| Digital Deck Ships Its Complete Home Entertainment System |
| Written by News Editor | |
| Tuesday, 23 May 2006 | |
      Digital Deck's Media Connector Software is breakthrough technology that
runs on Windows XP PCs and brings music, live and recorded TV, and
photos into every connected room of a home.
The Software delivers a simple common television interface for accessing digital music, digital pictures and video, and provides many of today's digital video recorder (DVR) features, making them available in each networked room. These include scheduling of recordings, pausing live television, and rewind/fast forward though recorded programs. Digital Deck links easily with a broad range of popular electronic entertainment devices and services, including integration with: -- TiVo® Series2 DVR - Television programs recorded by the Digital Deck onto the PC can be viewed in the TiVo "Now Playing" list and transferred to the TiVo for playback. Programs recorded on the TiVo DVR will be listed for streaming viewing through Digital Deck. TiVo boxes can be set up to be managed and viewed directly on Digital Deck across the network. -- Apple® iTunes® - Customers who use the Windows version of iTunes can use their Media Connector Remote Control to sort and browse the contents of their iTunes library and securely stream the digital music or podcasts to any connected room in the house. The Media Connector Software communicates with the iTunes application directly so playlists are always in sync, podcasts appear automatically, and changes to the iTunes library are immediately updated in the Digital Deck menu throughout the home. -- flickr(TM) - With their Media Connector, users can access their friends' and families' flickr photo libraries through the television. Since the Media Connector Software communicates directly with Yahoo!'s flickr photo service, any changes made via flickr show up on the television screen automatically. -- Windows Media(TM) Player - Digital Deck also works with Microsoft's Windows Media Player 10 (with compatible MPEG-2 decoder) to playback television programs recorded from the Media Connector on a PC. Customers can also use Windows Media Player to sync their recordings to supported portable media players, or can transfer their recordings to a notebook PC for viewing while traveling. Pricing and Ordering The Digital Deck solution includes the Media Connector Software, the Media Connector & Remote Control, and access to the Digital Deck Service (including program guide information and IR codes). The product is available from the Company website now, priced at just $499 retail. To create multi-room solutions, additional Digital Deck Media Connectors (with Remote Control) can be purchased for $299 retail. In addition to selling its products on its Web site, Digital Deck will sell the Digital Deck Media Connector through a broad range of retail outlets in early summer. For more information or to buy the Digital Deck Media Connector, please visit the company's Web site at www.digitaldeck.com |
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