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S1Digital intros P500 Media Center

Posted in Media Center by Conner Flynn on February 5th, 2009

S1Digital intros P500 Media CenterS1Digital has announced it’s latest media center, the P500, and this one features up to four CableCARD tuners plus a QAM/ATSC tuner. There’s also support for internal RAID5 storage, HDMI/DVI and 7.1-channel audio output.

Intel’s latest Core 2 Duo processors are running everything. If you opt for the S800 and P600 you’ll enjoy high definition movies on the standard Blu-ray drives. The new media centers get along with Crestron, AMX, RTI, HAI and PC based-touchscreens over IP or RS-232.

Okoro debuts “low profile” home theater PC

Posted in Media Center by Nino Marchetti on October 6th, 2008

Okoro OMS-SX100

Specialty consumer electronics company Okoro Media Systems has unveiled a new Windows Vista media device designed for the home entertainment room. It is called the OMS-SX100 and you’ll find it pricing around $1,700.

The OMS-SX100 is described as an “Ultra Low Profile” digital entertainment system powered by the AMD Athlon X2 platform. It supports Blu-ray, when working with a Blu-ray drive, to make it Blu-ray profile 2.0 compliant and also capable of decoding 5.1 Dolby Digital and DTS along with 7.1 Dolby TrueHD and DTS Master Audio formats.