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Mvix updates Ultio media player – Ultio Pro can now record with DVR

mvix ultio pro mx-880hdMvixUSA has updated their flagship media center product, the Ultio, to now include DVR (digital video recording) capabilities. The Ultio Pro plays back Blu-ray quality 1080p hi-def video, photos, and music on your high-def TV via HDMI and stores it all on its internal hard drive which you can get as large as 2TB.

And now, the Pro can record video on the fly from your cable/satellite TV, your camcorder or from DVDs, instead of acting just as a repository. The Ultio Pro is a virtual Swiss Army knife of video, image and audio formats including: mp4, avi, iso, asf, wmv, flv, mkv, rm, ts, mpg, vob, mp3, wma, aac, ogg, flac, jpg, bmp and gif. To see the full list, download the Formats PDF from MvixUSA.

And of course, the Ultio Pro plays back media from your network and the Internet, including from your computer and from services liks Netflix, Hulu, YouTube and more.

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Price: $169 without hard drive; $384 with 2TB drive. (You can buy the barebones version and insert whatever sized drive you’d like.)
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)

CES 2010: Monsoon’s Volcano Box is Audio-Video Swiss Army Knife – DVR, Placeshifter, Internet TV and More

HAVA maker, Monsoon Multimedia, is still in the gadget game and in particular, the multimedia multi-function types located right at the heart of your AV rig. At CES, they announced and demoed their latest device, the Volcano, which does a slew of things. Sling should be prying this open soon with a microscope close behind.

monsoon multimedia volcano box

The sleek-looking Volcano is an HD device that placeshifts (a la the Slingbox) your live TV or other prerecorded video over the Internet, a DVR, Internet TV (YouTube and CinemaNow for now, but think Boxee and Netflix in future), Apps like Facebook and Twitter, can act as a home media streamer, and can pull videos for export to external media.

Retrofit any Video Camera With This Motion Activated DVR Security Recorder

If you’ve already started on the road to securing your home and business with video cameras, great. But if they’re just real-time cameras, then you’re missing out on the valuable addition of digital recording via an attached DVR.

Well don’t worry. You can snag yourself a DVR that can be used with any camera. It also goes one step better and only records when it sense motion. That’s right – it’s a motion activated security recorder.

The DVR-9122 from KJB Security records at a max resolution of 704×480 @ 24 fps and stores the video on an SD card. It can also overlay time and date stamp on the video and you can schedule when it should record.

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Price: $222.99
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Moxi Mate – multi-room add-on for Moxi DVR

Digeo (now owned by Arris) recently released a new addition to their product line, the Moxi Mate, which solves the multi-room problem, as in how do you get the content on your main Moxi DVR to a TV in another room.

The Moxi Mate has a large subset of the features of a regular Moxi DVR, such as HDMI, HD component output, USB 2.0 ports, a 10/100 Mbps Ethernet port, a remote control and even an eSATA port. Of course, you also get the award-winning Moxi graphical interface and software.

Remember Moxi is not just a DVR, but also gives you access to Web-based content like Netflix, Hulu and YouTube; access to multimedia on your computer; and other up to date content from the Net like news, sports, weather and other info.

The Moxi Mate is a bit pricey for just an add-on, and Digeo should really sell a bundle of a DVR + Mate for a much reduced price. Other than that, the Mate is really what you need to complete your Moxi DVR.

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More info from the manufacturer
Price: $399.99
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Have DVRs succeeded?

Have DVRs not brought the revolution they promised 10 years ago? So argues the Economist, saying that they have not undermined television, but instead done the opposite. I disagree. While television advertising hasn’t collapsed as many experts thought it would in the face of TiVos and other DVRs, being able to easily pause, rewind & fast forward through ‘live’ TV (not to mention act as a VCR) has revolutionized television-watching.

Now the Economist does make a good point which I do agree with, which is that TV now faces a new potential threat in the form of online video sites such as Hulu and the like. However, if TV does get done in, it’ll be by their own hands, as Hulu and other network run sites have been consciously set up by the networks and studios. But I don’t think that will happen. This is a good move by the industry as they realize there’s a growing online audience that isn’t about to migrate back to the living room sofa any time soon.

Digeo rolls out a slew of new features for its Moxi HD DVR

Digeo has rolled out a slew of new features for its Moxi HD DVR. If you have a Moxi DVR, then you can get these new services via a software firmware upgrade for free.

If you don’t have a Moxi, then you’ll want to consider getting one, as here are some of the new features:

#CES09: Dish 922 HD DVR with SlingBox embedded

Excellent – this is what we want to see – more convergence of media devices. Following the purchase of Sling Media by EchoStar, the 2 have worked together to come up with a Dish Networks receiver that essentially embeds a Slingbox. They’re calling it a SlingLoaded player, but the bottom line is that you now get place-shifting built into your DVR and Satellite TV receiver. Nice.

The 922 is a sleek looking box with a 1 TB drive for up to 1000 hours of storage (in SD), can support 1080p, 1080i, 720p, 480i, and 480p formats, and has a new touchpad remote control that has half as many buttons as a standard remote control, and that can function as a universal remote. Of course, it includes all of the SlingBox features and be controlled via the Web using SlingGuide.

Digeo’s latest Moxi DVR is HD

moxi-hd-dvr Digeo isn’t done yet. Their latest Moxi DVR does HD. But for $800, it’s gotta do more than that, much, much more. It has a 500GB hard drive that holds about 75 hours of HD content. The interface is award winning and Moxi is really meant to be more of a media center.

You can access content from your PC as well as from the Web, stream music and video to your TV, access an online TV and movie guide, even play games.

It has 2 HD tuners and you can also hook in additional hard drives for even more storage.

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Price: $799.99
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)

TiVo HD XL DVR – 150 hours of HD recording

TiVo has a new HD DVR box – the HD XL that boasts a capacity of 150 hours (about 1 terabyte (TB)) of High Def recording. The HD XL also sports a tri-tuner that lets you record 2 HD channels while watching a 3rd live.

As far as HD support goes, the XL supports 480i, 480p, 720p, and 1080i, as well as native and hybrid modes, and of course HDMI out.

And since you’ll need a TiVo subscription to get the channel guide info, you will get features such as being able to control your TiVo from anywhere on the Net, transfer shows between TiVos on your home network, save shows on your computer, iPod or even your PSP.

This just scratches the surface of the feature set, so be sure to check out the full list.

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Price: $599.99
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)

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