Sony Announces Blu-ray Media Jukebox Server

Naturally, the HES-V1000 uses Blu-ray technology. But not just as a drive: inside the server is a 200-disc Blu-ray/DVD changer, so all your copies of National Lampoon's Van Wilder and Troy will have a place to live. In addition, there's a 500-Gbyte hard drive to store personal video (137 hours, by Sony's estimate) or audio tracks (40,000) or images, which can be loaded via a flash card reader and manipulated through Sony's "X-Application" software, including the x-Pict Story HD and x-ScrapBook software. There's also a wired Ethernet connection, although no Wi-Fi. And it's not clear whether it's a Gigabit Ethernet connection, either.