Things are certainly going change is this takes off. Maxator has announced a PC-free hard disk to serve the family home or “home-entertainment hubs whether or not they are connected to a personal computer”.

Reuters reports the new system, which Maxtor is set to unveil on Wednesday, makes the company the first hard-disk supplier to begin marketing its product as a home-entertainment centre that can bypass PCs and allow consumers to watch movies or play music or video games.

“It is truly an entertainment device without a PC in the equation,” said Paul Streit, director of product management at Maxtor’s branded products group.

The report is not clear as to how you connect to the device, but states as its example

When connected to a home network, the new drive acts as a digital entertainment media centre. For example, one family member could listen to music in a room upstairs while another watches a movie in the living room and a third views a slide show of vacation photos on a laptop in the kitchen, Maxtor said.

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