Dune HD Base 3.0 is the most affordable solution for Full HD (1080p) video playback based on Sigma Designs 864x platform with internal HDD. Includes a comprehensive set of connectors: three USB 2.0 ports (one front, two back), eSATA port, Ethernet 100/1000(*) Mbit/s, HDMI 1.3, S/PDIF (optical and coaxial), 7.1 analog audio, 2.0 analog audio, component video, composite video.

Main features:

• SATA HDD compartment for fast and easy HDD exchange
• Playback of full Blu-ray structures from HDD and network (with Blu-ray menu, BD-J, BonusView, BD-Live)
• Playback of video, music, photos from any media source (HDD, PC, NAS, etc)
• Optical disc formats (when using an external optical drive): data discs (CD/DVD/BD) (MP3, JPEG, etc), Audio CD (PCM/DTS), DVD-Video (retail and user-authored discs), Blu-ray (user-authored discs)
• Support for modern video file formats (MKV, H.264, VC1, etc) with very high bitrate (up to 50 Mbit/s and higher)
• 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) in both 100 Mbit/s and 1000 Mbit/s networks.
• Dimensions: 430 mm (width) x 260 mm (depth) x 50 mm (height)

Specification:

• Processor: Sigma Designs 864x
• Memory: RAM 512 MB, system Flash: 128 MB, expandable with a HDD partition or USB flash drive (2GB recommended)
• Media sources: internal HDD (SATA 3.5"), external HDD (eSATA, USB), external optical drive (eSATA, USB), USB devices (USB flash drive, USB card reader, etc), PC and NAS in local network (SMB, NFS, UPnP, HTTP)
• Video codecs: MPEG2, MPEG4, XVID, WMV9, VC1, H.264
• Video file formats: MKV, MPEG-TS, MPEG-PS, M2TS, VOB, AVI, MOV, MP4, QT, ASF, WMV, Blu-Ray-ISO, BDMV, DVD-ISO, VIDEO_TS
• Video output modes: wide range of supported modes and resolutions, including 23.976p, 24p, PAL, NTSC
• 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
• Audio file formats: MP3, MPA, M4A, WMA, FLAC, WAV, DTS-WAV, DTS, AC3, AAC
• Pass-through and decoding of HD audio formats, including Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD Master Audio
• Picture file formats: JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF
• Subtitle formats: SRT, SUB, text/SSA/ASS (MKV), VobSub (MP4), PGS (full Blu-ray mode)
• Playlist file formats: M3U, PLS
• Filesystems: FAT16/FAT32 (read-write), EXT2/EXT3 (read-write), NTFS (readonly)

Other features:

• Upscaling: high-quality upscaling and deinterlacing of DVD and other SD content to HD resolution (up to 1080p)
• Access to network: browser of network shares (SMB, UPnP), user-defined shortcuts to network shares (SMB, NFS), links to HTTP media streams
• NAS function: SMB and FTP access from network to the player's attached storage devices
• IPTV: direct playback and recording of multicast IPTV streams (raw-UDP and RTP-over-UDP, SD and HD)
• Internet radio: HTTP/MP3
• Powerful file manager (copy, move, delete, rename, etc), built-in FTP and SMB file server (NAS function)
• Photo viewer: slide-show function, picture transition eff ects, picture rotation
• Playlists: music/photos/video, user-defined and automatically generated playlists, repeat and shuffle
• FullHD-quality, fast, convenient, customizable interface (with covert-art and icon browsing support)
• Future (free f/w upgrade): Flash Lite 3 support
• Future (free f/w upgrade): Netflix support (for the USA market)

Options:

• Wi-Fi 802.11n
• Future option (Q1 2010): RF remote, a part of your future affordable Smart Home system

MSRP:

• USA: 349 USD
• EU, with VAT: 299 EUR

Hi-res pictures

Hi-res Dune HD Base 3.0 pictures


User manual

Dune HD Base 3.0 user manual


Adding new features

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Firmware

Firmware

New features available in the latest beta firmware compared to current release:

• Digital TV modules support
• Web Browser feature
• Flash 3.0 support
• Possibility to record Internet radio stations (HTTP/MP3 and HTTP/AAC)
• Support for watching (and also recording) network/Internet video streams which use HTTP protocol and TS format, with improved buffering approach
• Possibility to sort files in the file browser
• APE playback support
• Support for OGG/Vorbis audio files
• Support for Vorbis audiotracks in MKV files
• Support for external OGG/Vorbis audiotracks
• Support for PGS subtitles in MKV files
• Support for VobSub subtitles in MKV files
• Support for WMA audiotracks in MKV files
• Support for correct playback of specific 120fps MKV files
• Support for external SSA/ASS subtitles (file extensions ".ssa", ".ass")
• Support for playback of TS files with ".mod" and ".tos" extensions
• Support for specific TS files which were previously unsupported (audio-only files, files with certain information missing, etc)
• New zoom preset for file playback: "fill screen"
• Possibility to put link to any folder/file/media resource directly to the main screen
• Support for simplified chinese, traditional chinese, and japanese characters (fonts extended)
• Support for BIG5 and GB2312 encodings (in all places - subtitles, playlists, etc)
• Extended support for VBR MP3 files (added duration detection and seek possibilities)
• Extended the lists of supported encodings for EXT2/EXT3 and NFS (added all encodings supported in other places)
• Other improvements and bugfixes for the main features

Additional information is available on the page http://dune-hd.com/firmware/


(*) 1000 Mbit/s support is experimental since it is not officially supported by Sigma Designs 864x chips;
Note: smooth playback of any supported kind of media content (including BDMV folders and BD ISO images) is ensured via any network protocol (both NFS and SMB) in both 100 Mbit/s and 1000 Mbit/s networks, due to Dune Network Playback Accelerator feature.

Notes:
- Compatibility of the player with a particular equipment (A/V equipment, network equipment, disk drives, etc) may depend on particular equipment model, specifics of equipment installation, specifics of the configuration of the player and equipment, and other factors; compatibility of the player with any equipment is not guaranteed.
- Compatibility of the player with a particular media content (files, discs, etc) may depend on specifics of media content encoding, specifics of the configuration of the player and player-connected equipment, and other factors; compatibility of the player with arbitrary media content is not guaranteed.
- Product images may be imprecise and may have some differences in comparison with the real look of the product.
- Accuracy of the information is not guaranteed; specifications are subject to change w/o notice.