Dune HD Universal Media Players Now Control4 Certified

Popular Dune HD Max, Duo and Smart Models Finalize Control4 Certification Process with New Driver Available in Q1 2012

AMSTERDAM (Integrated Systems Europe, Booth Number #7M198) – January 31, 2012 – Dune HD, GmbH announced today at ISE 2012 that its award-winning universal digital media players are now Control4 Certified. The Dune HD Max, Duo and Smart series’ of media players passed rigorous interoperability tests in Control4 Labs to ensure they integrate seamlessly with Control4 home automation systems. Control4® is a leading innovator in residential and light commercial automation systems, delivering intelligent control over consumer electronics products, appliances and networking systems. Dune HD will introduce the Control4 driver for its Max, Duo and Smart product lines in Q1 2012.

Dune HD GmbH, one of the worldХs leaders in design and manufacturing of HD-media players as well as devices for IPTV and OTT Operators, introduced a new family of innovative modules for audio and video playback named Dune HD Pro. The devices were first shown at the International CES exhibition in Las Vegas, January 2012. The component based modular entertainment center named Dune HD Pro is positioned to revolutionize the market of high-quality reference standard equipment in the same way Dune HD media players changed user perception of what a modern digital multimedia player should be.

Dune HD GmbH has released a firmware update which brings a lot of improvements and new functions to Dune HD media players based on Sigma Designs 864x, 865x and 867x platforms.

The long-awaited Zappiti application for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, formally presented at the Hifi and Home Cinema 2011 show, has been sent to Apple for approval. In general, the validation takes between three weeks and fifteen days. To make you wait, here are some screenshots of the application for iPad. 

Sigma Designs, the leader in connected media platforms, today announced that the Company’s SMP8670 provided a competitive advantage for one of its key partners by helping Dune HD win the coveted Connected TV of the Year award from ConnectedWorld.TV. The winning product was the Dune HD TV-101 from Dune HD, the European Union and CIS leader in media players. The award was presented at the ConnectedWorld.TV Awards in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Dune HD GmbH announced that the Dune HD Max Universal Digital Media Player is the first commercial Blu-ray player to integrate THX Media Director™ technology. THX’s unique technology transforms movies, music and other digital media into “smart content” that enables A/V components to auto-select the most appropriate audio and video playback settings, preserving the content creator’s artistic intent.

The Dune HD GmbH company, being one of the world leaders in designing and manufacturing media players, is proud to present new unique hybrid media players of Dune HD TV line. These devices are the first on the market to combine the features of a fully-functional media player which supports all popular audio and video formats, and a set-top-box for watching IPTV, Internet TV, VoD (Video on Demand).

Dune HD GmbH has released a new "stable" firmware update. The firmware update has version number 110606_1315. This update provides a lot of new functions and improvements implemented in previous beta versions to all users of Dune HD media players.

Dune HD GmbH has released a firmware update which brings a lot of improvements and new functions to all models of Dune HD media players. The firmware update has version number 110511_2007_beta and beta status.

Dune HD GmbH has released a new "stable" firmware update. The firmware update has version number 110225_1222. This update provides a lot of new functions and improvements implemented in previous beta versions to all users of Dune HD media players.

Dune HD GmbH has released a firmware update which brings a lot of improvements and new functions to all models of Dune HD media players. The firmware update has version number 110127_2105_beta and beta status.

The Dune HD GmbH company has reported about the Dune Remote application update. In the new version numbered 1.3 the native iPad support has been added and several bugs were fixed.

The Dune HD GmbH company has reported about the first application which allows to fully control Dune HD players with Apple mobile devices such as iPhone and iPad. This application named Dune Remote has been developed by the Ukrainian company UkrHD and is available for downloading at Apple Store. And, remarkably, it is absolutely free.

Dune HD GmbH has released a firmware update for all generations of Dune media players: Dune HD Ultra, Dune HD Mini, Dune BD Prime, Dune HD Center, Dune HD Base, Dune HD Base 2.0, Dune BD Prime 3.0, Dune HD Base 3.0, and also for the newest model Dune HD Max.

The firmware update has version number 100916_2027_beta and beta status.

In order to satisfy the demands of quality media player fans, Dune HD GmbH announced the release of its new budget series the Dune HD Lite. The first model introducing this range is the Dune HD Lite 53D.

The Dune HD GmbH HD Lite 53D is a universal media player just like any other Dune player, it supports standard and high-definition video playback all the way up to Full HD (1080p), it can also be used as a dedicated console for viewing digital television. The device itself is compact and aesthetically pleasing.

Dune HD GmbH would like to announce its new strategy of hardware upgrade of all the products manufactured in Taiwan. We would like to inform our users that for all the new models of our players including Dune HD Max Dune HD Smart B1 / H1 / D1, in the future they will be able to upgrade the main boards of these players in any of our authorized service centers (distributor place in corresp. country) with changing the current main board on 8642 chip to the board with 8646 chip. Of course, all the advantages of 8646 architecture will be available to our users this way: including 1Gbit Ethernet and faster Blu-ray discs and images loading because of the 800MHz speed of those new chips.

Dune HD GmbH is proud to present the new top of the line media center Dune HD Max. This device does not replace any of the existing models currently on the market, but it becomes an addition to the existing product line of our company. The new model has also been given a new home. As of Autumn 2010 our company shifted production facilities to Taiwan, a country well known for its "Japanese" approach to the manufacture of electronics. The new model is also coming with a two-year manufacturer's guarantee.

Dune HD GmbH is proud to announce a whole new series of devices called the Dune HD Smart. These new models will be manufactured in Taiwan. All of them will come with a two-year manufacturer’s guarantee. The company’s new product series introduces a revolutionary concept of creating a home theatre system hub. This is the first media-platform on the market to adopt a modular approach, which allows the features of the base module (media-player) to be augmented simply by adding extension modules.

A new beta firmware version (100706_1032_beta) for Dune players with a lot of new functions and possibilities has been released.

Dune HD GmbH has achieved an agreement with Tuxera Inc. on licensing its commercial NTFS filesystem driver for Sigma Designs 864x platform.

The Tuxera's commercial NTFS filesystem driver provides a possibility to write to NTFS-formatted storages and has an excellent performance for both read and write operations.

A new stable firmware version (100413_1555) has been released for all Dune player models - both the current models (Dune BD Prime 3.0, Dune HD Base 3.0), and all previous models (Dune HD Base 2.0, Dune HD Base, Dune HD Center, Dune BD Prime, Dune HD Mini, Dune HD Ultra).

During the recent ceremony of the "Product of the Year" award, which took place in the scope of the Moscow exhibition "Technoshow 2010", the multimedia player Dune HD Base 3.0 was called the best network media player by the oppinion of the most authoritative russian magazines devoted to audio and video technics. The jury included such grands as Salon Audio&Video, Audiomagazine, DVD Expert, Total DVD, Consumer Video&Audio, Hi-Fi.ru, T3 and Stuff.

A new beta firmware version (100307_2100_beta) has been released for all Dune player models - both the current models (Dune BD Prime 3.0, Dune HD Base 3.0), and all previous models (Dune HD Base 2.0, Dune HD Base, Dune HD Center, Dune BD Prime, Dune HD Mini, Dune HD Ultra). This version is an intermediate version on the way to a "stable" version (which may be released based on this version, if no criticial problems and regressions in comparison with previous versions are found).

A new beta firmware version (091229_1411_beta) has been released for all Dune player models - both the current models (Dune BD Prime 3.0, Dune HD Base 3.0), and all previous models (Dune HD Base 2.0, Dune HD Base 1.0, Dune HD Center, Dune BD Prime, Dune HD Mini, Dune HD Ultra). This version is an intermediate version on the way to a "stable" version (which may be released based on this version, if no criticial problems and regressions in comparison with previous versions are found).

A new beta firmware version (091211_1311_beta) has been released for all Dune player models - both the current models (Dune BD Prime 3.0, Dune HD Base 3.0), and all previous models (Dune HD Base 2.0, Dune HD Base 1.0, Dune HD Center, Dune BD Prime, Dune HD Mini, Dune HD Ultra).

Dune HD GmbH company will show its new versions of hybrid Blu-ray/HD media players during the 2 major exhibitions of Autumn 2009: IFA 2009 (September 4-9, Berlin, Germany. Hall 7.2a, booth 108), and CEDIA Expo 2009 (September 10-13, Atlanta, USA. Hall B, booth 5751).

The new products are named Dune BD Prime 3.0 and Dune HD Base 3.0.