Dune HD Base 3.0 is the most affordable solution for Full HD (1080p) video playback based on Sigma Designs 864x platform with internal HDD. Includes a comprehensive set of connectors: three USB 2.0 ports (one front, two back), eSATA port, Ethernet 100/1000(*) Mbit/s, HDMI 1.3, S/PDIF (optical and coaxial), 7.1 analog audio, 2.0 analog audio, component video, composite video.
The Base 3.0 now supports playback and recording of SD/HD Digital TV (DVB-T) through an additional USB Tv Tuner making it the ultimate Home Theater media solution.
Main features:
- 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)
- 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 and higher)
- Dune Network Playback Accelerator: special optimizations ensuring best-in-class network playback performance for the Sigma Designs 864x platform and enabling smooth playback of any supported kind of media content via any network protocol (including NFS and SMB) in both 100 Mbit/s and 1000 Mbit/s networks.
- Dimensions: 430 mm (width) x 260 mm (depth) x 50 mm (height)
Specification:
- Processor: Sigma Designs 864x
- Memory: RAM 512 MB, system Flash: 128 MB, expandable with a HDD partition or USB flash drive (2GB recommended)
- 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, 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 file manager (copy, move, delete, rename, etc), built-in FTP and SMB file server (NAS function)
- Photo viewer: slide-show function, picture transition eff ects, 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
- Future option (Q1 2010): RF remote, a part of your future affordable Smart Home system
Hi-res pictures
Hi-res Dune HD Base 3.0 pictures
User manual
Dune HD Base 3.0 user manual
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(*) 1000 Mbit/s support is experimental since it is not officially supported by Sigma Designs 864x chips;
Note: smooth playback of any supported kind of media content (including BDMV folders and BD ISO images) is ensured via any network protocol (both NFS and SMB) in both 100 Mbit/s and 1000 Mbit/s networks, due to Dune Network Playback Accelerator feature.
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