We wouldn’t expect for upper-crust aimed media server setups just like the ones offered by VidaBox to play nicely with the average rabble, but apparently that’s just what’s going on. With the press of a check box, its “Drop-n-Rip” Blu-ray and DVD archiving now includes cover art and other metadata compatible with third party streamers including Popcorn Hour, HDI Dune, TViX, XBMC, Sage TV and others. This probably won’t drop the price of a custom installed setup by much, but when you’ve one and need to bring your individual extender hardware (the same as its recent iPad support ) into the combo, it’ll be an easy upgrade.
Integrators Can Combine VidaBox Servers with Easy, Simple Disc Archiving and cheap, Third-party Players as a Multizone AV Streaming Solution
Garden City Park, NY, USA – Dec. 15, 2011 – VidaBox, LLC has announced enhanced Media Server compatibility with third-party streamers from Popcorn Hour, HDI Dune, TiVX, XBMC, and other budget-friendly players. Dealers and integrators can make the most of VidaBox’s exclusive Drop-n-Rip™ technologies for Blu-ray, DVD, and CD archiving, and mix them with these media streamers to provide a balance between low-cost and convenience.
“Inexpensive streamers have become increasingly more popular, but lack a mechanism for importing disc-based content,” explains Cheung. “Our VidaBox servers’ and their 1-step, Drop-n-Rip disc archiving feature solves this issue, and with newly added metadata support for third-party players, integrators may give similar feature sets for his or her clients, and permit access to stored music and flicks with the fundamental cover art and metadata. It becomes a completely inexpensive alternative for projects where our World-Class extenders may well be cost prohibitive.”
“Network storage devices and media servers play crucial role during this digital age,” says Scott Walters, Project Manager at Syabas Technology, Inc., manufacturer of the Popcorn Hour and PopBox media streamers. “Our network media players add value to any server setup by letting you stream content on to your TV with simple and straightforward-to-use navigation. Pairing our devices with VidaBox’s Drop-n-Rip technology, users now have an entire solution for storing and accessing digital content easily and cheaply.”
“VidaBox servers add a really exciting dimension for seamless Blu-ray & DVD movie archival and playback,” says David Yahng of DVICO, Inc., manufacturer of the TViX line of media players. “VidaBox home servers allow the TViX to give the very best quality playback demanded by movie enthusiasts. Movies stored at the VidaBox is also browsed by cover art for fast playback on any attached TV without the inconvenience of complicated procedures of digitizing their content using a computer.”
“The Drop-n-Rip technology on VidaBox servers can greatly simplify the tip user experience for any family,” states P.J. Julien, a technical enthusiast and hobbyist using XBMC with VidaBox. “Non-technically inclined people or maybe children can now archive new movies and music by simply dropping a disc right into a VidaBox server – the recent content then comes up automatically on my XBMC interface after it has been archived.”
“I’ve used the VidaBox RackServerV2 inclusive of Control4 and HDI Dune Players,” explains Steven In need of MediaScape AV, “Since its installation, it has been working flawlessly! The Drop-n-Rip feature is a dream, and perfectly integrates together to give an entire playback solution for my clients.”
Metadata support for third-party players is out there now on all new systems, and will be added onto existing systems as an optional upgrade. For more details and specifications at the Drop-n-Rip Technology from VidaBox, their media centers, extenders, and other VidaBox digital entertainment and control solutions, please visit the corporate website at vidabox.com, call +1-516-730-7500, or visit them on the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) show in stand 9B111.
Additional information about VidaBox is out there at www.vidabox.com.
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