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    Posted on December 3rd, 2008

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    EG-M31B

    Egreat’s EG-M31B is the first NMT to feature e-SATA connections. This makes it the most future-proof NMT (together with EG-M32B). Although e-SATA devices are rare now, they wil probably become common and both Egreat’s NMTs will be very futureproof.  Firmware updates and purchase is available at EgreatHD.

    EG-M31B Features

    * Sigma Designs 8635c CPU
    * USB Slave (enable player to be just plugged into a PC to copy media files)
    * 512mb RAM for future better firmware update
    * HDMI 1.3
    * Support Internal SATA I/II hard disk up to 1TB
    * Esata connections for external eSATA drives
    * Multiple languages (On Screen Display and Subtitles) support – (English,Dutch, Greek, Russian, Czech, Portugese, Spanish, Swedish, Chinese Traditional , Chinese Simplified) More can be added in future firmwares.
    * Power on/off switch
    * Remote Control power off ability
    * Gold plated connectors

    Technical Specifications

    Hardware

    * CPU:SIGMA DESIGNS SMP8635

    * DDR DRAM :Hynix 64-bit 512Mb

    * External NOR Flash :Spansion 16-bit 256Mb

    * LANCHIP: REATEK RTL8201CP

    *Audio D/A CHIP: AKM  AK4420

    * HDMI 1.3 CHIP: SILICON IMAGE SIL9134

    * SATA TO USB: JMICRON  JM20335

    *ESATA HOST: SUNPLUS SPIF225

    *USB HOST: GENESYS GL850A

    Video Output :

    * HDMI 1.3 supportin

    * Component (Y/Pb/Pr)

    * Composite

    Audio Output :

    * Stereo

    * SPDIF Digital audio output

    * connector for optional DTS decode board has inside

    Networking :

    Ethernet interface, 10-baseT/100-baseT

    Support USB WIFI,configue should be 802.11N

    USB :

    * USB 2.0 host 2 port

    * USB 2.0 slave

    * Device Classifications : Mass storage device

    ESATA ports

    *ESATA HOST*1

    *ESATA SLAVE*1，rate is 3.0Gb/s

    HDD Type：

    * SATA â… /â…¡ HDD

    FORMAT:

    * EXT3

    * NTFS/FAT32

    Power on/off control by RC

    * Add one MCU，then it can realize power on/off by RC

    Power :

    * adapter AC100~240 V,DC12V/2A &5V/3A

    Human Interface Device :

    * Handheld remote (standard)

    * USB keyboard (optional)

    Connectivity Protocol(s) Support :

    Protocols :

    * UPnP AV NMPR v2.1

    * UPnP 1.0 (connect to myiHome Lite)

    * Bonjour

    NMT Streaming Application Specifications :

    * Streaming via HTTP protocol over local network or the Internet

    * WMS over HTTP support via the Internet

    * RTSP over HTTP support via the Internet

    * support recovery from firmware update fail

    * support UI change

    * support file delete/copy/paste

    Media Container :

    Video [extension(s)] :

    * ASF/WMV [.asf, .wmv]

    * MOV/MP4 [.mov, .mp4]

    * MPEG2PS [.ps]

    * MPEG2TS [.ts]

    * AVI [.avi, divx]

    * MPG [.mpg, .mpe, .mpeg, .m2v, .vob, .vro]

    Audio [extension(s)] :

    * WAV [.wav, .pcm]

    * ADIF, ADTS [.aac]

    * M4A [.m4a]

    * O.G.G. [.ogg]

    * ASF/WMA [.asf, .wma]

    * FLAC [.flac]

    Subtitle [extension(s)] :

    * MicroDVD [.sub]

    * SubRip [.srt]

    * Sub Station Alpha [.ssa]

    * Sami [.smi]

    OSD Language:

    English,Dutch, Greek, Russian, Czech, Portugese, Spanish, Swedish, Chinese Traditional , Chinese Simplified.

    More may be added via future updates

    Media Codecs :

    Video :

    * 4 standard definition streams (PAL and NTSC formats) in any of the following

    format: H.264, VC-1,MPEG-4 and MPEG-2,MKV,M2TS,TS,AVI

    * One high definition stream 1920 x 1080i(60), 1920 x 1080p (30), 1280 x720p

    (60) and one standard definition stream simultaneously

    * H.264 MP/HP @L4.1

    * VC-1/WMV9 MP@HL, AP@L3

    * MPEG-4 ASP @L5 1

    * MPEG-2 MP@HL and MP@ML

    Audio :

    * MPEG 1/2 Audio Layers I, II, and III (MP3)

    * Dolby Digital(R) (AC-3)

    * PCM

    * MPEG-2/4 AAC LC and HE

    * Microsoft WMA and WMA Pro

    * Supports the audio sampling rates at 8, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48, and 96KHz

    * Audio samples at 16, 20, 24, and 32 bits per channel

    * FLAC (software decode)

    Note: Additional formats available in future firmware releases

    Photo formats :

    * JPEG (software decode)

    * Animated GIF89a, BMP and PNG in browser mode

    NAS + Media Server feature :

    Protocols :

    * DLNA v1.0 compliance on CTT test tools v1.0.

    * UPnP AV NMPR v2.1

    File Upload support :

    * Samba version 3.0.21 (home-use)

    * FTP for Digital Signage (commercial)

    Download services :

    * Bit Torrent btpd v0.12

    NAS Management system :

    * HDD format

    * HDD partition create, copy, delete

    * File transfer

    * Password protection, etc.

    Proprietary server :

    * myiHome Lite (detection by Networked Media Tank slim client with UPnP 1.0)

    Media Player extender :

    * Supports any other DLNA compliant devices

    Browser support :

    * HTML 3.2 compliant and partial HTML 4.0 support

    * Partial Javascript 1.5 support

    * Partial CSS2 support

    * Proprietary Consumer HTML support to ease navigation using a remote control

    * Partial Cascading Style Sheet (CSS1)

    * Partial Netscape and IE extensions including exception handling

    * Cookies function support

    * Full graphical frames

    * Local file system implemented as disk on RAM and/or flash memory

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