Aurora Preps Box to Block Hollywood’s Pirates

Aurora CineStreem has taken aim at DVD screener pirates with what the company calls a “Aurora CineStreem Professional Set-Top Box,” a small set-top powered by Sigma Designs SMP8652 with five layers of encryption to prevent pirates ripping the encrypted content – which isn’t stored on a physical disk, but streamed in an encrypted format from a remote server.

HDI Dune Announces Four New Media Players and Home Automation Technology

HDI Dune unveils HDI Dune Pro, Dune HD Max, Dune HD Smart, and Dune HD Lite 53D for North American Market, featuring upgrade options for comprehensive home automation and control. They use the Sigma Designs SMP8642 and SMP8653 media processors and Z-Wave for the home control technology, starting a trend of home control features being included in all kinds of CE equipment.

HDI Dune Blu-ray Player with Home Control Features

HDI Dune announced HDI Dune Pro, the company’s new upscale high-definition media center and the first product to feature HDI Dune Home Technology—a Connected Home Services platform, developed in conjunction with 4Home, that allows home monitoring, media management, and control of all networked cameras, thermostats, lights, etc. from the television.

Avatar 3D Blu-ray Due Dec. 1

“Avatar” is coming to 3D Blu-ray on Dec. 1, but will only be available with the purchase of Panasonic 3D TVs and Blu-ray players. Needless to say, lots of 3D enthusiasts are very unhappy about all the exclusive bundling going on.

SES Astra to Broadcast IFA Highlights in 3DTV

3DTV is set to be one of the major attractions at IFA in Berlin, so SES Astra is broadcasting a daily report from the show in 3D.

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