Manufacturer : HDi Model : Dune Base 3.0 Description : Blu-Ray Hi-Def Network Media Player MSRP : $399 Our Price : $349.00

HDi Dune Base 3.0 with Sigma Design SMP8643

Dune HD Base 3.0 is the most affordable solution for Full HD (1080p) video playback based on Sigma Designs 8643 platform with internal HDD. Includes a comprehensive set of connectors: three USB 2.0 ports (one front, two back), eSATA port, Ethernet 1 Gbit/s, HDMI 1.3, S/PDIF (optical and coaxial), 7.1 analog audio, 2.0 analog audio, component video, composite video.

 

Key Buying Points: Full featured Network Media Player Playback of video, music, photos from any media source (HDD, PC, NAS, etc) Store and playback high-definition video via LAN Multi-channel 7.1 Analog Audio Output HDMI and Component HD 1080i/720p/1080p Video output Connect additional hard disks, flash media, or digital camera via USB 2.0  SATA HDD compartment for fast and easy HDD exchange Playback of full Blu-ray structures from HDD and network (with Blu-ray menu, BD-J, BonusView, BD-Live) 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)

Playback

Blu-Ray discs (Profile 1.1/2.0)
DVD-Video discs
Files on Blu-Ray (BD-R, BD-RE), DVD (DVD-ROM, DVD+-R, DVD+-RW), CD (CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW) discs
Files on USB drives (USB HDD, USB flash, USB card readers etc)
Files in local network from PC or NAS (NFS and SMB)
IPTV (free channels UDP/RTP MPEG-TS, H.264/MPEG-2)
Internet radio (HTTP/MP3)


The player will support a proprietary implementation of full VoD and HV system called "Dune HD", planned to be launched in future. This system is based on SecureMedia solution, certified by all the Hollywood majors.


File formats: MKV, MPEG-TS, MPEG-PS, M2TS, VOB, AVI, MOV, MP4, QT, ASF, WMV, DVD-ISO, VIDEO_TS.
Video codecs: MPEG2, MPEG4, DivX, XVID, WMV9, VC1, H.264.
Audio codecs: AC3 (DD), EAC3 (DD+), DTS, MPEG 1/2/3, AAC, LPCM, WMA, WMAPro, Dolby True HD, DTS HD HRA, DTS HD MA (HD-formats for Blu-Ray playback only).
Subtitle formats: Plain text, SSA/AAS, SRT, VOB.


Network

Browsing, copying and direct playback of files from PC and NAS in local network (NFS and SMB protocols).
attached storage from local network.
Playback of Internet radio (HTTP/MP3).
Playback of IPTV (free channels UDP/RTP MPEG-TS, H.264/MPEG-2).
NAS function: FTP and SMB servers for accessing player's attached storage from local network.
Bit-Torrent client for digital content download from Internet.
Web browser (based on the same engine as used in Mozilla Firefox) for browsing arbitrary Internet sites (with limited possibilities and performance).


Blu-Ray video playback support

DVD-Video playback support:
DVD menu navigation is supported.
Sources:
Commercial DVD-Video disks:
Internal DVD drive.
USB DVD drives.
ISO images, VIDEO_TS folders:
Internal DVD drive.
USB mass storage devices (USB HDD, USB flash memory).
USB DVD drives.
NFS network folders.
SMB network folders.

Media files playback support

Sources:
Internal DVD drive.
USB mass storage devices (USB HDD, USB flash memory).
USB DVD drives.
NFS network folders.
SMB network folders.
HTTP URLs (limited support).


IPTV:
Protocols:
Multicast UDP (raw).
Multicast RTP.

Supported Video Resolutions

HDMI:
480i, 480p (60 Hz)
576i, 576p (50 Hz)
720p (50 Hz, 60 Hz)
1080i (50 Hz, 60 Hz)
1080p (24 Hz, 25 Hz, 30 Hz, 50 Hz, 60 Hz)
1024×768, 1280×1024, 1280×768, 1280×960, 1360×768, 1366×768, 1400×1050, 1440×900, 1600×1200, 1680×1050, 1920×1200 (60 Hz)

Component:
PAL
NTSC
480p (60 Hz)
576p (50 Hz)
720p (24 Hz, 25 Hz, 30 Hz, 50 Hz, 60 Hz)
1080i (48 Hz, 50 Hz, 60 Hz)
1080p (24 Hz, 25 Hz, 30 Hz, 50 Hz, 60 Hz)

Composite:
PAL
NTSC

Note: some video modes may be not supported - it depends on the player mode, type of data being played back, and EDID of video hardware connected to the player.

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 affordable Smart Home system