AVA RS5 – A Gadget for Geeks…

I about to spend £1000 on a computer. A simple little computer, with no screen, no keyboard, no mouse – just a little slot to take DVDs and CDs.

It isn’t REALLY a server although it calls itself one, as it has a pathetic (in server terms) Atom processor. But what is good about it is that it does one job and one job well.

It’s the only machine I have yet to find that allows you to stick a DVD or CD into it and then automatically rip and streams across the network the movie or music. It runs windows home server (Boooooo!!!)  but  I feel confident I can change that to an operating system worth having (Debian!) but what, if any other physical hardware exists that rips dvds and cds like the AVA RS5 with a front mounted slot, multiple hard disk caddys etc ??

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