Do It Yourself NAS

Soon after it’s discovered that the next version of Windows Home Server will be dropping its drive extender feature, HP decided to drop its Windows Home Server products.

Lifehacker reviews the Boxee Box and software, which is capable of scanning a SMB share of a NAS,  finding all the media files, and getting them ready for playback on a TV.

But how do you get your files into Boxee? The pre-built Box has no accessible internal storage, but it can can access shared files on your home network, on dedicated network-attached storage NAS, or on any USB drives you connect or SD cards you slide into its side.