I think these two new 3.0 models by HDI deserve a separate thread for discussion.
HDI finally officially announced these models only today.
Dune HD Base 3.0 (Sigma Designs 8642, with SATA HDD 3.5" compartment):
http://dune-hd.com/hd_players/110-dune-hd-base-3.0.html
Dune BD Prime 3.0 (Sigma Designs 8642, Blu-ray drive and 2.5" internal HDD option):
http://dune-hd.com/hd_players/111-du...prime-3.0.html
Note that the prices currently are specified only for the EU market. US ones are not clear yet.
Though it's possible to predict that it will be on the level of PCH C-200 or smaller
(as the specified intervals for EU are a bit smaller that the current announced prices
for C-200 in EU).
Note also that they are going to show the both models during the few coming days
at IFA 2009 (September 4-9, Berlin, Germany. Hall 7.2a, booth 108),
and CEDIA Expo 2009 (September 10-13, Atlanta, USA. Hall B, booth 5751).
There is even a kind of invitation to these exhibitions posted today at MPC Club:
http://www.mpcclub.com/temp/dune_ifa.jpg
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As both players are rather similar, here is the combined citated description from Dune HD site, to save your time:
Main features:
● SATA HDD compartment for fast and easy HDD exchange (for HD Base 3.0)
● Playback of retail Blu-ray and DVD discs (for Dune BD Prime 3.0)
● Playback of full Blu-ray structures from HDD and network (with Bluray
menu, BD-J, BonusView, BD-Live)
● Playback of video, music, photos from any media source (HDD, PC,
NAS, etc)
● Optical disc formats (when using an external optical drive): data discs (CD/
DVD/BD) (MP3, JPEG, etc), Audio CD (PCM/DTS), DVD-Video (retail and
user-authored discs), Blu-ray (user-authored discs)
● Support for modern video file formats (MKV, H.264, VC1, etc) with very
high bitrate (up to 50+ Mbit/s)
● Dimensions: 420 mm (width) x 262 mm (depth) x 50 mm (height)
connectors: three USB 2.0 ports (one front, two back), eSATA port, Ethernet 1Gbit/s,
HDMI 1.3, S/PDIF (optical and coaxial), 7.1 analog audio,
2.0 analog audio, component video, composite video.
Common specification:
● Processor: Sigma Designs 8642
● Memory: RAM 512 MB, system Flash: 1 GB+, BD-Live: 1 GB+
● Media sources: internal HDD (SATA 3.5”), external HDD (eSATA, USB), external
optical drive (eSATA, USB), USB devices (USB flash drive, USB card
reader, etc), PC and NAS in local network (SMB, NFS, UPnP, HTTP)
● Video codecs: MPEG2, MPEG4, DivX, XVID, WMV9, VC1, H.264
● Video file formats: MKV, MPEG-TS, MPEG-PS, M2TS, VOB, AVI, MOV, MP4, QT,
ASF, WMV, Blu-Ray-ISO, BDMV, DVD-ISO, VIDEO_TS
● Video output modes: wide range of supported modes and resolutions,
including 23.976p, 24p, PAL, NTSC
● Audio codecs: AC3 (Dolby Digital), DTS, MPEG, AAC, LPCM, WMA,
WMAPro, EAC3 (Dolby Digital Plus), Dolby True HD, DTS HD High Resolution
Audio, DTS HD Master Audio, FLAC, multichannel FLAC
● Audio file formats: MP3, MPA, M4A, WMA, FLAC, WAV, DTS-WAV, DTS, AC3,
AAC
● Pass-through and decoding of HD audio formats, including Dolby TrueHD
and DTS HD Master Audio
● Picture file formats: JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF
● Subtitle formats: SRT, SUB, text/SSA/ASS (MKV), VobSub (MP4), PGS (full
Blu-ray mode)
● Playlist file formats: M3U, PLS
● Filesystems: FAT16/FAT32 (read-write), EXT2/EXT3 (read-write), NTFS (readonly)
Other features:
● Upscaling: high-quality upscaling and deinterlacing of DVD and other SD
content to HD resolution (up to 1080p)
● Access to network: browser of network shares (SMB, UPnP), user-defined
shortcuts to network shares (SMB, NFS), links to HTTP media streams
● NAS function: SMB and FTP access from network to the player’s attached
storage devices
● IPTV: direct playback and recording of multicast IPTV streams (raw-UDP
and RTP-over-UDP, SD and HD)
● Internet radio: HTTP/MP3
● Powerful fi le manager (copy, move, delete, rename, etc), built-in FTP and
SMB file server (NAS function)
● Photo viewer: slide-show function, picture transition effects, picture rotation
● Playlists: music/photos/video, user-defined and automatically generated
playlists, repeat and shuffle
● FullHD-quality, fast, convenient, customizable interface (with covert-art
and icon browsing support)
● Future (free f/w upgrade): Flash Lite 3 support
● Future (free f/w upgrade): Netflix support (for the USA market)
Options:
● Wi-Fi 802.11n
● Internal 2.5” SATA HDD
● Future option (Autumn 2009): RF remote, based on Z-Wave technology, a
heart of an aff ordable Smart Home system
HDI finally officially announced these models only today.
Dune HD Base 3.0 (Sigma Designs 8642, with SATA HDD 3.5" compartment):
http://dune-hd.com/hd_players/110-dune-hd-base-3.0.html
Dune BD Prime 3.0 (Sigma Designs 8642, Blu-ray drive and 2.5" internal HDD option):
http://dune-hd.com/hd_players/111-du...prime-3.0.html
Note that the prices currently are specified only for the EU market. US ones are not clear yet.
Though it's possible to predict that it will be on the level of PCH C-200 or smaller
(as the specified intervals for EU are a bit smaller that the current announced prices
for C-200 in EU).
Note also that they are going to show the both models during the few coming days
at IFA 2009 (September 4-9, Berlin, Germany. Hall 7.2a, booth 108),
and CEDIA Expo 2009 (September 10-13, Atlanta, USA. Hall B, booth 5751).
There is even a kind of invitation to these exhibitions posted today at MPC Club:
http://www.mpcclub.com/temp/dune_ifa.jpg
--
As both players are rather similar, here is the combined citated description from Dune HD site, to save your time:
Main features:
● SATA HDD compartment for fast and easy HDD exchange (for HD Base 3.0)
● Playback of retail Blu-ray and DVD discs (for Dune BD Prime 3.0)
● Playback of full Blu-ray structures from HDD and network (with Bluray
menu, BD-J, BonusView, BD-Live)
● Playback of video, music, photos from any media source (HDD, PC,
NAS, etc)
● Optical disc formats (when using an external optical drive): data discs (CD/
DVD/BD) (MP3, JPEG, etc), Audio CD (PCM/DTS), DVD-Video (retail and
user-authored discs), Blu-ray (user-authored discs)
● Support for modern video file formats (MKV, H.264, VC1, etc) with very
high bitrate (up to 50+ Mbit/s)
● Dimensions: 420 mm (width) x 262 mm (depth) x 50 mm (height)
connectors: three USB 2.0 ports (one front, two back), eSATA port, Ethernet 1Gbit/s,
HDMI 1.3, S/PDIF (optical and coaxial), 7.1 analog audio,
2.0 analog audio, component video, composite video.
Common specification:
● Processor: Sigma Designs 8642
● Memory: RAM 512 MB, system Flash: 1 GB+, BD-Live: 1 GB+
● Media sources: internal HDD (SATA 3.5”), external HDD (eSATA, USB), external
optical drive (eSATA, USB), USB devices (USB flash drive, USB card
reader, etc), PC and NAS in local network (SMB, NFS, UPnP, HTTP)
● Video codecs: MPEG2, MPEG4, DivX, XVID, WMV9, VC1, H.264
● Video file formats: MKV, MPEG-TS, MPEG-PS, M2TS, VOB, AVI, MOV, MP4, QT,
ASF, WMV, Blu-Ray-ISO, BDMV, DVD-ISO, VIDEO_TS
● Video output modes: wide range of supported modes and resolutions,
including 23.976p, 24p, PAL, NTSC
● Audio codecs: AC3 (Dolby Digital), DTS, MPEG, AAC, LPCM, WMA,
WMAPro, EAC3 (Dolby Digital Plus), Dolby True HD, DTS HD High Resolution
Audio, DTS HD Master Audio, FLAC, multichannel FLAC
● Audio file formats: MP3, MPA, M4A, WMA, FLAC, WAV, DTS-WAV, DTS, AC3,
AAC
● Pass-through and decoding of HD audio formats, including Dolby TrueHD
and DTS HD Master Audio
● Picture file formats: JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF
● Subtitle formats: SRT, SUB, text/SSA/ASS (MKV), VobSub (MP4), PGS (full
Blu-ray mode)
● Playlist file formats: M3U, PLS
● Filesystems: FAT16/FAT32 (read-write), EXT2/EXT3 (read-write), NTFS (readonly)
Other features:
● Upscaling: high-quality upscaling and deinterlacing of DVD and other SD
content to HD resolution (up to 1080p)
● Access to network: browser of network shares (SMB, UPnP), user-defined
shortcuts to network shares (SMB, NFS), links to HTTP media streams
● NAS function: SMB and FTP access from network to the player’s attached
storage devices
● IPTV: direct playback and recording of multicast IPTV streams (raw-UDP
and RTP-over-UDP, SD and HD)
● Internet radio: HTTP/MP3
● Powerful fi le manager (copy, move, delete, rename, etc), built-in FTP and
SMB file server (NAS function)
● Photo viewer: slide-show function, picture transition effects, picture rotation
● Playlists: music/photos/video, user-defined and automatically generated
playlists, repeat and shuffle
● FullHD-quality, fast, convenient, customizable interface (with covert-art
and icon browsing support)
● Future (free f/w upgrade): Flash Lite 3 support
● Future (free f/w upgrade): Netflix support (for the USA market)
Options:
● Wi-Fi 802.11n
● Internal 2.5” SATA HDD
● Future option (Autumn 2009): RF remote, based on Z-Wave technology, a
heart of an aff ordable Smart Home system