Watch out,
Sony,
Samsung, and
Panasonic, 'cause there's about to be a new Blu-ray player on the block gunning for market share, courtesy of consumer electronics powerhouse..."it's label"? Yeah, we'd never heard of this manufacturer before, either (although for all we know, it could be France's answer to
Coby), but thanks to faithful reader Alex and his trusty scanner, we have incontrovertible proof that the company is set to release a pretty snazzy-looking HD optical disc player sometime next month. According to Alex, the scanned image comes from a French TV / movie guide called TéléObs, and was found in the corner of their small tech section. So yeah, no specs or other details are available, but if you happen to be hanging out in Nice or something and can tear yourself away from your fruity drink, feel free to call the pre-order line and report back.
Update: It's a recorder too? The plot thickens...
Update 2: Mon Dieu! Thanks to Robert over at Dutch site
gadgetzone, we now know that this mysterious Blu-ray player / recorder is actually a full-fledged HTPC, first presented at this year's IFA in black and under Amex branding. Powered by a 64-bit, 3.0GHz Pentium D 930, the Amex M505 features 2GB of DDR2 RAM, three-flavor WiFi, both analog and DVB-T tuners, HDMI out, 8.1 channel audio, and the coveted VIIV certification, all for a very reasonable $2,000. Also, if you want a little more info on portable DVD manufacturer extraordinaire it's label, make sure to check out the comments below, as several readers have filled in some of the many blanks regarding this company.
[Thanks, Alex D.]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
chris @ Oct 17th 2006 7:22PM
why does the phrase "take France by storm" seem a bit loaded?
Rex @ Oct 17th 2006 7:32PM
THATS A HUGE BITCH!!!!!!
sorry :)
Tito @ Oct 17th 2006 7:38PM
Actually according to the ad, this is "a pretty snazzy-looking HD optical disc player" and recorder!
Zach @ Oct 17th 2006 8:09PM
Found this gps unit here...
http://audiovisual.kelkoo.co.uk/b/a/sbs/100278823/16945902.html
and these also
http://www.rueducommerce.fr/Equipement-Automobile-GPS/158-Lecteur-DVD-Portable/m4443-IT-S-LABEL.htm
hmurchison @ Oct 17th 2006 8:14PM
Nothing special. Looks like your garden variety HTPC. I doubt Niveus Media is worried.
Zhoe Garcia @ Oct 17th 2006 8:18PM
has it been eating blue loco roco's?
she's a heffer
ROFLROFFLES @ Oct 17th 2006 9:22PM
Too ugly.
Scott @ Oct 17th 2006 10:46PM
How? Isn't there a severe shortage of the blue laser diode needed to make the drive? Wouldn't all the top tier manufacturers have dibs?
Robert Preseau @ Oct 17th 2006 11:53PM
Wow, nobody bothered to comment on the "bleu"? I'm shocked and dismayed.
bazald @ Oct 18th 2006 1:32AM
You know... I'd have sworn it didn't say that the last time I looked at it...
Robert Hagen @ Oct 18th 2006 4:04AM
It's that Amex Digital M505, the one I saw at IFA. It's actually a very cool thing with amazing specs. You can check out my pics here:
http://www.gadgetzone.nl/nieuws.php?id=2655
Dave @ Oct 18th 2006 5:34AM
Perfect.
Drjones @ Oct 18th 2006 6:56AM
Le site franais de la marque
http://www.shincofrance.com/cgi-bin/boutique/boutique.cgi
Aerodynamic @ Oct 19th 2006 4:23AM
this means theres gonna be pirated Blue-Ray movie soon :D
chok @ Oct 19th 2006 7:56AM
It's Label is the crappy sounding name used by Shinco, the world leader in the manufacturing of portable DVD players, a wannabe-a-big-brand chinese company that OEMs for almost everyone (Tosh, LG, philips...).