Mvix Ultio MX-800 HD UPnP Media Player unveiled

Posted on Thursday, June 25 2009 @ 11:30 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Mvix announced the Ultio MX-800 HD UPnP Media Player, a HDD based set-top media player with support for many 1080p HD video formats. Full specs can be read over here.
Mvix Ultio (MX-800HD) 1080p Media Center, a new generation of media center, brings your digital entertainment to your living room. A Hard-Disk based set-top media player capable of HD playback with video output as high as 1080p, it delivers spectacular picture quality of HD video and crystal clear sound clarity of digital audio.

Ultio is internet-ready and pre-equipped with a network port (and an optional Wireless-N capability). It sports a samba server and a UPnP implementation, allowing seamless integration with services like PlayOn® or Tversity® (for streaming video content from Netflix®, Hulu®, CBS®, Youtube®, CNN®, ESPN® and much more).

Ultio’s high-end video processing not only plays Blu-Ray quality video, it allows to store entire Hi-Definition media on its internal hard drive, plug it into a TV via a HDMI and enjoy movies, digital music and family photos on large LCD or Plasma. The flexibility and scalability of Ultio makes it one of the most versatile player in the market today. Ultio supports most 1080p HD video codecs, and formats such as H.264, MKV, Dixv HD®, MOV, VC-1, FLV, etc. Capable of playing unique formats such as AVC-HD (normally used in camcorder footage) or FLAC (the popular, uncompressed audio, craved by audiophiles).


Highlights:
1) Supports MKV, H.264 playback along with Real Media Video video and FLAC formats.
2) Supports UPnP and Samba - Seamless streaming from PLAYON installation (on PC). Ability to access password protected network shares from NAS, Servers, PCs etc.
3) Supports upto 1.5TB SATA HDD - Plug and Play - formatting and partitioning performed by the player itself. No need for formatting HDD externally.
4) 2 x USB2.0 Slave - for extending storage capacity, adding media cards, USB drives etc.
5) Embedded Bit-torrent client, Samba Server and Client.


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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.



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