COMPUTEX Taipei, 22nd September 2003 – Hall 3 Booth G300 (VIA Technologies stand)


Hush Technologies, in conjunction with ANDI GmbH (http://www.archimedis.tv), have launched a full, feature-rich MediaServer based on the recently launched Hush ATX product chassis. Providing the silence, the power and the good looks, combined with the robust software and remote control capabilities you can now enjoy hours of digital home entertainment from your armchair.


Features

• Fully remote controlled by infrared device
• PopUp Menu Structure, easy to use user-interface
• Multi lingual – speaks your native language
• Records your favourite TV programs, supports time-shifting viewing
• Media Archive of CD/DVD/TV recordings/Still Images all ready to be shared on your intranet via in-built windows networking support (size of archives depends on hard disk size and quality of recording format)
• EPG – One button scheduled recording
• Small EPG info of actual and next program
• Multi-Tasking capabilities such as view TV program, record it and copy DVD in the background simultaneously
• DVD –RW, DVD RAM, CD –RW functionality, writes multiple formats e.g. CD AUDIO, MPEG4, MP3, DVD –RW and DVD RAM
• Digital SPDIF Audio output or Stereo Analogue output
• Power Save Scheduled Recording (i.e. wake up before recording and shut down after)
• Internet Browser / Office and E-Mail build in
• Multi e-mail account support for all family members
• SAT, CABLE and TERRA digital DVB card configuration or Analogue TV Tuner
• PAY TV common Interface optional
• Word wide Satellite support, recognizes 154 satellites automatically, auto scan
• Internet TV and Internet Radio for the global media reception (internet connection required)
• Internet Update with dynamic upgrade option
• Security features include European and Worldwide copy protection standards
• Displays to TV sets, Plasma, TFT, LCD and projector Screens
• Output: FBAS, S-Video, Scart, DVI in various resolutions
• Support of 4:3 and 16:9 display Formats
• FireWire support for DigiCAM recording on the fly (motion and sound)
• USB 2.0 support for DigiPhotoCamera, stores your images on the fly
• USB 2.0 support for MP3 mobile devices, download your play list from the Media Archive
• Firewire Hard disk extension, double or triple your storage capacity on the fly. Plug in and you are done, no driver installation hassle.
• Windows viewer for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Acrobat files.
• Linux-based robust and reliable customised operating system
• EASY Setup configuration

For a product brochure (pictures are not of the Hush solution), please download from http://www.hushtechnologies.com/archimedis.pdf.


Specification and Options

Hush ATX, 1.7Ghz Celeron-based solution based on VIA P4M266A chipset. Variable digital/analogue TV cards, memory, optical drives, hard disk drives.

Hush ATX MediaServer. The centre of digital home entertainment.

Pricing and Availability

Pricing : base configuration from approximately €1699 + VAT
Availability : End of October 2003

About Hush Technologies

Hush Technologies is a bespoke manufacturer of precision engineered PCs and cooling systems that work with people, not against them. Ergonomics, stability and silence are our watchwords and our focus is on case design, cooling systems and consultancy. Hush Technologies services industries and individuals where stability and silence are a priority, including the medical, media, domestic, architectural and creative arenas.

The word in today’s market place is ‘choice’ and bespoke solutions are the way forward. Hush Technologies provides the answer by managing the customer-supplier relationship from the early days of consultation, through the design, manufacture and customization stages to the creation of the end product.