Friday, October 14, 2005
Niveus Media Unveils the Niveus Disc Changer
Posted by Jason Dunn in "HARDWARE" @ 10:16 AM
"Niveus Media, Inc., manufacturer of media entertainment devices for the high-end audio/video market, is excited to announce its newest digital home solution, the Niveus Disc Changer. With support for over a thousand DVD discs, the Niveus Disc Changer paired with an award-winning Niveus Media Center running Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 with Update Rollup 2, enables the “My DVDs” feature within the Windows Media Center interface. The “My DVDs” feature provides an on-screen movie poster guide for each of the movies stored on the device, allowing users to access their DVD collection through the same familiar interface used to access the rest of their digital media. Users simply click the poster of the movie they choose to view, and the Niveus Disc Changer delivers the content to the Niveus Media Center. Each Niveus Disc Changer can support 200 discs and can be coupled with additional changers to support a DVD library well beyond a thousand discs."
Very cool - it's not as sexy as ripping and storing the DVDs digitally, but it's legal in the US because it doesn't break the DeCSS encryption. And based on how unreliable all the DVD ripping programs I've tried are, this is a method that will actually work. No mention of cost though, which could be a deal-breaker for many people.
Very cool - it's not as sexy as ripping and storing the DVDs digitally, but it's legal in the US because it doesn't break the DeCSS encryption. And based on how unreliable all the DVD ripping programs I've tried are, this is a method that will actually work. No mention of cost though, which could be a deal-breaker for many people.
