Mvix Incorporated, one of the market leaders in technology and products for high definition entertainment, as well as business signage solutions and networked accessible storage devices, has just announced the worldwide launch of the Mvix Ultio Pro, namely a hard disk-based media center that is capable of HD digital content playback, with a video output resolution of 1080p, and personal video recording ability.

Mike Mallon, VP of Business Development at Mvix, stated, “Mvix Ultio Pro is the amalgamation of high definition media playback and recording. We’ve been working on the personal video recording (PVR) technology for some time and we’re happy to combine HD media playback and recording in a single device that should serve as the ultimate solution for home entertainments and business videos. Our aggressive pricing structure with a comprehensive set of features is likely to set highest standards in high definition entertainment.”

The Ultio Pro packs a high-end video processing engine that is not only capable of back playing Blu-ray quality video, but will also allow customers to capture whole Hi-Definition content on the internal hard drive. As for connectivity, the Ultio Pro can be connected via HDMI on large LCD TV, plasmas and other big displays, for enjoying movies, digital music and photos. As for the file formats, the Ultio Pro ensures smooth compliance with virtually all 1080p HD movies and home videos, as well as formats like H.264, MKV, Divx HD, MOV, VC-1 and FLV.

I have mentioned the internal hard drive that you can store entire HD movies on, but failed to give any information on the capacity, and I'm glad I have, as the Ultio is completely scalable, giving users the choice of selecting capacities of up to 2TB, so pricing will start at $169, without a hard drive and reach $348 for the 2TB packed model.


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