Linksys by Cisco 1 TB Media Hub with LCD

This is an excellent home NAS device. Dirt simple to install. It came with NTI's Shadow 3.0 backup software for Windows. Linksys should really bundle Shadow 4.0 with the unit. 4.0 has significant improvements over 3.0 that minimize the backup time. I upgraded for $20, which essentially increased the total cost for the whole unit. But it's still a reasonably economical way to create a large, shared storage capability for backups and shared multi-media files.

We were given this product as a gift (an important disclosure), and as such, we do not have too much stake in the ownership of it, if at all. Having set it up and used it, we can say that we would not have spent this kind of money for this level of functionality. As some reviewers commented, it is really nothing but a glorified hard drive with fancy looks. It certainly isn't worth the price that this product commands.

This media hub does appear to do what it promises, which is a good thing. The setup was very easy, and yes, it looks good. But essentially, buying it means that you are paying a premium for essentially a nice-looking (but cheap feeling) plastic case and software that also initially looks good but turns out to be no better (and in some areas, worse) than a lot of commercially available programs.

The problem with Linksys Media Hub is that it is sorely lacking in value. If it weren't for its being given to us as a gift, we would not own it. We would not have bought it ourselves.

The Media Hub is but a glorified hard disk and expensive as such. You can't access the files from the build-in display. The USB connection in the back is a Standard A instead of the usual Standard B, really silly because it prevents you from connecting it to The PC,players and TV using a standard USB cable. The support from Linksys is horrible; I search for the NHM 410 and they only recognized the model 300. Some good advise; do not download the latest firmware updates, wait until Cisco gets it fixed.
The system is slow, it pauses in a middle of a song waiting for the network and the supplied media player fails again and again and does not allow you to play a full CD. Back to the drawing board Cisco!

In 15 minutes, I had Mead Hub working on my wireless network.

Positive:
- Beautiful Looking Box
- Good Performance
- Very Easy Setup (Instructions are so easy, anyone can configure and have it up running in a few minutes)
- Low noise (Only hard disk drive running sound I can hear)
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Cons:
- None so far.

Kudos to Linksys/Cisco.

Purchased the Link Sys Terabyte server, aka Media Hub as soon as I saw the advertisement! Upon arrival, I added a second terabyte drive and then fired the system up. System installed flawlessly save for the Shadow Software on my 64 bit machine (BTW tried it again last night and it immediately loaded... go figure). Only complaint, I have to manually save my Nikon RAW files from my camera. Everything else works as advertised! So far, I'm very pleased with the units performance!