The newest Sigma Designs 8642/8643 media processor: enjoy excellent playback and performance of interactive features
HDD player: connect an HDD to the player and play content directly from the HDD
Network player: connect the player to a local network and play content directly from PC or NAS (UPnP, SMB, NFS)
MKV player: play HD and SD video in a popular MKV format and other modern video file formats, including top quality HD video with very high bitrate
RealD: watch 3D video in this ultra modern format used in cinema for the latest movies
HD audio: enjoy top-quality audio tracks (Dolby True HD, DTS HD Master Audio, LPCM, FLAC)
3 USB ports: conveniently connect HDDs, USB flash drives, USB card readers and other USB storage devices
eSATA port: connect an HDD via the most efficient eSATA interface
HDD rack with hot swap function: easily and quickly insert and exchange internal 3.5" SATA HDD
USB slave port: easily and quickly transfer files between the HDD in the player and a PC
SD card slot: easily play media files on SD memory cards from your camera or other devices, or use an SD memory card as a local or system storage (required for BD Live function)
HDMI 1.3: ensure the best possible quality of HD video and HD audio
A rich set of standard A/V connectors: use S/PDIF optical audio, stereo audio, component video, composite video outputs to easily connect any A/V equipment
Flexible support for Dolby True HD and DTS HD Master Audio: output as bitstream (up to 7.1 channels) or decode to LPCM (up to 7.1 channels) for flexibility when connecting audio equipment
Video output flexibility: output video in any resolution and format (from SD to 1080p, 24p/PAL/NTSC)
Upscaling: high quality upscaling of DVD and any other SD video content to Full HD (1080p) or other HD resolution
Flash memory: 128 MB, expandable with a HDD partition, USB flash drive, or SD card (2GB recommended)
Media sources: internal HDD (SATA 3.5�), external HDD (USB, eSATA), external optical drive (USB, eSATA), USB devices (USB flash drive, USB card reader, etc), built-in SD card reader (SD/SDHC), PC and NAS in local network (SMB, NFS, UPnP, HTTP), other Internet and local network media sources (HTTP, multicast UDP/RTP)
Video codecs: MPEG2, MPEG4, XVID, WMV9, VC1, H.264; support for very high bitrate video (up to 50 MBit/s and higher)
Optical disc formats: data discs (CD/DVD/BD) (MP3, JPEG, etc), Audio CD (PCM/DTS), DVD-Video (retail and user-authored discs), Blu-ray (retail and user-authored discs)
Blu-ray playback: Blu-ray menu, BD-J, BonusView, BD-Live � for both Blu-ray discs (retail and user-authored) and full Blu-ray structures (Blu-ray-ISO, BDMV) played from HDD and network
Video output modes: wide range of supported output resolutions (up to 1080p) and framerates (including 23.976p, 24p, PAL, NTSC)
Video output framerate: automatic (according to the played content) and manual
Audio codecs: AC3 (Dolby Digital), DTS, MPEG, AAC, LPCM, WMA, WMAPro, EAC3 (Dolby Digital Plus), Dolby True HD, DTS HD High Resolution Audio, DTS HD Master Audio, FLAC, multichannel FLAC, Ogg/Vorbis; support for very high quality audio (up to 192 kHz / 24-bit)
HD audio support: pass-through (up to 7.1 channels) and decoding (up to 7.1 channels) of Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD MA audiotracks (Blu-ray, TS, MKV), pass-through (up to 7.1 channels) of multichannel LPCM audiotracks (Blu-ray, TS, MKV), decoding (up to 7.1 channels) of FLAC audiotracks (MKV, external)
WiFi: optional 802.11n WiFi (via an external USB WiFi stick, not included, D-Link DWA-140 recommended)
Dune Network Playback Accelerator: special optimizations ensuring best-in-class network playback performance for the Sigma Designs 864x platform and enabling smooth playback of any supported kind of media content via any network protocol (including NFS and SMB) even in 100 Mbit/s Ethernet networks
Dimensions
* Player itself without legs: 142 mm (width) x 276 mm (depth) x 56 mm (height)
* Player itself with legs: 142 mm (width) x 276 mm (depth) x 65 mm (height)