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Cisco chairman and CEO John Chambers showed off several home networking devices during his Friday CES keynote, including a Media Hub that lets users remotely access their digital libraries.

Connect the Linksys by Cisco Media Hub to your wireless router and it will scan your network for all the hard drives in your home. Organize your files as you see fit, and access them throughout your house. If you're out of town, you can also log on to your Media Hub through the Web and gain access to all your files remotely.

"This device will automatically collect all the pictures and music and movies that are on my PC or my Mac and it will store it on this local device, allowing them to be shared across all of the devices across the network," Jim Grubb, Cisco's chief demonstration officer, said during the keynote presentation.

There are three models available: the NMH305 with a 500GB hard drive for $299.99; the NMH405 with a 500GB hard drive, an LCD screen, and six-in-one card reader for $349.99; and the NMH410 with a 1TB hard drive, the LCD screen and card reader for $429.99.

Cisco will provide one year of free access with your purchase, but the Media Hub will require an annual fee of $9.99 thereafter.

Media Hub works with the four wireless music devices Cisco also unveiled this week - the Director, Conductor, Player, and Controller.

These devices also hook up to your wireless router and let you control your music library or access songs from Radio Time and Rhapsody throughout the house from one device.

The Director comes with a built-in amplifier, color LCD, and iPod dock. It will connect to existing speakers and retails for $449.99

The Conductor is portable system with integrated speakers that includes a seven-inch LCD touch screen and an integrated CD player. Pricing has yet been determined.

The Player is a $299.99 device that connects to your existing home stereo so you can play music throughout the home, and the Controller is a $349.99 touch-screen wireless remote that lets you access all your devices and libraries from the palm of your hand.

Chambers and Grubb also demoed the new Cisco Eos software platform, which helps media and entertainment companies manage their clients' digital content.

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Posted by: alan h
January 11, 2009 12:06 AM

It's such a great idea, but the price point is a little prohibitive, even with all of the bells and whistles! Maybe that's the point though - it's marketed as a high-end device, more as a home appliance than a piece of consumer technology.


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