HDI Dune Pro Announced
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Posted September 3, 2010 04:55 PM by Juan Calonge
HDI Dune has announced HDI Dune Pro, the company's new upscale high-definition media center and the first product to feature HDI Dune Home Technology, a Connected Home Services platform that allows home monitoring, media management, and control of all networked cameras, thermostats, lights, etc. from the television. HDI Dune Pro is the world's first Blu-ray player to support Connected Home Services. It will be available at the end of October, with an MSRP of 1,990 euros.
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HDI Dune Home technology taps into the value of the home network to allow users to control and manage all connected devices over a unified interface. In the case of HDI Dune Pro, this interface is presented on the television and accessed using the supplied remote control and a simple setup wizard. The following service capabilities are standard:
Monitoring
The HDI Dune Home Monitoring service lets users monitor and manage IP cameras with the capability to stream live video, record it to local and remote storage, manage camera streaming options, share IP cameras and recordings, in addition to basic functionality such as playback, fast forward, tagging, and archiving to a hard drive. This service provides users with home security when they are on vacation, at work, or away.
Control
The HDI Dune Home Control service lets users control lights, appliances, HVAC systems & thermostats, motion detectors, door locks, and a variety of other home devices compatible with supported standards.
Mobile
The HDI Dune Home Mobile user interfaces let users enjoy the full spectrum of Connected Home Services from their smart phone. Alerts and notifications promptly alert users to events in their home and are available on any mobile phone with SMS capability.
Audiophile/Videophile Features
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HDI Dune Home technology taps into the value of the home network to allow users to control and manage all connected devices over a unified interface. In the case of HDI Dune Pro, this interface is presented on the television and accessed using the supplied remote control and a simple setup wizard. The following service capabilities are standard:
Monitoring
The HDI Dune Home Monitoring service lets users monitor and manage IP cameras with the capability to stream live video, record it to local and remote storage, manage camera streaming options, share IP cameras and recordings, in addition to basic functionality such as playback, fast forward, tagging, and archiving to a hard drive. This service provides users with home security when they are on vacation, at work, or away.
Control
The HDI Dune Home Control service lets users control lights, appliances, HVAC systems & thermostats, motion detectors, door locks, and a variety of other home devices compatible with supported standards.
Mobile
The HDI Dune Home Mobile user interfaces let users enjoy the full spectrum of Connected Home Services from their smart phone. Alerts and notifications promptly alert users to events in their home and are available on any mobile phone with SMS capability.
Audiophile/Videophile Features
- High-end toroidal power transformer: ensures a low level of interference in the power supply, for clearer, more transparent-sounding music and more vivid and precise video
- Wolfson WM8741 DAC: high-performance audio supporting 16-32 bit audio and sampling rates up to 192 kHz
- Dedicated balanced and analog outputs: XLR stereo outputs and RCA 7.1 multi-channel outputs
- Balanced AES/EBU digital output: supporting PCM-encoded audio at 48 kHz or CD-audio at 44.1 kHz
- Vibration dampened chassis
- Pure Audio bypass switch
- Sigma Designs 8642 media processor
- Sony Blu-ray deck
- RealD: 3D video support
- HDD, MKV and Network players
- HDMI 1.3
- SD card slot
- Support for: NAS access, BitTorrent, FlashLite, Internet Radio (HTTP/MP3), IPTV (multicast UDP/RTP), Digital TV recording, and Internet browsing