vault mv2010 costs $380, and the 500GB mv2020 costs $550. Both drives ship with a single hard drive and an empty bay to add a second drive for more capacity or a RAID 1 array. The Media Vault can stream audio and video to any UPnP-compliant digital media adapter and comes with backup and restore software, a pre-installed full-length movie, and two free movies downloads from Cinema Now.

Box Contains:
Media Vault, power cable, Ethernet cable, software installation CD, Hard Drive Restore CD, set-up guide, warranty guide, CinemaNow movie download offer.

Features:

  • HP’s Media Vault offers an easy way to back up files from your networked PCs, along with the ability to stream your digital media files to other networked devices in your home.
  • Can watch TV shows recorded with your Media Center PC on other PCs in your home
  • In the event of hard-drive failure or virus/spyware infection, the product’s one-step PC restore function comes to the rescue, allowing you to restore your operating system, applications and data on to a new hard drive.
  • Data can be protected with the RAID 1 capability.
  • Data transfer rates are very fast.
  • Three USB ports are available for printers or for additional hard drives
  • Setting up and using HP Media Vault is simple. A few quick steps get you up and running 24/7 and it’s ready to work for you no matter how many desktop or notebook PCs are on your home network.
  • With the HP Media Vault you can share documents and all kinds of media files while conveniently freeing up space on PCs.
  • Operating System Supported Linux, Apple MacOS, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP4
  • Can access up to three printers from PCs or laptops on your home network
  • Increase capacity up to 1.2 terabytes with the empty expansion bay (enough to hold up to 500,000 photos, 16,000 hours of music, or 340 hours of DVD-quality video.
  • Automatic file backup can be created that can be set to run weekly, daily, or continuously with the included software.
  • HP backs the Media Vault with a standard one-year warranty.

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