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Tuesday, January 2, 2007
Niveus Media, Inc., an award-winning manufacturer of digital entertainment solutions for the connected home, is one of the first dedicated media center manufacturers to support the HD DVD format and playback of native resolution 1080p (1920 x 1080) movies. The company’s 2007 line of Niveus Media Centers, including the new Summit Series’ Rainier and Pro Series, utilize the Intel® Viiv™ technology platform, and are now shipping.
HD DVD is offered in both of the recently announced additions to the Niveus Media Center line; the Pro Series – n7 & n9, a high performance rack-mount form-factor and the Summit Series – Rainier Edition, a living room form-factor system in a proprietary Niveus aluminum chassis. Both products are designed on the Microsoft Windows XP Media Center platform and include Niveus Glacier Passive Cooling™ and the proprietary Niveus ConvergencePanel™, making for installer-friendly integration.
“We are delighted that Niveus Media, the leading developer of award winning media servers, has announced the release of a media center solution with HD DVD,” said Scott Maccabe, vice president and general manager, Toshiba America Information Systems, Storage Device Division. “This announcement shows that yet another key industry leader has recognized the advantages offered by HD DVD’s backward compatibility, product feasibility and marketability. We welcome Niveus and look forward to its contributions to a winning format.”
“Niveus Media’s incorporation of a HD DVD player into their Intel® Viiv™ technology-based platform demonstrates how the PC continues to evolve and provide consumers with compelling home entertainment experiences, including breathtaking High Definition video playback and new levels of interactivity through HD DVD,” said Brendan Traw, Intel Fellow & Chief Technology Officer Digital Home Group.
“We see HD DVD as the natural successor to the DVD format, with its superb high-resolution video quality powered by the VC-1 video compression standard, great audio quality and innovative interactivity powered by HDi™. We are very pleased to see Niveus bring together the power of HD DVD and Media Center together in such an attractive way,” said Amir Majidimehr, corporate vice president of the Consumer Media Technology Group at Microsoft Corp.
Niveus Media’s Rainier Edition and Pro Series start at $3,499 and $6,999, respectively, and are available now. At CES 2007, Niveus Media will be demonstrating the media centers’ with HD DVD at the company’s suite at the Venetian; the Rainier will also be on display in Toshiba’s HD DVD trailer, and at the Microsoft and Intel Booths on the show floor.
