Tranquil PC now have the M one listed for pre-order over on their website. The systems will be shipped on a first come, first served basis, from week commencing 14th April.
Pricing is a little firece compared to your average home server but remember that this system is packing 4 DVB-T tuners, on top of the standard 1 Tb of storage.
The base (1 Tb) system comes in at £750.83 (inc VAT), with a 2 Tb system priced at £950.58.
The HD Set Top Box, used to control the media server from the TV it’s plugged into, weighs in at £175 and comes with the following:
Low profile, fanless, low energy set top box designed to work seemlessly with the M one Home Media Server.
- Video format supported: MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, H.264 up to 1080p, AVI, VOB, WMV9/VC-1 up to 1080p
- Audio format suppported: MP2, MP3, AAC, WMA, Vorbis (stereo only), AC3 (stereo down-mix/pass-through), FLAC, DTS (pass-through)
- Video Outputs: 1 HDMI, 1 Component, 1 Composite, 1 S-Video
More Info and Pre-Ordering: Tranquil PC
March 23rd, 2008 at 8:22 pm
That’s a hefty mark-up on the box it’s based on, even when taking into account the add in hardware - not sure how much volume they’ll do at that price…
Will have to investigate DIYing it as an alternative.
March 23rd, 2008 at 9:19 pm
What to do if you have digital cable tv or sattelite?
March 24th, 2008 at 10:57 am
It would be a nice if they offer an upgrade set from an A3 to an M One. The price of the M-one is indeed a bit hefty to just buy a second box. Allthough I’m very pleased with the A3 (it’s so quiet)
March 24th, 2008 at 11:06 am
shesh nice to see the direct dollar to pound ratio of IT hasn’t changed even with the current exchange rates, the sagetv version of the extender is $199 the tranquil version £199 so its a £100 markup not taking into account the possible volume discount they get.
March 24th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
JeePeeBee:
QUESTION : can I upgrade my T2-WHS-A3 to a M one server ?
ANSWER : Yes, Tranquil are offering an upgrade path - please drop us a line directly - just quoting you name, and requesting an upgrade to mone@tranquilpc.co.uk . You should receive a reply within 48 hours.
http://green-pcs.co.uk/2008/03/24/m-one-faqs/
March 24th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
Matt - The Tranquil extender is the SageTV extender, for use in UK. But the maths you have applied really isn’t quite true. If you order a SAGETV unit from US, pay shipping, import taxes, paper work handling and VAT (all of these will be charged) you will pay a similar amount. By ordering the SAGETV extender from UK, you are getting an updated (flashed), UK plugged device - with support from UK. I wish we could make a markup, but sadly not - the markup (reasonable) is only on the server side device (our own product).
March 24th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
D fro reports in the sage forums it works out about £30 cheaper but i take your point on the plug/firmware and frinately support. Any thoughts on a bundle deal ?