Brite-View launches CinemaGo BV-5005HD Mini CG HD media player
By Darren Murph 
posted July 2nd 2010 2:51PM
posted July 2nd 2010 2:51PM
brite-View CinemaGo with Internet Radio Debuts
The Perfect Compact Player, CinemaGo Offers Personalized Entertainment at Home or on the Go
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- brite-View by Xpike Innovation yesterday launched the CinemaGo (BV-5005HD Mini CG), a special version of the highly successful CinemaTube (BV-5005HD). The small, sleek CinemaGo's eSATA interface data transfer speed is three times faster than a USB 2.0 interface. CinemaGo also includes a Wi-Fi adapter for easy network access, a torrent download feature and MUZEE internet radio channels.
CinemaGo's vivid 1080p high-definition picture quality can be displayed on HDTV in all video formats, including MOV, WMV, MKV, AVI, VOB, DIVX, FLV and RMVB. Content can be delivered from a locally attached hard drive via the home network or the internet. MUZEE broadcasts thousands of sports, music, news and talk show channels from 210 countries. San Francisco Giants fans can listen to KNBR in a Miami hotel room, and music fans can groove to the latest European dance hits on Digitally Imported.
The CinemaGo's compact design is perfect for enjoying personalized entertainment whether at home or on the go, even in the car. The eSATA interface, a feature requested by brite-View customers, lets users watch Blu-ray movies without waiting for the movies to load. Networking multiple CinemaGo devices enables content streaming and file transfer between attached hard drives.
"A good digital media player transforms your TV into an entertainment hub, showing content from your computer, a storage device or the network," said Robert Lo, CEO of Xpike Innovation. "The CinemaGo does exactly that, with the potential to do much more." Lo said talks with partners are ongoing, and hinted that firmware upgrades may bring even more web-based content and services to the CinemaGo.
The CinemaGo is available now for pre-order on brite-View's website for $109.99.
About Xpike Innovation, Inc.®
Xpike Innovation, Inc. designs and manufactures consumer electronics that spice up your living room without breaking the bank. Xpike Innovation is a leading provider of home networking applications, online media access and digital home solutions, including full-HD media players/streamers featuring torrent download, powerline Ethernet adapters and 1080p HD wireless transmission kits. Backed by nearly 30 years of electronics industry experience, Xpike Innovation products provide rich Internet-based multi-media user experiences for consumers to enjoy with their HDTVs.
brite-View™ is a brand owned by Xpike Innovation, Inc.
@Kanga
Yay, a Tea Party!
@Kanga
it would have given the same result and saved us all a lot of time if you just wrote "first."
I don't get it... what can I do with this that I can't do with my ps3? Besides torrent.... hm.
@slopokdave Fit it in a cigar box.
@slopokdave
Not everyone plays video games. Pretty simple eh?
@slopokdave
Stream a DVD rip that is a one to one file decryption from a file share on your network. I know the PS3 has a DLNA client, but of the different DLNA servers I've used the best I got was a list of Titles and it was a guessing game of which one is the start of the movie and even then it would be a miracle to get through just the whole movie.
I'd love to have a solution where it could pull the list of movie folders (each movie has it's own folder with a VIDEO_TS sub-folder containing 1:1 ripped VOB, BUP, IFO files) from a local network share and play it with the full movie menu as if I inserted the DVD. I can do this just fine with Window Media Center, PowerDVD, and WinDVD; the computers just don't have the right outputs for my CRT TV.
If someone knows of a solution for the PS3 that doesn't involve the dropped Other OS feature, I'd be much obliged.
@slopokdave
You can save $200 with this that you can't do with your PS3.
OK, ignoring the smart remark, not everyone has a PS3, not everyone wants a PS3. Why spend more on a PS3 just because it can do the same things this does if you aren't going to use anything else the PS3 offers? Just because a product is out there doesn't mean it was intended for you.
@Kanga
I'm confused. What does this have to do with apple?
@Kanga
First, your post is completely irrelevant to the article - it doesn't ever mention Apple or Android. Second, if you insist on posting the same comment for the twenty articles you're not helping the situation, as you're simply fanning the flames for more fanboy arguments.
And what the hell is a meta truth?
Would this thing be able to do hulu plus? :)
@Yibrushn
If you have PlayOn and PlayOn Supports Hulu+, which I would imagine they will. But out of the box, I doubt it.
@verruckt8 Sweet thanks! I'll have to check that out.
Can anyone comment if this box is any good? All of these things sounds great on paper.
@appsman
I tried out the CinemaTube 5005HD, and it worked well for streaming everything I wanted to off my computer to my TV and seemed to work well with PlayOn too.
The thing I didn't like about it was the UI. It was sluggish and didn't support cover art or meta data. Just lists of your content.
Maybe this new version has a better UI, I can't comment on that.
@RealHTInfo
nothing. He is just trying to bring a revolution in Engadget. wont work though coz fanboys cant resist the temptation for bashing each other. Thats why they are called fanboys in the first place.
@Kanga
Thanks for wasting my time for no good reason.
@Kanga
Wow that was more annoying to read then posting "First!"
Monoprice just released one with similar specs but only $89, I don't think it has the bittorrent manager, though:
http://www.monoprice.com/products/search.asp?keyword=7066
I love Monoprice!
Don't know why, but I thought this was a projector. :)
@Kanga I hear where you are coming from, but when it comes right down to it, who is it hurting? Why is it even necessary to contemplate "gaming the system"?
It is easy to ignore the multitude of Apple reports (but I admit I read a lot of 'em just to see the ridiculous things all the commenters will say) and I don't think one could effectively make the case that coverage of other products/gadgets unduly suffers from the (somewhat) more comprehensive coverage of all things Apple-- Engadget still leads (for me, anyway) in timely reporting of ALL things of interest in the gadget-y world. Why is it a big deal if they try to pad posts on a slow news day (or a big Apple news day) with a silly story or three? Who really cares if the editors as a collective group favor Apple products for their own personal use? I still see lots of comprehensive and valuable coverage of things I AM interested in, and that keeps me refreshing the page & opening new tabs a few times every day.
I am not advocating an end to all the bitching (because that is fun and funny) but folks who seriously try to hold a privately-owned niche blog to the lofty standards of traditional journalism are, I think, barking up the wrong tree here. Let 'em have their fun, you have yours, read what you want, ignore what you don't want. Seems simple to me...
Waiting to see the UI and content partners... last year's model severely lacked in both areas.
I would advise anyone looking at this to wait for the Boxee Box coming out later this year. I have a WDTV Live and love it, and I can't wait for the Boxee Box (which has a QWERTY keypad on the remote).
@Center I've given up on the Boxee box. Any company that pre-announces a product that early and takes so long to deliver ANYTHING, does not deserve loyalty. They are more concerned with press releases than serving customers.
I have a WDTV live and i loved it..and PATIENTLY waited for an OS upgrade to bring Netflix...hulu..etc...then instead of releasing it to existing users what did they do...rebrand the EXACT same hardware and add those features in a "new" model and charge more. So im pissed, feel betrayed. So ill be damned if i get a western digital product again.
but what about the GUI? A bad one can ruin a box
Also, now-a-days these boxes need Netflix and even Hulu.
Streaming boxes are no longer future proof without these things, or a capable "Apps" system like samsungs for example.
But still this is a great deal/product
I hate saving money
i was one of the early adopter of cinemtube and it just blew WDTV all the way. the cinemago now has all the features of cinematube but is smaller, and smarter, has muzee radio service, eSATA port, default USB wifi-n adapter.
if you have ever used cinematube's remote, you will never want to go back to any other media player's remote at the same price, the remote is as smmoth as you wanted it.
It is less than $100 on Amazon.
successful apple troll was successful
The best thing about the Brite-Views is that they seem to be the one of the only boxes that play DVD ISO files. Some of the other, more higher profile ones don't seem to do that, I don't think even the PopBox or Boxee boxes do that.
@HomeTeam
will it play a blu-ray iso?
@AR
I honestly couldn't tell you. I never used it myself, nor do I have a blu-ray drive to rip blu-rays. I hope so, so when I do have that capability I won't have to buy a new unit.
I'm just right now looking for players that play ISO files, and the brite-views seem to be one of a select few that do.
Can I connect a Bray Drive to it and expect it to play movies to my HDTV?
@airbag888
and why you wanna do that? a BD drive itself a player and this device is a player as well. does your idea make sense? BD drive plays disk and this guy plays virtually all digital media files from HDD, that's the difference.
@mukhi
Because sometimes you want to watch a movie right as I buy it? If that can be done I'd just watch the movie now and rip/back it up later.
@AR
will test in a few days, and let you know.
does this our any other media box output in 24p? If not, I have yet to see a reason why any of these should replace my HTPC.