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With loads of hard-drive space, the brand-new HP Media Vault provides an ideal personal solution for safeguarding, distributing, streamlining and enjoying all your digital files.


HP Media Vault

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Now there’s one super-charged network media storage system for your entire home: the powerful, new HP Media Vault, which gives you the ability to easily protect, share and entertain with all your photos, music and videos.
Available in 300GB and 500GB capacities, the dynamic HP Media Vault comes comes with an expansion bay for optional additional storage of up to up to 1.2TB. One TB equals 1,024GB, so you can just imagine the plethora of digital space this bay provides—enough to hold up to 500,000 photos, 16,000 hours of music or 340 hours of DVD quality video.*

Protecting your media and other files

Envision one-step, worry-free backup of desktop and notebook PCs on your home network. That’s the power of the HP Media Vault. And its easy-to-use software allows you to create automatic backups that can be set up to run weekly, daily or continuously—as often as you need.

In the event of hard-drive failure or virus/spyware infection, the product’s one-step PC restore function comes to the rescue, allowing you to restore your operating system, applications and data on to a new hard drive. You’re also protected via HP’s award-winning customer support, which provides one year of 24/7 toll-free assistance after you purchase your HP Media Vault.



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Protecting your media and other files

Simplifying file sharing

Setting up and using your HP Media Vault is simple. A few quick steps get you up and running 24/7, and it’s ready to work for you no matter how many desktop or notebook PCs are on your home network.

With the HP Media Vault you can effortlessly share documents and all kinds of media files while conveniently freeing up space on your PCs. Just connect your HP Media Vault to your router via an Ethernet cable to support both wired and wireless networked computers throughout your home.

It is also simple to offload data from desktop or notebook PCs on the network to free up capacity, and all files can be seamlessly transferred to newly purchased computers. Compatible with Windows®-, Mac-, and Linux-based computers, the HP Media Vault lets you access up to three USB-attached printers as well.


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Simplifying file sharing

Endless entertainment

A giant one-stop-shop for all your entertainment, the HP Media Vault serves as your home network’s central hub. It enables you to stream photos, music and videos to your home entertainment center and/or other PCs on your home network. The HP Media Vault even comes pre-loaded with The Bourne Identity and also includes a coupon for two free movie downloads from www.cinemanow.com. Among its many entertaining features, the HP Media Vault gives you the ability to:

  • Start your home movie library
  • View your favorite photos from any PC or notebook PC on your home network
  • Listen to music and create CDs anywhere in your home
  • Watch your favorite TV shows recorded with your HP Media Center PC on other PCs in your home network

The HP Media Vault is a one-of-a-kind product. Its enormous storage capacity combined with robust backup capabilities, file sharing and ability to stream hours of entertainment content around the home make it an invaluable asset to your home network.


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*Maximum capacity of 1.2 Terabytes requires the purchase of additional storage capacity, sold separately. Photo capacity based on average compressed .jpg size of 2MB/image @4MP. Music capacity based on 4 minutes per song and 128-Kbps AAC encoding. Video capacity based on standard NTSC recording format. Actual recording times mayvary. Actual quantities will vary depending on file types, file formats and other factors.
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