Buffalo DriveStation AV Adds Massive Storage to PS3, DVR or PC in Style
Despite some looming improvements in Blu-Ray discs, optical media is simply not able to keep up with today's digital demands. The bonfire of broadband has brought home users to the point that our parents may now possess terabytes of data. This data is in the form of downloadable movies from Netflix, podcast subscriptions, online games and the list continues to grow. Buffalo has a drive that it is targeting at your living room for all of these purposes. The Buffalo DriveStation AV, with its smooth glossy enclosure, looks like a scaled down home theater components, but it is in fact a direct attached USB storage that can easily expand free space for the PlayStation3, Xbox 360, DVRs and alike. For added value, bright blue LEDs can be found across its front panel indicating the drive's current free capacity.
Buffalo Tools is also included with this drive enhancing its native PC functions. The DriveStation AV is also compatible with their Turbo PC technology which acts as a ReadyBoost type of enhancement for their USB drives. A new facet to this little gem is its Earth-friendly power management. If you're not into the whole hippie/green thing, these eco-tools could vastly improve the lifespan of your drive. The USB 2.0 drive is set to power off with its host and for PCs, it can even be set to spin-down at predefined times. The biggest heartbreak and drawback when it comes to hoarding home media can be catastrophic failures. So, if you are investing the $140 to $250 to handle 1 to 2TB of data these can hold, you need to think about a backup system as well. Buffalo includes software tools to help, but they require discipline. Once you start to fill up one of these, you should start thinking about another one to protect the first.
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