the multimedia bays 18 may have compact disk drive units 26 position in them as illustrated in fig5 a plurality of eject buttons 30 may be mounted on the front wall 14 of the housing 13 for ejecting the media 25 from the multimedia drive units 24 each of the eject buttons 30 is electrically connected to a respective multimedia drive unit 24 each of the eject buttons 30 may be positioned generally adjacent to its respective multimedia drive unit 24 the console 32 is provided for storing and manipulating the digital signal inputs from the multimedia input apparatus 12 the console 32 is electrically connected to the multimedia input apparatus 12 for receiving the digital signal inputs the console 32 preferably comprises a case 33 that includes a front wall 34 a back wall 35 and a peripheral wall 36 extending between the front 34 and the back 35 walls of the case 33 the case 33 may comprise a substantially rigid material such as for example an aluminum or steel material control circuitry 38 is preferably mounted in the case 33 for controlling the console 32 and for controlling reception of the digital signal inputs from the multimedia input apparatus 12 as illustrated in fig4 a pair of control panels 40 may be provided for controlling storage and playing of the digital signal inputs each.