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HDI Dune is proud to announce a whole new series of devices called the Dune HD Smart. These new models will be manufactured in Taiwan. All of them will come with a two-year manufacturer’s guarantee.

The company’s new product series introduces a revolutionary concept of creating a home theatre system hub. This is the first media-platform on the market to adopt a modular approach, which allows the features of the base module (media-player) to be augmented simply by adding extension modules.



Depending on requirements, the user initially will have a choice of three different base module configurations: Smart B1 (media player with a built-in silent Blu-ray optical drive), Smart H1 (media player with a SATA HDD rack with hot-swap support), and Smart D1 (media player with a built in display and optionally installed a 3.5" SATA hard drive).



As well as this, anyone who owns a media player from the Dune HD Smart series will be able to add new features to the player using the optional extension modules, the following three of which will be available shortly: Smart HE (a “hot swap” hard drive compartment), Smart BE (a Blu-ray optical drive module), and Smart ME (a module for two extension boards).

Extension boards for DVB-T/T2, DVB-S/S2, and DVB-C (terrestrial, satellite and cable TV) will be available for the ME module at first. Some of the boards will also include a slot for CAM cards which will allow to watch encrypted TV channels.

The number of modules available for the Dune HD Smart will increase in the future. One of the important features of the Dune HD Smart extension modules is their compatibility with the just announced new company’s flagship model the Dune HD Max.

A standard Dune HD Smart system layout consists of two, three or more components, one of which is the base module (media player), and the rest extension modules. Remarkably, all the modules in the HD Smart series are identical in size and design, this allows you to combine them into one system any way you like. For example, if you install two Smart HE modules, one ME and BE module to the Dune HD Smart D1 base module, you would even surpass the capabilities of the Dune HD Max media player.

What’s also interesting is that people who own more than one module from the Dune HD Smart series will be able to connect several modules together. Special fasten brackets to connect two or three modules will be separately available.



Furthermore, when three modules are connected together, such a set has exactly the front size and close look of Dune HD Max. It means that any such set of Dune HD Smart modules can easily fit into the rack with high class AV equipment at user’s home.

Each of the base Dune HD Smart modules features three standard USB 2.0 ports to connect external storage and extension devices, as well as a USB slave port (excluding the Smart B1).

In terms of functionality, the Dune HD Smart media players are no less capable than the current 3.0 ranges. They support practically all audio and standard and high definition video formats and play DVD and Blu-ray discs (Smart B1 or media player with the Smart BE module) and images with ease. Special notice should be taken of the fast networking speeds, the IPTV and Internet Radio functions, as well as the built-in torrent-client and Internet browser, not to mention the constant product development. New functions and supported formats are brought to the Dune HD players with the release of each firmware version.

The MSRP with VAT in Europe for the base modules of Dune HD Smart series will be in a range of EUR 249 and EUR 309. For USA the MSRP range will be USD 239 - USD 299.

For the first 3 available extension modules the MSRP range will be in between EUR 75 and EUR 149 for Europe, including VAT, and between USD 79 and USD 159 for USA market.

All six models of Dune HD Smart products will be available in Internet and retail stores all over the World starting of September 2010.

For more details on the new products please visit the corresponding product pages:

• Dune HD Smart B1
  
• Dune HD Smart H1
  
• Dune HD Smart D1
  
• Dune HD Smart HE Extension Module
  
• Dune HD Smart BE Extension Module
  
• Dune HD Smart ME Extension Module
  
• Fastening Brackets for Dune HD Smart Family Devices (2X)
  
• Fastening Brackets for Dune HD Smart Family Devices (3X)

HDI Dune welcomes everybody interested to see all the first six models of Dune HD Smart series at IFA (September 3-8, 2010, Berlin, Germany), IBC (September 9-14, 2010, Amsterdam, NL) and CEDIA (September 22-26, 2010. Atlanta, GA, USA). For more details about our participation in the exhibitions please visit http://dune-hd.com/exhibitions.