Video Without Boundaries, Inc., manufacturer of media mixing home entertainment devices, is demonstrating its breakthrough MediaReady 4000 convergent Internet/DVD Player to OEM manufacturers at Computex Taipei 2003. The new set-top box, offers a plethora of features and popular media entertainment options including DVD/MPEG-1/MPEG-2/MPEG-4 playback, television, email, web surfing, karaoke, CD/MP3 playback, and network storage to name some of it's features. The unit also sports a penguin under the hood with an open source, Linux-based architecture that allows it to support virtually any kind of OEM configuration or upgrade.
This could be a solution to those that want to have a home media center with access to a PC. Retail price is going to be around $399 (£240).
The open architecture of the MediaReady 4000 makes it a highly attractive private-label opportunity," said Peter Pai, Chairman and CEO of Lung Hwa Electronics. "Marketers and retailers can customize and configure the MediaReady 4000 to fit specific market niches or regional sales opportunities. Its Linux platform and USB 2.0 connection also means the MediaReady 4000 can accommodate many types of consumer electronics aftermarket software and hardware."
Similar in size to a standard DVD player, the MediaReady 4000 offers 5.1 Surround Sound, picture-in-picture capability, karaoke microphone jack, microphone and other popular features. The unit will begin shipping to retailers in the United States in Q4 of this year.
Defining the power of Video Without Boundaries' MediaReady 4000 is its on-board PC components and connection options. A disk drive storage unit, Ethernet 10/100BT wired and wireless connections, and USB 2.0 and 1394 hookups enable the MediaReady 4000 to store and/or access music, movies, TV programs, photos -- virtually any form of digital entertainment -- either from its integrated storage sources, or via one or more PCs located on a home network.
MediaReady 4000 supports the downloading of music, karaoke, and video titles from the Internet for playback on a television or home theater system. A convenient browser interface, full-sized wireless keyboard, and wireless remote control make navigation easy.
The Sigma Designs’ EM8475 MPEG-4 digital processor is used for video streaming. The chip provides decoding of MPEG-4, as well as DVD, MPEG-2 and MPEG-1 formats.
In addition to its multimedia features, the unit will include a full-sized wireless keyboard. To learn a little bit more about the MediaReady 4000.
Video Without Boundaries website:
vwbinc.com.
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