Ziova's CS510 High Definition Network Media Player

Not content with simply changing its name, Ziova (formerly Zensonic) has also taken the occasion to hit us with a new wireless network media player sporting their fresh new moniker, the HDMI-equipped CS510. Unlike Ziova's also-recently-announced CS505, which includes a built-in DVD drive, the CS510 is basically just a shiny box that'll handle playback duties of media residing elsewhere -- either on your PC via a WiFi or Ethernet connection or on a USB hard drive or flash drive connected directly to the device. Video formats supported include Windows Media Video 9, XviD, Nero Digital Cinema Profiles, and MPEG-4, among others -- strangely absent, however, is any DivX love, which could just be an oversight given that Zensonic's earlier players boasted support for it. On the audio front, it'll handle FLAC, OGG, AAC, MP3, Windows Media Audio 9, and CD Audio, among others -- and, as you can see, it is also fully Rush-compliant.

[Thanks, Lloyd L]

[Steve @ Aug 21st 2006 4:28PM]

I find it quite annoying that here we are talking about a device that can provide playback of media in glorious HD quality, yet we are still being forced to look at 8-panel LED display once the plasma is off.

My Radioshack electronics playkit from 1982 had that display, i think its time for an upgrade. At least dot-matrix.

[Mr_Yeoman @ Aug 21st 2006 4:43PM]

Steve, since they are showing what appears to be Rush, Spirit of the Radio, the 1980's style display seems fitting. I would be more irritated at it only displaying 11 characters at a time.

[tearsinhiseyesiguess @ Aug 21st 2006 5:10PM]

all this machinery making modern music can still be open hearted...

[Jerry Kindall @ Aug 21st 2006 5:13PM]

"strangely absent, however, is any DivX love" -- Xvid support will probably cover it.

[Dod @ Aug 21st 2006 5:29PM]

Any word on price?

[potato @ Aug 21st 2006 6:12PM]

tears: But glittering prizes and endless compromises shatter the illusion of integrity.

Not such a positive spin now huh?

[John Bell @ Aug 21st 2006 8:01PM]

...echoes with the sounds of salesmen.

[Chris @ Aug 21st 2006 10:20PM]

Only missing details - how much and where to buy?

[Ferris G. Akel, III @ Aug 22nd 2006 8:13AM]

ALL gadgets and gizmos (YES, ALL!!) should be RUSH-compliant.

[romeo echo @ Aug 22nd 2006 11:12AM]

Yeah, me too: where do I buy it and how much? Or release date? Is it for U.S.A?

All I friggin' want is something that will display gorgeous high-def JPEGs on my gorgeous high-def big-screen sammy tv. You'd think that was rocket science or something, but I'm sure having trouble finding a device that will do it (without the device appearing brain-dead or hobbled while doing it. For instance, the Samsung HD860 DVD player appeared to be both while trying to play HD JPEGs.)

If not the ziova, anyone have any suggestions for HD JPEG viewing?

[romeo echo @ Aug 22nd 2006 11:14AM]

Still in pursuit of something that will actually play HD JPEGs without appearing braindead. Think this will do it? Have any other suggestions?

[allan odale @ Aug 22nd 2006 1:23PM]

last i heard, RIAA was ensuring that bit settings and encryption prevented moving HD content freely around the house. does this device somehow claim to be a method to get around these limitations?

[Ian @ Aug 23rd 2006 7:59AM]

WiFi, aka invisible airwaves.

[Tachyon @ Sep 1st 2006 4:23PM]

XViD handles DiVX too. It's basically a superset of DiVX.

Tachyon

[Tybio @ Jan 11th 2007 1:26PM]

The CS505 (Same unit, but a DVD player as well) is selling for 299 Euros. That's about $390, and I'd have to guess that the DVD player version is going to be the higher cost one...

Nothing I can find on ship dates or US merchants.

[TK @ Feb 2nd 2007 5:55PM]

Nero Digital is a new & better mpeg4 format, maybe Divx is not necessary.