DViCO's TViX M-5100SH offers 1080p, HDMI, and H.264 decoding

Seems like only yesterday -- ok, 4 days ago -- we were telling you about the DViCO M-4000SA HD media player. Now they're back with the M-5100SH which bests the former with 1080p support, HDMI output, and H.264 decoding. It still packs Ethernet for plenty of in-home media streaming and of course DViCO will be more than happy to throw in a 3.5-inch, 512GB SATA disk for a fee. But why not save some bills-per-byte and double your capacity with a 1TB Hitachi disk purchased elsewhere. You can also add WiFi and an optional ATSC tuner to create a full-featured 1080i video recorder. Decent but standard stuff so far; what's odd is the pricing. The cylindrical M-5100SH is only available for pre-order and will cost $439 when it ships next month in Japan and presumably parts beyond. Meanwhile, the boxy M-4100SH offers all the same features as the M-5100SH yet costs only $359. Oh, and it's available domestically now. Of course, black MacBook owners already know the premium paid for aesthetics. Peep the M-4100SH slab after the break.

[Via Impress]

Read -- M-5100SH
Read -- M-4100SH

[Bastian @ May 22nd 2007 9:02AM]

512MB, cool, so '90.

[Thade @ May 22nd 2007 4:00PM]

D'oh, was just to say that.

[Rick Lyon @ May 22nd 2007 9:05AM]

What size bags fit in the trash can?

[A_Hood @ May 22nd 2007 9:49AM]

My SD card has more memory than this thing.
Can anyone day typo.
512 MB should be 512 GB

[A_Hood @ May 22nd 2007 9:56AM]

Shake my head @ myself.
I talked about their typo and I made one myself.
I meant to type say instead I typed day.
LOL

[DorianGray @ May 22nd 2007 10:02AM]

@A_Hood

Ah man!...

I thought I'd just seen the funniest sarcastic statement of the week -- "Can anyone day typo?"

And then you copped to an error. Crap dude. It was laugh-out-loud funny. You need to buy a new Sarcast-o-Meter so that you'll leave a gem like that one alone next time...

[Profile @ May 22nd 2007 12:06PM]

The lack of technical information is embarrassing. "H.264 support" means very little without specifying which profiles it supports (i.e. Are my videos going to work?).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264#Profiles

Judging by previous models, it probably doesn't support XVID GMC, and has spotty support for QPEL.
http://forum.tvixbox.com/viewtopic.php?p=411

[RandomThoughts @ May 22nd 2007 12:17PM]

"Of course, black MacBook owners already know the premium paid for aesthetics"

OK, why does Engadget feel the need to bring race into this article? What, are black MacBook owners cooler than their white counterpart? I may not be the hippest guy in the world, but I like aesthetics just as much as the next guy. I really don't see where race plays a part in this. Come on now, can't we all just get along?

[Patrick @ Jun 11th 2007 4:52PM]

Well, looks like your attempt at humour failed.

[Supersly2007 @ Jun 12th 2007 11:58AM]

He's justing putting the "Dumb" back into "Random".

[Aaron @ May 22nd 2007 12:56PM]

This type of device has been done before (e.g., Pixel Magic MB100 HD Mediabox). The main problem is that most, including the MB100, have pretty crappy interfaces. I would really like to see a vid or a few screen shots of the interface.

[CrazyMax @ May 22nd 2007 7:56PM]

The interface can be skinned.

[Bryan @ May 22nd 2007 1:08PM]

It's pretty lame to still confuse MB and GB in this day and age.

[Mixu @ May 22nd 2007 2:32PM]

The difference to Pixel Magic MB100 is that this Dvico one actually works. Dvico also offers frequent firmware updates unlike Pixel Magic.

Here is a great review of this Tvix 5100

http://www.mpcclub.com/modules/Reviews/reviews/review_TViX5100_final.pdf

[Russ @ May 22nd 2007 10:10PM]

its funny - the XBMC is probably still the most popular media player going.. no built-in DRM, cheap hardware, great codec support - and all supported by open source, so no company is going to disappear and leave you without updates.

something like this will knock it off its perch when u get HD playback - and PVR recording..

[enriqueeeee @ May 23rd 2007 9:38AM]

Too bad it doesnt support Mkv files (Matroska)

Then it would have been one of the things i wanted for really bad :D