Conceptronic now shipping Media Giant HD media server / DVR

Conceptronic's beastly Media Giant HD media server / DVR that made headlines a few months back is officially on sale across the pond, with a number of tipsters chiming to say that it is being offered for €379 ($603) from Metro Group. Better still, those who order are being treating to tracking numbers on the double, meaning that those who take the dive should have it in their hands in no time. Expensive? Sure. But that's the price you pay for built-in PowerLine networking (Pro version), a slew of ports, a 500GB hard drive and lots more features listed in the read link.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

[Roberini Posted Jul 17th 2008 4:14PM]

"500gig hdd"??? Are you kidding me?
That's barely enough for anything these days. Not to mention HD content. If you're "HD HTPC" doesn't come with at least 1T, then it's not ready for HD.

[Roberini Posted Jul 17th 2008 4:16PM]

Sorry about my error there. I meant "If your "HD HTPC"" instead.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 17th 2008 5:00PM]

This thing seems to lack way too many features to be useful. Who is this targeted at?

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 17th 2008 6:41PM]

wow a piece of home entertainment gear that's actually uglier than a 360 and the ps3.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 18th 2008 9:30AM]

If that thing broke on me, I wouldn't call it just a brick - more like a frickin tombstone.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 18th 2008 10:31AM]

Not as exciting as the Prophylectric media center. What a weird name. Would not put that in my media cabinet based on name alone.