I guess my real thought was to use it in conjunction with my current solution. The more I think about it, the more I'm thinking I want to build something myself. However, it wouldn't suprise me if someone hacks it to use NFS mounted drives, thus expanding its storage capacity without voiding a hardware warranty, enabling robust low cost backup, as well as opening it up for other cool things which my sleep deprived mind can't think of at the moment.
It appears that the guys have continued their trend of making a cool toy which can be easily expanded by those with a bent for that type of thing. I was just wondering how far the "factory" was going to take things. It certianly doesn't seem like it would be difficult to add similar funcionality the the rio receiver.
Hmm, now that I think about it, imagine being able to use it to stream music from such sources as http://paradiseradio.com, or other internet based streaming audio, or play your mp3s, or....