It's been ages (okay, months) since we first got our hands on the
QNAP NMP1000 network media player, and it's a good long while past its supposed shipping date. But, shipping it is (finally), now hitting Japanese stores according to
Akihabara News. Initially we were only told that the thing would cost "somewhere under $10,000," and we're glad to say it's way under: ¥45,000, or about $470. For that you get an HDMI 1.3-toting HD media streamer, which sports room for a 3.5-inch HDD, a gigabit Ethernet port, and the ability to not only stream media but also to act as a NAS, meaning this one didn't fall far from the 'ol
family tree. Still no word on a US release, but hopefully that'll be well under $10,000 as well. Soothing demonstration video to tide you over after the break.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
echen @ Jun 18th 2009 11:58AM
Why not build your won media streamer with a mini-ITX case and a ION motherboard/processor?
Should be cheaper than $475.
anti-loop @ Jun 18th 2009 5:28PM
QNAP is way too late on this one. Why get this when you can purchase the new Popcorn Hour C-200 for $299, which has a newer chipset SMP8643 while the QNAP NMP 1000 will be using the SMP8635 and costs more (posted as $399 is the QNAP forums).
What advantages will the QNAP NMP 1000 have that the Popcorn C-200 won't?
Both provide sufficient support, firmware releases, and are reputable companies.
In my opinion QNAP delayed this player too long for it to compete now. Especially with new releases of other media players (EVA9150, XTreamer, etc...)
I was Taiwan during the month of May for vacation waiting to purchase this only to hear it get delayed again and that it will be officially announced after Computex (June 2 - 6). It is now the middle of June and still no official announcement was made on their Website. This is a bad start for a company trying to enter the media player market.