S1Digital introduced what it calls the “Digital Entertainment Platform.” This system uses three parts: “an Entertainment Server, Media Center clients and a control solution.” You load all your content on the Entertainment Server which can support up to 32TB of hard drive space. The server also has a Blu-ray player that can also play CDs more »

There are plenty of ways to get your files on the web. What if there were a device that used your own hard drive and all those files on the web? No storage limits, no file type restrictions, nothing. Sounds interesting, right? Check out the Pogoplug. Gadgetell got to do some extensive testing. Find out if it is any good.

Pogoplug was one of Gadgetell’s Editor’s Picks from CES 2009. For the nerds, it’s a home server. For everyone else, it’s a really easy way to share all of your content from a USB hard drive with anyone on the Internet.

Our Associate Editor, Robert Nelson, wrote about the Pogoplug during our live CES coverage. Here is an overview on how you can share files online. Hook up your Pogoplug to your router, connect your USB drive, and plug it in.

Sometimes connecting Macs and PCs on the same media network can be a pain. There are plenty of media servers that work well with one but not the other, or require third-party software to work well with one (usually on the Mac side). HP is making connecting the two platforms a bit easier with the newest version of its MediaSmart media server that’s fully compatible with both.

The MediaSmart Server ex485 and ex487 models will both have features that set the MediaSmart above other such servers. As any media server, it can hold and stream music and photos with any computer, using HP photo viewer for photos, and streaming music directly to iTunes for any computers connected to the same network.