http://velocitymicro.com/fuzebox/
"Velocity Micro introduces the Velocity FuzeBox, the world's first whole home media
experience. Take control of your entire media collection-movies, video, music, and pictures-like
never before with the FuzeBox intuitive user interface. Then distribute content throughout your
home to turn your entire house into a virtual media hub...Catalogue, store, and organize your
entire library of movies, TV, music, and pictures on the FuzeBox's massive hard drive. Then
access them quickly and easily using the revolutionary and intuitive FuzeBox interface for an
immersive entertainment experience."
Velocity Micro has released something new here, and I'm trying to wrap my brain around exactly
what it is. In the demo
video, I see Windows Media Center, but elsewhere the UI looks quite different - it looks like
it's Windows Vista Home Premium-based system where the Media Center UI is front and centre, with
some custom software bits thrown in. It's got built-in cable-card support (two in the FUZEbox,
four in the FUZEbox Pro), so you can get HD goodness captured to the hard drive. The FAQ has lots of good info - like the
fact that this system will not rip DVDs for you, but if it detects an unencrypted movie format on
the hard drive, it will pull down cover art and DVD info on it. So there's no breaking the DMCA
here - move along RIAA agents. The pricing seems fairly reasonable - it starts at $1995 USD, and
that's with 4 GB of RAM, an unspecified Intel Core 2 Duo CPU, and 750 GB of storage space. For
$249 more you can jump up to two 1 TB hard drives - nice!
If my local cable company (Shaw) offered cable card support, I might be all over this...but as it
stands now, I can only hope that someday I'll be able to indulge in the HD TV goodness (my
sucktastic Motorola HD PVR doesn't really count because it's a closed system). The full press
release is after the break.
Velocity Micro Announces the Release of the CineMagix FuzeBox
Revolutionary home media server is industry's first total whole home theater convergence device
Richmond, VA - October 8, 2008 - Velocity Micro, the premier independent builder of custom, high
performance computers, notebooks, and home theater systems announces the immediate release of an
innovative new closed-box home media server solution, the CineMagix FuzeBox Home Media Server.
Utilizing an innovative interface and Velocity Micro's trademarked expert engineering, the
FuzeBox manages, stores, and distributes pictures, music, and video throughout an entire home,
making it the first and only whole home media experience on the market.
"For years, consumers have been struggling to find a home theater solution that will simply and
efficiently help them manage their digital lives," said Randy Copeland, President and CEO of
Velocity Micro. "The FuzeBox, with its simple interface and dynamic features, provides exactly
what that consumer is looking for-a whole home media experience in one system."
Velocity Micro paired with Fuze Media Systems to create and develop the innovative interface and
perfect the meticulous build of the FuzeBox. As a result, the FuzeBox is a home media server
device so simple and stable, literally anyone can use and enjoy it. Key features include:
• Digital Cablecard support for watching and recording digital content without a cable box
or DVR;
• Multiple audio zones for playing different music selections in various zones throughout a
home using either a wireless or wired network;
• The capability to back up and distribute DVDs and Blu-Rays to various video zones
• Whole home storage server capability for music, photos, video, and data;
• Tremendous redundant storage capacity of up to two terabytes means space for over 300
movies and 8000 songs;
• Multiple control options for remote management of all media server aspects including
playing and controlling music and video from anywhere on the network;
• Simple installation by end users or media professionals;
• Locked graphical user interface that can't be broken by casual users.
The CineMagix FuzeBox will be configurable from $1,995, directly from Velocity Micro.
VisitVelocityMicro.com/FuzeBox for more details.
About Velocity Micro, Inc.
Velocity Micro, Inc. is the premier high-performance personal computer provider in North America.
Founded in 1992, Richmond, Va.-based Velocity Micro custom builds award winning gaming, mobile,
multimedia, home office, and small business solutions. Velocity Micro systems are available at
both Best Buy, Circuit City, and Micro Center retail stores nationwide and at
www.circuitcity.com, www.bestbuy.com, and www.microcenter.com. For more information on Velocity
Micro, please visit www.velocitymicro.com or call (800) 303-7866.
Velocity Micro has earned over 45 industry awards, including 11 PC Magazine Editor's Choice
awards. CNET, Maximum PC, Mobile PC, PC World, Computer Gaming World, Computer Shopper, and PC
Gamer editors have all chosen Velocity Micro systems as some of the industry's best-performing,
highest-quality, and most reliable PCs.
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