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- Support for online premium content:
- NEW! Support for Windows Media 9 DRM protected content purchased on the Internet.
- RealRhapsody® subscribers can automatically import Real Network's Rhapsody content - more than 770,000 songs available.
- Enjoy Internet SHOUTcast™ radio on your home audio system.
- (Online content requires a broadband Internet connection.)
- NEW! HD Video Support: Enjoy PC-based HD video content on your HD flat screen or TV.
- NEW! HD Photo support: Share and watch digital photos with family
and friends, including HD quality from large mega-pixel cameras,.
- NEW! - USB port on front panel for viewing photos, music or movies
stored on external devices such as digital cameras or hard drives.
- Integrated 802.11g wireless or Ethernet connectivity. New Wi-Fi® installation wizard.
- UNIQUE! Remote PVR functionality using the PC's PCTV tuner product (PCTV product not included)
- UNIQUE! Comprehensive media management on the PC automatically catalogs your media by category, allows for custom playlists. It also lets you directly burn playlists and slideshows to CD or DVD.
- Listen to music without turning on the television. Assign radio stations
or playlists to individual buttons on the ShowCenter remote.
Technical Specifications
Supported File Formats
Music: MP3, MPEG-1 layer 2 (MPA), PCM WAV, WMA.
Incompatible audio files (such as WMA lossless, WMA Pro) will be converted to
MP3 at 192 kbit/s
Video: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-2 VOB, MPEG-4 AVI, Xvid, WMV9
HD Video; WM9 HD up to 1080i, WM9 HD up to 1080i with DRM, MPEG-2
HD up to 720p, MPEG-4 HD AVI up to 720p
Incompatible video files (such as DV) will be converted to a ShowCenter compatible
format as set by the user.
Images: JPEG, BMP, PNG and GIF
All "portrait"-oriented image files are rotated by 90° as defined
in the ShowCenter 200 database. The pictures are optimized on the fly for
TV screen display and stored as a copy in JPEG format, preserving the original
image file. A software color correction and flicker filter is selectable from
the ShowCenter 200 player.
Hardware
Inputs and outputs:
ShowCenter 200 provides outputs equivalent to a premium-quality DVD player,
thus ensuring optimum video and audio quality.
- SCART 21-pin connector (Europe-only, also known as Peritel connector or Euroconnector) with composite, Y/C, RGB, stereo audio
- Component video output (YPbPr, 3 x RCA)
- Composite video output (1 x RCA)
- Y/C ("S-Video") video output (1 x Hosiden)
- Stereo audio outputs ("Line-Out" - 2 x RCA)
- Additional stereo audio output (for separate connection to audio system - 2 x RCA)
- Digital audio outputs, both optical (1 x Toslink) and electrical (S/PDIF 1 x RCA)
Further inputs and outputs:
- Ethernet 100BASE-T (1 x RJ-45) with associated connection/data LEDs
- Integrated Wi-Fi 802.11g, interface with built-in antenna
- Power cable connector
- IR receiver
- NEW! USB Connector on front panel
Switches, indicators:
- Power button on front panel
- LED for standby or power on mode
- LED on front of ShowCenter which signals that a newly imported media file is ready for playback
System Requirements
Minimum System Requirements:
- Intel® Pentium® III. 1.0 GHz or equivalent AMD® Athlon® CPU or Celeron®/Duron 1.2 GHz
- 256 MB RAM
- EIDE hard disk with minimum 10 GB free space
- DirectX® 8 or higher compatible graphics controllers
- DirectX 9 or higher compatible sound controller
- CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
- 802.11b/g for wireless connection or 10/100BASE-T for wired Ethernet connection
- Mouse
- Windows® XP Professional or Home edition, or Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 or higher
Recommended System Requirements:
- Intel Pentium 4, 1.8 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 1800
- 512 MB RAM
- UDMA hard drive with 80 GB or more disk space
- DirectX 9 (or higher) compatible graphic card and soundcard
- CD or DVD-Recorder
- 802.11g for wireless connection or 100BASE-T for wired Ethernet connection
- Mouse
- Windows XP Professional or Home edition