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Helios Odyssey Media Hub Enclosure runs BitTorrent and eMule

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Helios Odyssey Media Hub Enclosure runs BitTorrent and eMule Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Helios updated the software of its Odyssey Media Hub to support Bittorrent and eMule clients.

The Helios Odyssey is a fan-less (quite) media hub enclosure supporting hard-drive sizes up to 1TB.

To watch videos stored on the Helios Odyssey you need an UPnP enabled Network Media Player, like the players offered by Helios: X5000. Read more

Posted on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:06:07 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Helios Labs H2000 upscaling DVD Player

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New Helios Labs H2000 upscaling DVD Player Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Helios Labs (former Neodigits) announces a new low-cost upscaling DVD player.

The H2000 is a region-free DVD player capable of upscaling DVD movies and a variety of formats including: MPEG-4, XviD, DivX and MPEG-2 to 1080i resolution via Component, HDMI and VGA.

With the H2000 you can upscale all your content to 720p/1080i, or you can allow it to output an unprocessed 480i/576i video signal and allow your TV/external video scaler to do the work. Read more

Posted on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 06:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Helios Labs Helios Z1000

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Helios Labs Helios Z1000 Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Helios Labs (formerly known as neodigits) introduces the Helios Z1000 Hub.

The Helios Z1000 allows you to store all of your music, photos and movies in one central location and play back all the files to your Helios media players or uPnP compatible devices. The HDD enclosure is supporting hard-drives up to 300GB in size. Read more

Posted on Thu, 17 May 2007 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Helios X3000 HD Network Media and DVD Player Review

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Helios X3000 HD Network Media and DVD Player Review Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review NeoDigits now called Helios Labs Ltd. sent us their X3000 1080p up-scaling DVD player with Wi-fi media streaming capabilities for review.

With the Helios X3000 you can watch movies, listen to music and view photos along with internet content via your PC on your TV over wired or wireless network. And not to forget this device also plays DVDs. The X3000 basically saves space in your living room by not having to get a separate media streaming box.
Read the full review of the Helios X3000, how this all-in-one player performs.
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Posted on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 05:30:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

neoDigits is now Helios Labs Technology Ltd.

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neoDigits is now Helios Labs Technology Ltd. Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review neoDigits known for their 1080p upscaling DVD players announces a new corporate name. The company is now called Helios Labs Technology Ltd.

Helios was already their brand for the products. If you are a small company it does not really make sense to manage two brands. So this move is good and should simplify marketing for the company.

I reviewed the Helios H4000 1080p upscaling DVD player last November. I have the Helios X3000 sitting in the lab. I hope to publish the review still this week. Read more

Posted on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

neodigits Helios X5000 DVD and Network Media Player Review

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neodigits Helios X5000 DVD and Network Media Player Review Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review Our review partner Digital Trends reviews the neodigits Helios X5000 DVD Player with wireless media streamer functionality.

Quote from the review:
"The NeoDigits X5000 DVD player outsmarts the competition by adding media streaming capabilities through either WiFi or Ethernet. That’s right, this DVD player will not only play your favorite DVDs, but it will also wirelessly connect to your home PC to play movies and music through your home theater.
Now this is not really something new in theory, there have been other DVD players that do this (KiSS, Gateway), but the NeoDigits X5000 has some features that differentiate it from the others; audiophile circuitry. The X5000 has a sticker price of just $599. "
Read the full NeoDigits Helios X5000.
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Posted on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 04:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

NeoDigits Helios X-Line of HD Network Media Players

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NeoDigits Helios X-Line of HD Network Media Players Technology News, Electronics Buy Guide and Gadget Review NeoDigits announces the Helios X3000 and X5000 HD Network Media Players both set to be launched by June 2006.

The X-Line’s built-in LAN, WIFI and USB ports allow connecting and sharing digital audio, video and images. The neoDigits NeoLink software is able to synchronize with Apple iTunes, Real Rhapsody and Napster, supports Windows Media/WinAMP playlists, and does real time transcoding for Real player (RMVB) and 3GPP formats.

Upscaling to 1080p resolution, the X-Line lets you watch standard DVD titles, MP4, DivX, XviD, DVD VOB, XviD HD, DivX HD, HD TS, WMV HD and more in HD on your HD Ready big screen.
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Posted on Mon, 22 May 2006 13:12:37 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr