Escient: making technology behave

Escient's FireBall DVDM100 video and music manager automatically stores, secures, and catalogues your entire entertainment collection. There is no better way to enjoy your home theater than with the DVDM100's ability to graphically organize and display your entire DVD, CD, and digital music collection right on your big screen! With the ability to manage up to 1200 DVDs and CDs in external changers, the DVDM100 provides instant access to even the largest music and movie collections through an easy to use and intuitive on-screen interface.

MOVIE MANAGER?

Maybe you are one of those folks who wonder, "What exactly is a movie manager and why exactly would I want one? Will I have to run an ad in the classified section of the newspaper? If I do hire one, will I have to pay him or her more than minimum wage?" Rest assured, dear reader, when you lay your hard-earned money down for the Escient Fireball DVDM100, you can lash it to your furniture, make it work 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and feed it nothing except electricity, while paying it nothing, if that's what you want to do. Think of it as the little techno monkey slave you've always wanted.

A movie manager, you see, is a home theater component that helps you make the most of your DVD investment. The Escient FireBall DVDM100 works in conjunction with Sony DVP-CX777ES 400 disk DVD/CD changers to provide both convenience and time saving features for every home theater such as instant access to any movie in your collection, automatic disc recognition, and efficient storage for your DVD discs. If you love movies, you're going to love the movie manager features onboard the DVDM100.

Easy peasy features at your fingertips

All you have to do is load your DVDs into an attached changer, close the door, and wait as the Escient FireBall DVDM100 does the rest, downloading piles of information about the titles in your collection using your existing Internet connection. How? The DVDM100 scans each DVD, then connects to the Escient MovieDB to download information including: cast, rating, description, running time, even the jacket cover art! You don't have to type a thing! Next thing you know, you can see everything you'd ever need to know about your collection organized on-screen right before your eyes. Maybe you want to view lists of movies by genre, or by alphabetized titles, or, in order to recreate that video store experience, you can shop the whole shebang by viewing the cover art, waiting for something to catch your eye. What will definitely catch your eye is the DVDM100's customizable graphical user interface. Choose a "skin" that best suits your mood, or match it with your newly painted accent wall. The choice is yours. You also get to limit what programming your kids are exposed to using the DVDM100's parental control feature . . . providing, that is, that you are not one of those parents who have to ask your kids to help you with all things technological. That does give the rugrats the upper hand.

With a little help from its friends (at Sony)

All by its lonesome, the DVDM100 is little more that a $2000 paperweight, but that paperweight has some powerful friends. By getting them together, you can manage up to 1200 DVDs and CDs. There is no safer, or more convenient, way to store your movie and music collection than to archive it permanently within a carousel changer . . . or three. That is the maximum number of Sony DVP-CX777ES 400 disk DVD/CD changers that can be hooked up to the DVDM100. So — do the math — if you have over 1200 movies or CDs that you require immediate access to at the snap of your fingers, you'll need to find another system. If 1200 has you covered, then you'll be happy as a clam with the expandable capacity offered by the DVDM100 and some further wear on your credit card.

MUSIC MANAGER?

Okay, so I might have tipped my hat with the previous blurb. Everything the DVDM100 can do for movies, it can do for music too. Plus, playlists. Plus, intercept internet radio. And record music to the hard drive from any "legacy" analog or digital audio device (yes, LPs, cassettes, etc...). And . . . actually, that's it.

Comparison Specifications

• MOVIE MANAGER FEATURES
• Instant movie access — view any DVD in your collection (organized by genre, title, or cover art) using on-screen guide
• Detailed movie descriptions — view movie details such as cast, genre, release date, run time, and ratings on-screen
• Automatic DVD identification — uses Escient MovieDB for perfect DVD matching
• Automatic DVD cover art retrieval
• Parental controls — block children's access to inappropriate programming
• Fully customizeable — create and edit your own movie groups and add your own descriptions and notes
• Built-in video switcher

Additional Specifications

• MUSIC MANAGER FEATURES
• Instant music access — view any CD in your collection (organized by genre, title, artist, or song) using on-screen guide
• Automatic CD identification — uses GracenoteCDDB for perfect CD matching
• Free WMA and Shoutcast internet radio — uses the Escient RadioDB tuning service
• Fully customizeable — create and edit your own playlists, genres, and lists of internet radio stations
• CONNECTIVITY/INTERFACE/CONTROL FEATURES
• Back panel connections: digital audio (optical) in/out, digital audio (coax) in/out, analog audio (5.1 channel) in/out, analog audio (stereo) out, video (composite, s-video, component) in/out, eth

Manufacturer Specifications

• On-screen graphical user interface with customizeable themes and personalized backgrounds (skins)
• PC file sharing using FireBall PC technology
• Web server and PDA interface — remote control and music streaming from any standard web browser or PDA
• Sophisticated control interface enables integration with RTI, NetStreams, Creston, AMX, and other home automation and third party remote control systems
• IR remote/IR keyboard
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• Management of up to 1200 discs in up to three external disc changers
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• PLEASE NOTE: this product ONLY supports Sony DVP-CX777ES 400 disk DVD/CD changers (maximum of three) (sold separately)
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Dimensional Specifications

• Dimensions: 17.5" W X 11.87" D X 4.64" H

Escient FIREBALL DVDM100 Warranty Details

One-year full warranty covering parts, labor, and telephone support

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