Mediabolics Network Media Player

Feb 15, 2005 - But now software company Mediabolic has rolled out a hardware platform with The network media player looks like a thin DVD player, and is.

Scottsdale, AZ The market is littered with media adapters and extenders that aim to connect your PC with the TV. Most of them are difficult to set up and use, as I found in a recent test.

But now software company Mediabolic has rolled out a hardware platform with a compelling user interface that brings content from your PC into the living room along with delivering Internet-based applications that look great on TV.

The network media player looks like a thin DVD player, and is designed to sit between your TV and your video source: cable, satellite or TiVo. With the press of a button, users can search and view media located on a PC elsewhere in the house, as long as it s connected up via Ethernet or a built-in a/b/g wireless adapter.

It supports both UPnP and DLNA Digital Living Network Alliance standards, which allows third party applications to plug into the device without any custom configuration. The company demonstrated a Netflix system, for example, that looked great on the TV and made it easy to find and add movies to a rental queue. It can also tie into home security monitoring systems, letting you check on the kids in the back while watching Oprah.

There s no browser included, by design. The player only supports applications that are specifically written to its specifications. The company claims that there are dozens of applications now available that extend the player.

The device runs an embedded version of Linux, and is built around a video processing chip from Equator. It supports DivX 5, MPEG 1,2 and 4, along with WMA, WMV, MP3 and ASF formats. It should cost around 250 when it s released later this year. The company is working with ODMs and OEMs to deliver the product; it won t sell it directly. It supports SD television input, but plays HD content streamed from your PC. A future version will support HDTV input as well. The unit will drive an HDTV via either DVI, HDMI or component, and will also support standard composite and S-video.

The company also expects its platform to show up embedded in televisions sometime this year.

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