Meridian's iRIS iPod dock upscales videos to 1080p via HDMI

If you're having a flash of déjà vu, fret not, as this device certainly isn't the first from Meridian to output 1080p content from your iPod. Unveiled today, the iRIS universal dock for iPod claims to pump out your stored videos in resolutions as high as 1080p via HDMI, all thanks to the "high-end video upconversion processing." Of course, we're admittedly skeptical about how well this thing truly walks the talk, but nevertheless, users who opt for component outs instead of HDMI can purportedly witness 720p / 1080i content straight from their Pod. Notably, the Qdeo technology is said to "further incorporate advanced DSP for per-pixel, motion-adaptive video processing that corrects both color and contrast losses," and while there's no word on whether this thing plays nice with the new family of iPods, users will enjoy the coaxial / optical audio outputs, headphone and line-level outs, and the HDMI input for external sources. We know you're intrigued, so look for this bad boy to land in November for $379.

[Joe Marriott @ Sep 5th 2007 4:54PM]

Ooooh, this aint gonna look pretty when someone decides to upscale their 320x240 videos to 1920x1080 lol.

[jamesm @ Sep 5th 2007 4:56PM]

Thanks joe,
was just going to ask what resolution they're starting at haha

[MasterCrackle @ Sep 5th 2007 5:00PM]

I was thinking the same thing.
Talk about huge pixels.

[blackeagle @ Sep 5th 2007 6:25PM]

my thoughts exactly

[humpty @ Sep 5th 2007 4:58PM]

Meh, they have to come out with a new one to accommodate the new ipods.

[Evan @ Sep 5th 2007 5:07PM]

Any flat-panel TV will automatically upscale any input directly to the screen's native resolution. Many TVs include excellent upscaling DSPs. So, what's the point in an external upscaler that duplicates what your tv already does?

[required @ Sep 5th 2007 8:16PM]

Looks like it's round, does there need to be a point?

[sr1329 @ Sep 5th 2007 5:19PM]

Meridian put it's name on some $400 toy? How the mighty have fallen.

[I.E @ Sep 5th 2007 6:07PM]

what's the point of upscaling from 480 to 1080? this product is pointless

[shmengie @ Sep 5th 2007 6:26PM]

so, some guy rips some dvd porn to mpeg, then uploads it via torrent. then some other guy downloads it, converts it to h.263 and moves it to his ipod. then, he jacks it up to 1080p. yeah, great...

[Magallanes @ Sep 5th 2007 6:34PM]

Upscale is a bad thing.

[videonevin @ Sep 5th 2007 7:42PM]

At that price you might as well get an apple TV, you can at least view native 720p content off of it.

[jimmyfinch @ Sep 5th 2007 9:03PM]

What 720p "native" content?

YouTube Videos?

[mista @ Sep 6th 2007 7:14AM]

Notice they sell this thing with the CLEAREST background of 3 chick's crotches.

WAY TO GO...now I want one! Have you ever seen fishnets in 1080p?!?!?!