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CES 2008: HP MediaSmart Range Product Data Sheets Online

Monday, January 7, 2008

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Following last week’s announcement of the new HP MediaSmart range on show here at CES, you can now download product data sheets for the MediaSmart TV, MediaSmart Receiver MediaSmart Server and the MediaVault. More Info: HP at CES

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Anti-Virus Protection, Enhanced Media Streaming and Vista x64 Compatibility Coming to the HP MediaSmart Server

Thursday, January 3, 2008

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  At CES next week, HP will be making a number of announcements regarding their MediaSmart suite of products, which includes the HP MediaSmart Server. We Got Served was sent early details of those announcements today (you’ll see that CNET and Engadget have covered this too today). In Spring 2008 (Engadget reckon February, but that’s not confirmed) a free [...]

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We Got Served Reader Awards 2007 - The Winners Announced!

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

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Over the past few weeks, hundreds of We Got Served readers have been voting for their favourite Windows Home Server hardware, software and community add-ins. On Christmas Day, voting closed and we’ve been counting the votes ever since. Today, on the first day of the New Year, we announce the results of the inaugural We [...]

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Capture the Holiday Spirit Early With Your HP MediaSmart Server

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

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There’s less than a week to go, but if you own a HP MediaSmart Server and want a little early holiday spirit, MVP Barry Dorrans can show you how.

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HP MediaSmart Server: Who Has Them In Stock?

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

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Looks like people have been buying the new HP MediaSmart Server in droves across the US and UK, with a few people reporting stock problems on both sides of the Atlantic. I’ve just done a quick look around, and if you’re keen to get on before Xmas, here’s who has them in stock and ready [...]

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Moving Home (Servers…)

Saturday, December 15, 2007

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Today, I’m finally moving home servers. This year, my main “production” home server has been a self-build model, based on the Asus Pundit PH3 barebones. It’s served me well this year, and will become my main test home server for, well, anything that needs testing for the site! It will sit on my home network, [...]

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HP Statement Regarding Amazon.co.uk Shipping Delay Emails

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

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Several of you received emails from Amazon.co.uk last week stating that your orders for the HP MediaSmart Server would be delayed until after Christmas, only then to receive a further email this week that your server was now shipping. Confused? Well, HP got back to us with this statement: HP UK has a full shipment of [...]

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HP MediaSmart Server LED Light Show Easter Egg

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

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Alex over at MediaSmartServer.net discovered a very cool Easter Egg left by HP’s engineers in the HP MediaSmart Server. It allows you to configure the LED lights on the unit to various different LED light shows.   The light shows available are: Default System Lights (Recommended) Holiday Lights Ascending Chaser (all colors) Descending Chaser (all colors) Pulsing (all colors) Night Rider (all colors) Morse Code [...]

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HP MediaSmart Server EX475 - Hands On Review

Friday, November 23, 2007

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Model: HP MediaSmart Server EX475  Manufacturer: HP  Website: www.hp.com Price: $749 (US) £499 (UK) How many great companies do you know? Take a look around right now – who made your computer, the furniture in your house, the food in your cupboards. How many of those manufacturers would you say are great companies? I don’t mean great in terms [...]

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HP MediaSmart Server - Performing a Server Recovery

Saturday, November 17, 2007

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In the past couple of weeks, quite a few people have asked about the procedure for performing a server recovery of the HP MediaSmart Server - given the server is headless (i.e. no DVD drive, monitor ports, keyboard and mouse ports). Last week, I explained that the procedure was to insert HP’s Server Recovery disk [...]

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