Niveus Summit Series Rainier 500HD Media Server, NIB Start Price USD 3,000.00 Current Price USD 3,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 3,500.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, October 04, 2008 End Time Saturday, October 11, 2008 Location Austin, TX See more about 'Niveus Summit Series Rainier 500HD Media Server, NIB' Description  Auction and Buy It Now is for one Niveus Summit Series Rainier 500HD media server.This is a top of the line media server meant only for the serious home theater enthusiast. A powerhouse in the market, the Niveus platform is designed as the end all, be all of the ultimate home theater systems:  The 500GB SATA 2 Seagate HDD allows you to store HD movies, digital music, and digital photos in a centralized location; additional drives can be connected via the USB connections in the front and rear. Built-in WiFi 802.11 b/g ensures connectivity to your network, but also has an onboard 10/100/1000 GB ethernet port for a hardwired connection. The major highlight of this system, being designed by Nvidia, is the Nvidia 8500GT HDCP video card with 256MB GDDR3 memory allowing for true PureVideo HD scaling and resolution up to 1080p.  The transfer of this information is expedited by a Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz processor and 2.0GB DDR2 667Mhz RAM.You can play DVD and HD DVD directly from the player or rip to the harddrive for storage for playback later along with other downloaded video and HD video files.The item is preserved New in the Box, but has the original owners manual including the quality assurance test document "Niveus Media Center Functionality Testing Checklist" indicating all operating items are in good working order.Please see the great review below for more specs and information. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 http://www.avguide.com/file-download?review=2471This device is not for novices, but rather people familiar with quality home theater jargon and functionality --I will not be providing tech support for this item. This item has the MSRP of $4200 plus heavy installation and instruction charges via dealer network, which gives this an actual value even higher.Thank you for your interest, and Happy Bidding! Place a Bid!