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Blue Maple Networks Media Servers Features
All Blue Maple Networks media servers come standard with all the features listed below. For detailed specifications for each model, see each server's page: BMN-2 | BMN-1
Style and Design
| Design |
Sleek industrial design in black or silver aluminum, designed for prominent display in your entertainment center or rack system |
| Materials |
All aluminum, with brushed finish. Complements modern HDTV look and feel, as well as speaker technology such as Definitive Technology's Mythos line. |
| Temperature and Noise Management |
Highly-effective heat dissipation is accomplished through a custom combination of passive and active cooling mechanisms. Combined with expert wiring designed to enhance the airflow and components which accelerate or decelerate depending on system load, BMN servers maintain the delicate balance between internal temperatures and a quiet entertainment environment. |
| User Interface Devices |
Ergonomic, wireless radio-frequency mouse, keyboard, or media remote option let you control functions from a comfortable distance. Gyroscopes within the mouse enable you to wave and click in mid-air. |
| Chassis Design Service |
Custom case designs are available, please inquire. |
Featured Best-in-Class Technology
| Video by ATI or Nvidia |
Nvidia PureVideo and ATI Avivo provide all the graphics-crunching power and finesse to push your widescreen to its limits. PCI Express technology delivers maximum data flow, ensuring videophiles get stunning movie/HDTV watching and photo viewing. Gamers will rejoice with a SLI or Crossfire option so you can slug it out with the really big boys. |
| Audiophile-grade Audio |
The audio emanating from the Creative X-Fi powered system boasts 24-bit Advanced HD Audio, with 116dB signal-noise ratio (SNR) across 7.1 channels, besting many high-end audio components. Dedicated electronics deliver DVD-Audio at 24-bit/192kHz in stereo or 24-bit/96kHz in 5.1 surround, and features THX®-certification, 7.1/6.1/5.1 configurations, the most complete Dolby Digital and DTS format decoding in the industry, as well as Windows Media 10: 24-bit multi-channel audio format compatibility. If that's not enough for you, you can opt to "go studio" with the E-MU 0404 and start growing a little thump of your own with 32 channels of zero-latency recording, 111dB SNR Analog-Digital and 116dB SNR Digital-Analog, all the connectors you'll need, and perfect compatibility with industry-leading PC sequencing software. |
| HDTV, SDTV, CableCARD, FM Tuners |
Optional tuners make it easy to record one channel while watching another, with full time-shifting capabilities like pause and record. The back panel offers composite/s-video plus stereo audio inputs to connect to cable or satellite set top boxes, two on-board A/V headers to connect to two more A/V sources, and an FM radio receiver. The HDTV tuner from ATI provides over-the-air reception (free) of digital HDTV and complete compatibility with Microsoft Media Center Edition, also with a complete on-screen guide and pause and record capability. |
| Fast and Efficient Processing |
Intel's latest Core 2 Duo or Quad processors, featuring top-end performance and optimal thermal management. Custom-made gaming systems are powered by AMD's world-class FX X2 line of 64-bit processors, bringing the best "shock and awe" to your on-line point of attack. Couple these fantastic processors with industry-leading motherboard technology from Asus, and you have a smart system that will meet all your media processing needs while also being reliable and energy efficient. |
| Abundant, Quiet Storage |
All BMN servers and storage devices use Seagate's line of high-capacity, Serial ATA (SATA) drives with Native Command Queuing (NCQ), reknowned for being quiet and reliable. Choose from 500GB, 750GB, or 1TB individual drives to deliver as much at 1.5 Terabyte (TB) of internal disk storage, or a 4TB Network Attached Storage dedicated device. Drives can be configured in a number of ways, including disk striping for maximum speed and disk mirroring for redundancy. With this much storage, you won't have to worry about fitting your entire music, movies, TV, HDTV, and photo library. |
| Gigabit Networking |
Gigabit ethernet is standard, more than 10 times the effective speed of 100 speed "fast" ethernet, and 2-5x the reliability of current wireless technology. |
| Completely Customizable Interface |
Everything about the Blue Maple Networks' server UI can be customized. Create your own buttons, background images, animations, sliders&emdash;anything that you need. Your servers include the Cinemar MainLobby engine, Microsoft Media Center Edition with Windows Media Connect media server technology, TheaterTek DVD scaling/deinterlacing and playback, iTunes, Yahoo! Music Jukebox, and Symantec's Norton Systemworks. |
Open and Upgradable
| Open Architecture |
Open, computer-based architecture provides compatibility with millions of current and future specialized hardware and software components. |
| Programmable, Customizable |
Platform allows custom programming or plug-and-play use out of the box. |
| Software Compatible |
Easily adaptable to most common PC software. |
| Software-based Players |
Easily upgrade software players/codecs to take advantage of the latest technology—don't replace the system, just the software. Tune and tweak to your audio- or videophile heart's content with software players that accept plug-ins or custom tuning algorithms. |
| Automation, Security, and Control Compatible |
Add future automation, security, and control components without upgrading the server hardware. BMN media servers are designed to accommodate a variety of software including X10- and IP-based controllers, security cameras, all of which can easily be customized into the media server user interface. |
| Unobstructed Web Access |
Industry-standard Internet Explorer or Firefox enables access to the entire Internet, not just a subsampling. Check email, view YouTube or Yahoo! Videos, fly the world over with Google Earth, or whatever they think of next&emdash;all on your 105" projector. Complete internet security and firewall configuration is available for parental control. |
Efficiency and Self-Management
| Energy Conservation |
Conserves energy use during low use periods, including turning down its internal processing speed, storage hard drives, and cooling systems. You can easily set sleep and wake modes. |
| Dynamic Tuning |
Auto-overclocking quickens the media server's heartbeat when demand is high |
| Automatic Updates |
Installs and configures maintenance, security, anti-virus, and anti-adware software automatically |
Integrated Technology for Your Lifestyle
Don't let technology get in the way--get a BMN server, sit back, and enjoy.
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