LinuxMCE Products
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Here is a list of products that are made to be used with/for LinuxMCE.
Media
LinuxMCE
- LinuxMCE 0704 Quick DVD Installer plus high-def demo video in Ogg Theora, WMV and MPEG 2 formats on a professionally mastered 9GB DVD
- $3 within US
- $5 outside US
- Link
OneDollarLinux
- LinuxMCE 0710 CDs and DVDs Preorders are being shipped!
- All DVDs $2 each
- All CDs $1 each
- Payment accepted via Visa/Mastercard/Discover/American Express, PayPal, and personal check.
Dr. Hinner EDV (Germany)
- three CDs 15 Euro (kubuntu live and linuxMCE), DVD 18 Euro
- Shipping and Donation to the LinuxMCE included
Hardware
Fiire
Engine
The FiireEngine is the main brain of our LinuxMCE solution. This is what runs all the back-end software, provides diskless boot images to the FiireStations, runs your RAID storage, phone system, home control, and so on. You need one and only one FiireEngine for the whole house. In every other room where you want LinuxMCE you add the FiireStation thin clients. The FiireEngine is built with PC components and the latest generation AMD dual core CPU. This gives the FiireEngine the processing power it needs to handle all the back-end tasks. The FiireEngine can be connected to a TV and used as a home theater PC. But, generally speaking we find most people don't want a PC connected to the TV because even with high-end fanless systems the hard drives are still audible, the PC's are big and require a shelf or rack to put them on, and the video quality from home theater PC's is not up to the standards of high-end videophile a/v gear. So, we designed Fiire with the intention that in higher-end installations the FiireEngine would be put in a central closet out of the way and the FiireStations would be connected to the TV's. Since all devices throughout the home are shared, and every FiireStation has access to all the media and devices connected to the FiireEngine or to other FiireStations using a standard home network, there is no reason why you need to put the FiireEngine in close proximity to a TV. The FiireStations have no hard drives; they boot off the network using the FiireEngine's hard drives. The FiireStations are silent, use very little power and generate little heat. They have specialized video processors to deliver video-phile quality high-def playback and de-interlacing of 1080i. To get started you can buy a FiireEngine by itself, which you conect to a TV and use as a HTPC, and then add FiireStations later when you want to add extra media directors.
* Software: LinuxMCE 0704. Will self-upgrade as new releases come out. * User Interface: UI2 with masking or alpha blending * Processor: Newest AMD 45W Athlon X2 (Dual-Core) BE-2350 Low Voltage (quiet and low-heat/power model, equivalent performance to the 4100+) * RAM: 1GB * Internal Hard drive for operating system: 160 GB * RAID storage for media: 6 external e-sata ports for external drives, or external drive cage. Drives and cage not included. * Network: Dual Ethernet ports. Gigabit speed. * Audio: Standard stereo audio, plus SPDIF optical and coax/RCA * Video: nVidia 6200 graphics with DVI, VGA, Component, S-Video and composite connectors * Custom configurations are available. Please contact us. * $799 * Link
Station
The FiireStation runs LinuxMCE and can be used as a standard medium-performance PC. However, it also has specialized video decoding hardware to provide the best video quality, and offload all video processing, including sophisticated 1080i de-interlacing, OpenGL 3D effects, and alpha blending, all in the video hardware. The FiireStation includes video drivers licensed by Fiire specifically for LinuxMCE, as well as licensed MPEG decoders and DVD playback. It can be used with either a FiireEngine, or your own LinuxMCE PC. The end result is you get better video quality than the massive, high end Windows Vista MCE systems, which require very expensive, power-hungry, hot processors to do the 3D alpha blended effects in Aero and video playback in MCE. The FiireStation offers even better video and a smoother UI experience while drawing as little as 9 watts of power, about 1/20th what a Windows Vista Media Center PC draws. That translates to a couple hundred dollars a year in energy savings if you leave your Media PC on all the time.
* Software: LinuxMCE 0704 with licensed video decoders and drivers to enable video-phile quality HD decoding and de-interlacing with alpha blending * User Interface: UI2 with alpha blending * Processor: 15 watt Via 1.5 Ghz in the set top box and 2.2" versions, and a 5 watt ultra low voltage processor in the 1" version * RAM: 512MB * Network: Gigabit Ethernet * Audio: Via Vinyl 6 channel audio, with line in, line out and mic. Standard set top box version also has SPDIF coas and tos-link for digital audio * Video: Via UniChrome Pro II PC graphics plus hardware-accelerated alpha blended open gl and MPEG 2 decoder using licensed drivers and codecs * IO: 4 USB 2.0 ports, 2 PS/2, 1 COM * Weight - 1" fanless, vent-less wall or VESA mount: 1200g * Dimension (WxHxD) ** 1" fanless, vent-less wall or VESA mount: 11.7"(298mm) x 7"(180mm) x 1"(25.4mm) ** Set-top box: 8.0"(203mm) x 3.8"(96mm) x 10.7"(272mm) ** 2.2" wall mount or set top box: 10"(259mm) x 2.2"(56mm) x 7.3"(186mm) * Set-top box $499 * 2.2" wall-mount or set-top box $499 * 1" fanless $899 * Link
Chief
The FiireChief controls both the FiireEngine and the FiireStation. It uses RF wireless, and has a range of approx. 50’. It is omni-directional and does not require line of site like an infrared remote. The FiireChief has all the traditional, legacy remote control buttons, as well as 3 specialized ‘gyro’ buttons in the middle that let you control every function using only those 3 buttons and gestural movements. It also has a built-in ‘follow-me’ feature. You can start media in one room, and when you want to move to another room, just take the remote with you and press ‘Follow-me’. Fiire is able to track each remote individually, so whatever media you started with that remote will follow that remote around the house. Your movies, TV and music effortlessly follow you as you move from room to room. And whenever you enter a room, the FiireChief instantly and automatically switches to control the devices in that room. So when you’re in the living room, the volume button controls the volume on the tv in the living room. Take the remote into the bedroom, and the volume button controls whatever tv is in the bedroom, whether or not it is the same brand as the one in the living room. The FiireChief is the only remote control you will need for every room in the home, and you don’t need to worry about which remote goes with which room since any remote can work in any room.
Additionally, the FiireChief has a universal i/r remote built-in with both pre-stored codes and learning. You can program up to 3 i/r devices to control with the ‘tv’, ‘aux’, and ‘cab/sat’ buttons at the top. In those modes, it acts like a normal, universal i/r remote.
The FiireChief includes one USB dongle which you connect to a Fiire Engine, Fiire Station, or other LinuxMCE PC running UI2.
* $149 * Link
