Living Control Launches Studio6 MediaServer

The small but highly specialised team at Living Control has created the ultimate home entertainment server as a high definition audio/video source for its multi-room entertainment systems. Running on a high stable, proprietary Linux-based system, the impeccable Studio6 is capable not only of storing and displaying full HD 1080 video content, its also equipped to output two different streams of full HD video simultaneously! Impressive, but there's more - while it's outputting dual 1080p content, it can also deliver four independent feeds of HD audio (that's 24bit/192kHz) to four different rooms at the same time. Supporting a wide ranging library of video and audio formats including AVI, MP4, QuickTime HD, H.264, VC1, DiVX 4/5/6, Living Control's Studio6 offers the most comprehensive choice of playback options available at a higher quality than any other playback engine. Its proprietary modular design, developed and built entirely in the UK, is based on Living Control’s own Linux platform, which is powerfully future-proofed via LC’s ‘openCODEC’ system. Updates will enable a choice of the latest generation of Full HD optical storage for Blu-ray or other future HD optical formats. Gigabit networking enables the streaming of video and music across the network, as well as importing video and music from other sources. Control is via Living Control's in-wall touchscreens, TVs and a range of wireless devices including Nokia Tablets and the iPhone®. On-screen video selection is via list, thumbnail or Yu-Gi-Oh interface (named after a Japanese card game) with filtering by genre, actor or director. It’s also compatible with a variety of third party multi-room controllers including Crestron and AMX, as well as Sky TV and Philips Pronto remote controls. In addition to its role as the source for a Living Control multi-room entertainment system, the Studio6 is offered as a formidable standalone device. It offers a four-line display, with touch sensitive keys providing a series of simple to use menus for setting up from the box. http://www.livingcontrol.com/product.asp?ProductID=19