Fuze Media is a startup that wanted to come up with the ultimate out-of-the-box multimedia experience, including whole-house audio and video, photo sharing, music and movie management, PVR capabilities, the works.

The result is the Fuze Media Server which starts with the FuzeBox media server hub and FuzeMini server clients. They look a lot like Media Center PCs.

Fuze insists that they aren't. Specifically, Fuze says it is "not a control or MCE system."

Yet the main Fuze server, the FuzeBox, is OEMed by Velocity Micro, has the same CableCard capabilities, same form factor, and same Viiv logo as one of Velocity's Media Center PCs.

The Fuze jargon is also Media Center-like:

FUZE delivers a complete system that stores, manages, organizes, and distributes all of your digital media -- to any part of the home. Live TV, recorded TV, movies, videos, music, digital photos, and more are all…

This original article had to do with DVDO's release of the "world's first video processor to feature THX certification," the DVDO iScan VP50 Pro. In fact, the first release of the VP50 Pro will not include the certification, but it will be, according to the manufacturer, "the world's first video processor for home theater systems to utilize HDMI 1.3 receiver/transmitter chips.

The technology allows users to connect other HDMI-compliant 1.3 devices which support high-definition audio formats and Deep Color available on some
newer sources like HD-DVD Blu-Ray and PS3. "This capability allows the VP50 PRO to provide customers with years of service as new source devices with this standard start to emerge," the company says.

Meanwhile, it does expect to receive THX certification "soon, but not today."

Read the final press release on the VP50 Pro.

Universal Remote Control is making its products more international-friendly, introducing 433 MHz versions of its MX-3000, MX-900 remote controls and MRF-350, RFX-250 and MSC-400 RF base stations.

Collectively, they are known as the i-series, labeled MX-3000i, MX-900i, etc. The original versions (MX-300, MX-900, etc.) will still be available at 418 MHz.

"This gives custom installers a great option if they are dealing with insurmountable RF interference," says director of marketing Jon Sienkiewicz. "The "i" stands for "international" because, as we all know, UK, Western Europe, parts of Eurasia and other areas proscribe 418 MHz transmitters."

In other URC news, the company has doubled the memory of its flagship MX-350 remote (now internally designated MX-350n) and "improved other internal features," Sienkiewicz says.

He also points out that all URC Complete Control remotes (MX-350 and up) use narrowband RF and are thereby compatible with the MSC-400, the newish MRF-350 and the forthcoming MRF-260.