R_volution is offering smart home users a new home entertainment experience with the introduction of three new high-performance, HDR10+ and Dolby Vision-compliant 4K and 8K multimedia players, as well as a companion storage hub with whole-house AV distribution capabilities at CEDIA Expo 2024.
The annual smart home trade event takes place on Sept. 5-7, at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colo., and the company emphasizes that its product line is designed and engineered to function as the primary source component of a home theater system.
R_volution’s flagship player, the PlayerOne 8K, smaller PlayerMini, and more advanced PlayerPro 8K intelligently retrieve, consolidate, process and deliver AV content of various file formats from a wide range of physical, mobile, and digital devices, including computer hard drives, Blu-ray disc players, online streaming services, and more. R_volution complements this impressive line with the R_volution NAS, which provides additional content storage and distribution to media players located throughout a residence.
R_volution Wants to Spearhead ‘More Intuitive Home Theater’ Design
At CEDIA Expo 2024 the company will demonstrate how consumers are all too familiar and frustrated with the inherent complexities of operating a home theater system. R_Volution points out the unification of the myriad components and controls lends itself simpler home theater system for homeowners to use. R_volution asserts that it is spearheading this approach with unique technologically advanced yet intuitive home theater components that consolidate all sources, while enhancing the audio and video quality up to 8K—and it categorizes the content automatically for quick and easy browsing and selection.
Exhibiting in booth #1144, R_volution says that show attendees can see its next-generation multimedia players, including the PlayerOne 8K and smaller PlayerMini. These products the company continues, give systems integrators a new way to enhance the home theater experience for their customers. The high-performance multimedia players are HDR10+ and Dolby Vision-compliant; they meet all current HDMI connectivity and audio and video performance standards, and they upscale physical and digital content to 4K and 8K.
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R_volution to Highlight PlayerPro, PlayerMini, NAS Products at Booth #1144
Rounding out R_volution’s universal media player portfolio is the new R_volution PlayerPro 8K. This media device supports Dolby Vision and HDR10+, and boasts a robust linear power supply anchored by a massive toroidal transformer. At its core lies the Amlogic S928X chipset, complemented by a precision TCXO clock. The R_volution PlayerPro 8K comes with a dual HDD enclosure to store up to 64TB of video files. It also offers HDMI 2.1 output, compatibility with AV1 codec up to 8K resolution that delivers stunning picture and sound quality to meet the needs of the most demanding home theater enthusiasts.
Complemented by an innovative R_video user interface, the PlayerPro 8K provides the best AI available on the market to quickly and logically organize a large movie library. R_video along with the PC/Mac app offers advanced customization features to create custom categories and specific groups of movies, listen to original soundtrack clips while browsing titles, personalize the home page and add custom signature top banners like Director’s Cut or Pure Audio Blu-ray. The intuitive PC/Mac app can be used to upload custom title page content, movie covers, and backgrounds.
Debuting at CEDIA Expo 2024, the R_volution NAS features high-performance video processing technology, dynamic user interface, and multiroom playback capabilities to consolidate, elevate and streamline the performance and control of large DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc libraries. The R_volution NAS stores audio files and videos on its internal hard drive without compression or loss of quality. A single unit can store up to 38,400 DVDs, 6,400 Blu-ray Discs, or 3,200 4K UHD Discs.
For larger collections, multiple NAS units can be combined into one system, accessible from any room equipped with an R_volution media player. A system can be quickly and easily configured via the NAS’s plug-and-play installation capabilities. Media is automatically indexed and categorized, along with relevant metadata and cover art. Users can apply filters and sort functions via R_volution’s intuitive onscreen user interface to quickly navigate and retrieve stored content.
For clients who want to reconnect with their physical media collections, the NAS affords a simple, effective way to save, store and enjoy this beloved content.
Where to Find R_volution Products After the Show
The R_volution PlayerOne 8K, PlayerMini, PlayerPro, and NAS are available to systems integration professionals from Let’s Get Physical Distribution.
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