QNAP NMP-1000 Network HD Media Server [NMP-1000 Set Top Multimedia NAS ‘Bridges Gap Between Home Networks and the Living Room’]

QNAP Systems have confirmed the immediate availability of its NMP-1000 Network Multimedia Server which they describe as being a ‘set-top player crossed with a NAS server’ which includes Bit Torrent serving allowing end users to store and playback content (including Full HD content) throughout the home as well as access net related content such as YouTube, Flickr courtesy of remoter browser capabilities and even share iTunes libraries.

Obviously, in being touted as being a NAS, the QNAP NMP-1000 will happily serve as an external USB or eSATA drive allowing for hooking up to your PC but, its not unreasonable to say that this is hardly the NMP-1000’s major selling point (though this capability is more handy in practice than you might initially otherwise assume). no, the QNAP NMP-1000’s major draw is its multimedia capabilities which sees it take in a veritable host of file formats and codecs such as (and you’ll need to take a breath here), MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, XVID, H.264, H.263, WMV9, VC1 video codecs, AVI, MPEG/MPG, VCD (ISO, MPG), DVD (VOB, IFO, ISO), WMV, ASF, TP, TS, TRP, M1V, M2V, M4V, M2P, M2T, M2TS, MTS, MOV, MP4, RMP4, MKV video container support whilst, in terms of audio, you can factor in the NMP-1000 playing ball with FLAC, WAV, WMA, AAC, PCM, AC3, MPA, DTS and OGG file formats.

It’s impressive stuff, certainly, and when you additionally factor in the fact that the NMP-1000 Network Multimedia Server is also fully DLN compliant, comes with a broad array of connectivity options including HDMI 1.3, component, composite and S-Video interfaces the deal get all that much more sweeter (certainly, hooking the NMP-1000 to a TV or HDTV isn’t going to prove problematical, put it that way).

QNAP Systems have confirmed that the NMP-1000 is now available but, interestingly (and doubtless tellingly), their press release offers nothing in the way of pricing details.