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Home Networked Media Gallery -- OLD
Trends and Sample Products (older equipment)
by Douglas Dixon
See the Home
Networked Media Gallery
Home Networked Media, PC / TV / CE Media Capture /
Transfer, Media Servers: Backup / archiving
These galleries provide notes on some interesting technology and trends in digital home media.
They include some sample products illustrating these trends.
Information and pricing are summarized from public sources as of when they were added,
and may be incorrect or out of date. Corrections and updates are welcome.
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ARCHOS TV+ -- WiFi Digital Video
Recorder (Q4 07)
- WiFi Media Player plus DVR
- 80 GB hard drive stores up to 100 movies, 800,000 photos, or 45,000
songs
- 250 GB hard drive stores up to 310 movies, 2,500,000 photos, or
145,000 songs
- Play movies, music, photos, podcasts, Web video, surf full
Internet on TV
- Stream PC media library to the TV
- Download from the ARCHOS Content Portal: movies, TV shows and music
- Record and schedule TV shows and movies with the TV Program Guide
- Record video sources including satellite/cable box, VCR, DVD player,
MPEG-4 format
- Remote control with integrated keyboard and mouse pointer
- Surf the Web, access online email, play Web video from sites like YouTube
(optional Web browser plug-in)
- Sync your recorded TV shows to your ARCHOS portable media player
(10 minutes to sync 2 hour movie)
- Video playback: MPEG-4 (ASP@L5 AVI, up to DVD
resolution)
WMV (MP@ML, up to DVD resolution)
- Optional software plug-ins:
Podcast plug-in: H.264 up to DVD resolution and AAC sound
Cinema Plug-in: MPEG-2 MP@ML up to 10 Mbps (up to
DVD resolution) and AC3 stereo sound
- Audio playback: Stereo MP3 decoding @ 30-320 Kbits/s CBR
& VBR, WMA, Protected WMA, WAV (PCM/ADPCM)
- With optional software plug-ins: AAC stereo , AC3 stereo audio and
5.1 sound
- Photo viewer: JPEG, BMP, PNG
- PDF viewer: Reads PDF documents (not all PDF features)
- Video recording: Records NTSC/PAL/SECAM to MPEG-4 SP files with
ADPCM stereo sound,
VGA resolution (640 x 480)@ 30 or 25 f/s, in AVI format
- Audio recording: WAV (IMA ADPCM or PCM) format
- 250 x 164 x 37 mm, 1294 g
- Q4 07: 80 GB $249, 160 GB $399
- www.archos.com/products/gen_5/archos_tv/index.html?country=global&lang=en
Find the ARCHOS
TV+ on Amazon.com
ARCHOS TVportation Plug-in - Stream live TV (5/08)
- Use ARCHOS TV+ as a streaming media server
view live home TV over the Internet, change channels
(not viewing of recorded / stored content)
- Clients for ARCHOS 605 / 705, Windows PCs / laptops, Windows Mobile
smartphones
- available 5/08 - free server download for ARCHOS TV+
$49 server for ARCHOS 605 and
705 WiFi and DVR Station
- Press
release (PDF)
Logitech Squeezebox - Networked Music Player (06)
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- Access PC music library
from living room stereo
- Connects to stereo system (analog or digital or
headphones)
- Uses a wired or wireless network connection to deliver music
- Use IR remote with bright fluorescent display to browse
stored music on the PC (SlimServer software)
- Access
streaming Internet radio stations, Rhapsody's 2 million song collection
(with subscription)
even when computer is turned off
- Formerly Slim Devices
- 06 - $249
- www.slimdevices.com
Find theLogitech
Squeezebox on Amazon.com |
Logitech
Wireless DJ Music System: Wireless
Music (06)
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- Broadcast PC's music library and Internet radio stations to stereo system
- Uses a digital radio connection (long range wireless Bluetooth), 300 feet
- Browse music like MP3 player using display on remote control
- Plug wireless antenna unit into PC's USB port,
- Remote control with recharger cradle, audio cables to connect to stereo
or powered multimedia speaker system using stereo-mini input
jack
- Add additional receivers for
other locations around the house
- StreamPoint server software on PC plays common music file formats
plus music libraries from Apple
iTunes, Windows Media Player, Musicmatch Jukebox
- 06 - $249
- www.logitech.com
Find the Logitech
Wireless DJ Music System on Amazon.com |
Logitech QuickCam
UltraVision
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- Clips to top of display
- 1.3 megapixel
sensor with 5 lens elements
- Compensation for dim, side-, and back-lit situations
- Video up to 640 x 480 at 30 fps, still
images up to 1280 x 960
- Microphone with echo correction
- Free video conferencing software
Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger,
Skype
- Logitech Video Effects software for fun effects and face enhancements
- 06, 08 - $129
- www.logitech.com
Find the Logitech
QuickCam UltraVision
on Amazon.com |
Logitech QuickCam Connect (3/06) - Small, affordable
Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks (3/07) - Affordable
Creative Live! Wireless 
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- Small network server box
- Wired Ethernet or untethered wireless connection.
- Monitor video feed
from Web browser
change display resolution, tweak brightness and
contrast, adjust camera settings
- Creative software to monitor up to four cameras
simultaneously.
- 06 - $149
- www.creative.com/products/webcams
Find the Creative
Live! Wireless on Amazon.com |
SanDisk Sansa TakeTV - PC-to-TV Video Player (10/07)
- 10/07, 4/08 - 4 GB $99, 8 GB $149 (5 / 10 hours video)
(1.5 Mbps video at 720x480 with 128 Kbps audio)
- PC to TV Flash media player: Play PC video content on TV
Download digital content from PC,
plug-and-play directly on TV
- On PC, insert TakeTV Player unit into USB port, drag video files to
flash storage
Works with Windows Vista, Windows XP, latest versions of
Mac and Linux
- Carry player to TV, slip into TakeTV TV Cradle
Plugs into standard TV A/V connectors, NTSC and PAL
AV composite or
S-Video inputs, power
- TakeTV Remote control stored as cover of Player unit (built-in cell
battery)
Use on-screen guide play stored content
- Video formats: .AVI with MPEG-4 - DivX, XVID (DivX DRM)
DivX Certified for Home Theater profile
- Resolution up to 720x576 / D1, 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios, max bitrate 7
Mbps
- Concept introduced 1/07 as USBTV
Future: Plug directly into built-in port on new TV sets
- Product - www.sandisk.com/Products/Catalog(1383)-SanDisk_Sansa_TakeTV_Video_Player.aspx
- Press release, 10/07 - www.sandisk.com/Corporate/PressRoom/PressReleases/PressRelease.aspx?ID=4022
- www.take.tv
Find the SanDisk
Sansa TakeTV on Amazon.com
Find related SanDisk articles in the Manifest Tech Blog
SanDisk Fanfare - Entertainment download service - Public BETA (10/07)
- Digital entertainment content distribution platform
- Download TV shows to Sansa TakeTV and watch on TV
- Free (ad supported) and paid episodes
- First U.S. content partners include
CBS, Jaman.com, Showtime, Smithsonian, The Weather
Channel, TV Guide.
Programs available include CSI, Survivor China, Dexter,
Sleeper Cell
- User interface designed by Schematic
- Rights-managed content protected with SanDisk TrustedFlash
Security technology securely stores data on flash media
- www.fanfare.com
SanDisk V-Mate Video Memory Card Recorder (9/06)
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- 9/06 - $129
- Record video to flash memory cards, play back on portable device
- 5.1 x 2.6 x 0.8"
- Scheduled recording, IR emitter (to set-top box or VCR)
- Any composite video source
- Video: MPEG-4 Simple Profile, H.263 (MP4, 3GP, 3G2)
Up to 640 x 480 pixels, up to 30 fps, NTSC & PAL
Up to 3.5 hours video / GB
- 3.5mm composite video, audio left & right - input & output
- Cards: SD, SDHC, miniSD, miniSDHC, microSD microSDHC;
(RS-)MMC (DV), MMCplus , MMC; Memory Stick/PRO/Duo/PRO
Duo
- www.sandisk.com
Find the SanDisk
V-Mate on Amazon.com |
Maxtor OneTouch III
Find the Maxtor
OneTouch III on Amazon.com
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