And phase 2 is lined up with a mere 1000 lots... "Phase 2 (Equipment released after July 1st 2012) - Over 1000 lots of Calrec, Audix, Audionics, Rogers, EMT, Sonifex, Denon, Revox, Tascam, Sennheiser, ElectroVoice, Edirol, Harbeth, Technics, Studer, Allen & Heath etc broadcast / studio sund...

Grab a bargain (maybe). Two things to note: -How much stuff have they got as this auction is only phase 1 ! -A classic example of typical BBC out of control spending? Look through the listings and see how much new unboxed stuff they had lying around. Having backups is the right thing to do of course...

The transmission of digital data between the network card in a NAS and a PC is totally different than say HDMI or optical output. The latter I guess being raw digital transmission flowing through a cable, where as the in the 'computer world' that data transmission is 'managed' by ethernet and TCP/IP...