Tranquil's AVA RS5 is an all-in-one 5 bay server with Blu-ray burner, for a hefty fee

Tranquil's latest storage, the AVA RS5, has a pretty useful trick up its sleeve. While this five-bay drive system looks nearly identical to the company's previous SQA-5H home server -- and indeed, we've got the same dual core Atom 330 processor here -- it's also packing a disc drive that rips content straight to memory without needing to be attached to a PC. Music CDs are converted to high quality MP3s in about four minutes, and DVD and Blu-ray discs are straight copied over. Base price is £868 ($1,254) for a DVD burner and five 1TB 3.5-inch Western Digital Green Power SATA HDDs, but you can upgrade to a Blu-ray burner for £390 ($563) or up to five 2TB drives for a total of £377 ($544) extra -- yeah, it's a little pricey, but if this box is tickling your fancy, shipping starts April 20.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 27th 2009 9:23AM]

So does when this rips a blue ray disc do I loss any video quality? Is it just doing a straight copy like an iso and then has the software in there to mount?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 27th 2009 11:42AM]

Good question. I guess if it wasn't a straight copy, it would really take forever with that processor.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 27th 2009 10:24AM]

Ok it says it doesn't use compression so that should be good for keeping blue ray looking good. But it does say for unprotected dvds. So can I install anydvd on this thing? If not then this is a waste for video.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 27th 2009 10:52AM]

Nifty, for sure. I'm much more interested in their home Server line.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 27th 2009 12:08PM]

This with WHS and Sagetv is perfect. Install Anydvd and you are able to play from the drive to extender (hd200) or rip it to hard drive.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 27th 2009 12:18PM]

"You are yourself responsible for complying with local law when using disc copy functions. DVD copy protection removal software is not included, but can be enabled if it is legal in your country to do so."

So, what country would I have to live in to allow them to send me the software to disable copy protection? :D