Sony ES HES-V1000 Blu-ray Home Entertainment Server
June 15th, 2008Features:
• 200 BD/DVD/CD Changer with BD Burner
• 500GB HDD=137 hrs of video/40k songs or 20k dgtl photos
• Contents Mgmt by Xcross Media Bar w/Meta Data
• BRAVIA- Theatre Sync (HDMI-CEC)
• XMB (Xross Media Bar) user interface
Product Description
It is Provided endless home entertainment with this unique multimedia server. This equipped with a 200-disc Blu-ray Disc changer and a 500GB hard-drive, it is the ultimate media organization solution for your digital movies, music and photos in one attractive, stand-alone device. Witness the amazing versatility of Sony’s advanced home entertainment multimedia server. Then, The unit features a Full HD 1080p 200-disc Blu-ray Disc/DVD/CD changer and 500GB hard disc drive that can store up to 137 hours of video, 40,000 songs or 20,000 digital photos. You can also quickly and easily create unique multimedia digital scrapbooks to enjoy with family and friends using x-Pict Story HD and x-ScrapBook photo slide show applications. Additionally, thanks to a built-in Blu-ray Disc burner, you can burn your personal content to Blu-ray Disc or DVD to share with others and ensure your memories last forever.
Customer Reviews:
OMG …This awesome unit with a few hangups
Hi folks, this product is truly awesome. It is asthetically gorgeous and is an incredible piece of engineering. However, it has some shortcomings which really stand out:
1. The unit is very slow to start up
2. UNBELIEVABLY slow to load a DVD
3. Even MORE unbelievable slow to start playing a DVD, even non-BluRay
4. Doesn’t seem to support fast forwarding through BluRay discs
By the way, however the pros far outweigh the issues above.
But, the menuing system is easy to use and understand. Ripping music, photos and video is a breeze, including non protected DVDs.
And the quality of the picture is stunning - even non Bluray discs (connected to a Bravia XBR4)
In this case, I was specifically looking for a jukebox DVD changer for Bluray discs and this appears to be the only game in town.
So, Overall I’m very happy with the unit, although I look forward to firmware updates that will increase performance.













