Consumer needs for storage are steadily growing -- and the announcements at CES indicate that this trend isn't going to stop. But when you start using terms like NAS storage, are home users going to be able to cope?
For example, at Netgear's press conference at CES today, one of the new products featured was the Netgear Digital Entertainer Elite, a wireless HD-quality digital media receiver aimed "for serious media enthusiasts." Directly pointed at competition with the AppleTV (the guy presenting the product took a conspicuous bite of an Apple before proceeding), the Entertainer Elite will bring video and P3 from a PC or Mac to an HDTV. It will stream from Internet sources such as YouTube and Flickr (NetFlix, which has at least one media receiver already on the market, was not mentioned), and comes with a 500 GB hard drive.
It will also work directly with an NAS device -- which could be critical for media fans who like to collect a lot of videos. The Netgear rep suggested that an enthusiast might want to consider Netgear's 6-bay ReadyNAS Pro -- and I wondered whether today's home users have incorporated terms such as NAS into their current technological vocabulary.
Well, if they haven't, they're going to have to start -- as product such as the Entertainer Elite come onto the
market, it's going to be as important to non-techies to learn the lingo as it is for non-mechanics to learn how to put air in their tires.
Netgear's Digital Entertainer Elite will cost $399 and is expected to ship in February.
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For example, at Netgear's press conference at CES today, one of the new products featured was the Netgear Digital Entertainer Elite, a wireless HD-quality digital media receiver aimed "for serious media enthusiasts." Directly pointed at competition with the AppleTV (the guy presenting the product took a conspicuous bite of an Apple before proceeding), the Entertainer Elite will bring video and P3 from a PC or Mac to an HDTV. It will stream from Internet sources such as YouTube and Flickr (NetFlix, which has at least one media receiver already on the market, was not mentioned), and comes with a 500 GB hard drive.
It will also work directly with an NAS device -- which could be critical for media fans who like to collect a lot of videos. The Netgear rep suggested that an enthusiast might want to consider Netgear's 6-bay ReadyNAS Pro -- and I wondered whether today's home users have incorporated terms such as NAS into their current technological vocabulary.
Well, if they haven't, they're going to have to start -- as product such as the Entertainer Elite come onto the
market, it's going to be as important to non-techies to learn the lingo as it is for non-mechanics to learn how to put air in their tires.
Netgear's Digital Entertainer Elite will cost $399 and is expected to ship in February.
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