Sony offers HES-V1000 entertainment server

James Delahunty
17 Sep 2007 13:19

Sony Corp. revealed earlier this month, the new home entertainment service, HES-V1000. The company has updated its website to give some more details about the home entertainment server than were available when it was first just announced. This 200 Blu-ray Disc changer has a lot of power under the hood, and is priced at a steep $3,499.99. It also sports a 500GB hard disk drive.
The unit is capable of full HD 1080p video content. It is advertised as having enough storage space for 137 hours of video, 40,000 songs or 20,000 digital photos. Here are some specs...

• 200 BD/DVD/CD Changer with Full HD 1080P Video Output
• 500 GB Hard Drive
• XMB (Xcross Media Bar) User Interface
• Hard Drive can hold up to: 137 Hours of Video, 2000 Music Albums, or 20,000 Photos
• BRAVIA® Theatre Sync (HDMI-CEC)
• AVC-HD with x.v.Color output
• Video Codec Format : MPEG2/MPEG4-AVC/VC-1
• Dolby Digital and DTS Digital Output
• BD-Java Interactive Capability
• Quick Set Up
• MP3 and JPEG Playback from DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW

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