Helios Odyssey Media Hub Now Supports BitTorrent, Emule Downloading

Downloading, storing, and streaming media files just got a whole lot easier.

Helios has updated the software of its Odyssey Media Hub to support Bittorrent AND eMule clients.

The Helios Oddyssey allows you to store all of your personal files in one central location. As a standalone NAS (network attached storage) and with a potential capacity of 1TB of storage* (1,000 GB), the Odyssey ensures that you’ll have enough space to store your collection of media files in one place and access it any time from any computer or media players in your home.

Fill up the Odyssey with as much media as you need and sit back and relax in front of your big screen from the comfort of your couch. To watch videos stored on the Helios Odyssey you need an UPnP enabled Network Media Player, like the players offered by Helios: X5000.

Now there’s no need to leave your PC on 24/7 — You can install Bittorrent and eMule download clients on Helios Odyssey and turn your Odyssey into a super download center. Just drop the the download tasks through a web based interface, you can download, store and stream the content all over this tiny little box.

Even better, the sleek, light-weight, 100% aluminum, compact design is also fan-less; making sure there will be no noise that distracts you or drives you crazy late at night when all else is quiet. Odyssey’s special passive cooling system is capable of cooling down 1TB HDD and even future bigger size HDDs.

Helios sells the Odyssey for $189 (which was curiously only $169 just yesterday) on their site.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

TECH SPECS?

Hard disk:

• 3.5” hard disk bay X 1
• SATA I / SATA II hard disk interface
• Supports up to 1TB hard disk

Power adapter specifications:

• Output: 12V DC 45Watt
• Input: 100-240V 50/60Hz AC

System:

• 220Mhz ARM9 CPU
• Hardware based network
• 64M DDR RAM
• 8M flash memory

Network:

• 10/100M wired network support

USB:

• 3 x USB2.0 ports. 1 on the front panel, 2 on the back panel.

Fan-less and noise-free

• Special FAN-less design. Gives end-user a “noise-free” environment.

Network features:

• DHCP Server: Automatically get IP address if there is a DHCP server in the LAN or act as a DHCP server if no other DHCP server has been found.
• Printer server (For printers with USB port)
• File server for Windows network, Apple network and Linux. Sharing files to windows 98/2K/XP, apple OS and Linux.
• Supports Windows, Apple and Linux network client.

Hard disk management:

• Disk scan & fix, format and disk health check.
• Supports FAT32, Linux EXT3, EXT2 hard disk partition.

USB “one button copy” feature:

• User can copy every files stored in a USB devices to the Z1 by press “USB one button copy” button on the front panel of the player. The system will create a new folder based on the time/date in the USB-share folder in the Z1 media server.