31/1/2008

Alienware High Definition Media Server

High Definition Media Server

Cutting Edge technology is Coming Home

Cutting-edge technology is coming home. With wireless high definition media streaming, full digital home automation readiness, up to 4 terabytes of hot swappable hard disk drive content storage, and Blu-ray high definition movies, your house just got a whole lot smarter.

Exciting Key Features Include:

4 Hot-swappable easy access front panel hard disk drive bays.
Rack mountable
Home automation ready with Lifeware software.
High-Definition Digital Video Recorder for recording and playing back your HD content (up to 1080p) via an HDMI output.
Blu-ray Disc, experience the next generation in 1080p high definition movie visuals and digital audio with this read and write optical drive. Store up to 50GB of content on writeable Blu-ray media
Up to 4 TV Tuners
Internal Cable Card port (OCUR).
7.1 Optical Audio output (Toslink).
Up to 4 terrabytes of hard disk drive storage
Dolby Digital 7.1 pre-amp output, with digital audio out (Coaxial and Optical)

Who is the High Definition Media Server For?

The Alienware High Definition Media server is perfect for the customer looking to create the digital home of tomorrow with full home integration in mind. The High Definition Media Server becomes the central electronic focus point of your home; storing and wirelessly streaming all your digital content including music, pictures, and movies throughout your home. Access internet videos and download music, movies, and TV shows from services such as, Amazon Unbox, Netflixs, and iTunes instantly and without the need of a separate PC or Mac.

Overview

Organize your Files and Memories

Often times we forget where we save or kept that important file on our computers. If you have one or more computers in your home, keeping track of which system you stored which file on can be frustrating. The HD Media Server can store, organize, and share all your digital files in one central location, helping you quickly search and retrieve what you want.

Content is King

Imagine DVR to the tenth power, and that’s just a fraction of what the HD Media Server can do. Multi-room music distribution, high definition TV video recording and streaming, database storage, and photo sharing... that’s just the beginning of all the possibilities the HD Media Server opens. Bottom line is, today’s world is changing in a dynamic digital way and you’ll need an HD Media Server to keep your digital life up to date.

Remote File Access

Often when you need your files most you may not be at your home and have no way of getting to that important document. The HD Media Server helps by providing you with remote access to all your digital files and memories, all you need is an internet connection and windows or windows mobile device to access them remotely.

Intel Viiv Technology

Intel has verified media devices to work with Intel® Viiv™ processor technology. These include personal media players so you can take your entertainment with you on the go, and gamepads and remote controls so you can play games just like you would with a game console. Look for the “Enjoy with” logo to identify media devices that have been verified to work with Intel Viiv processor technology.

Store and Protect

One of the best features of the HD Media Server is its ability to backup all your important files automatically, providing you with worry free storage for all your irreplaceable files and memories. Four hot-swappable hard disk drive bays, with up to four terabytes of storage space, give you plenty of room for your small and large files.

Distribute your Digital Life

The HD Media Server was built around content and media sharing. An Intel Core 2 Quad processor gives you four processing cores to distribute all your videos, pictures, and music with no hardware lag. Optional draft N wireless combos, multi-room music devices, and media extenders help extend your HD Media Server’s reach to all the areas in your home.

Always Room for More

If you need additional storage space, adding and replacing an existing drive is a snap with front loading hot-swappable bays. A standard RAID 5 configuration means all you have to do is pull a drive out and pop another one in, the HD Media Server does all the configuration work for you.

Port Diagram of Alienware HEMS - Front Open

What is Viiv?

Intel® Viiv™ processor technology is Intel's premier brand for consumer PCs designed for digital entertainment. The Alienware High Definition Media Server is based on Intel® Viiv™ processor technology and is built with Intel's high performance dual-core and quad-core processors, chipsets, networking silicon, and special software. The HD Media Server is also complemented by online entertainment services and applications that have been verified to work with Intel Viiv processor technology – enabling you to access great content like movies, music, videos and even games online. You select what you enjoy and control when you enjoy it.

Features and Benefits of Intel Viiv Technology

Get access to a world of movies, music, and games through entertainment services verified to work with Intel Viiv processor technology. Enjoy and manage your media! Create, edit, stylize, and manage your photos, videos, and other files with Intel Viiv processor technology verified applications.

Share movies, photos, music and more

With the HD Media Server's remote control you can easily scroll through menus to find movies, music, games and more – and share the fun with your friends and family. It's your home entertainment center! Amazing high-definition video playback capability and support for up to 7.1 surround sound so everyone can put themselves in the middle of a movie or game. Quad-core processing, including the available Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor, for remarkable performance to support power-hungry multimedia applications, providing the capacity to handle HD content, multiple media streams, and incredible realism for games

Intel Viiv Entertainment services

Movies and TV

Access the latest blockbuster movie or watch your favorite TV show – delivered right to your living room.

Music

Access over a million songs from both sub******ion and purchase options. Make playlists, and watch concerts and videos.

Games

Access hundreds of games from arcade classics to the hottest new titles and play them on the big screen.

Photos

Organize, edit and share your photos.

Intel® Viiv™ Entertainment Pass

Experience this unique place to enjoy some of the best in online entertainment – offers, discounts and content available only to Intel Viiv technology-based PC owners. Navigate into Microsoft Windows Media Center Edition* and select Online Spotlight; this is where you'll find the Intel Viiv Entertainment Pass.

Media devices

Intel has also verified media devices to work with Intel® Viiv™ processor technology. These include personal media players so you can take your entertainment with you on the go and gamepads so you can play games just like you would with a game console. Look for the "Enjoy with" logo to identify media devices that have been verified to work with Intel Viiv processor technology.

Technical Specifications

Operating Systems

Windows Vista® Home Premium
Optional Windows Vista® Ultimate - required to support 4 CableCARDs

Processors, Chipset & Memory

Intel® Core™ 2 Quad 45 Nanometer Processors
Intel X38 chipset
Up to 4GB Low Latency DDR3 at 1333MHz

Graphics & Video

Standard: ATI® 2400 HD Graphics with DVI to HDMI Adapter (1080p)
Video out Standard:
- DVI/HDMI Video
- VGA
- S-Video
- Component Video Out
- Component video out with S-Video to Component adapter
Dual Cable Card Internal Combo Tuners (OCUR)
Up to 4 Cable Card Tuners (2 External OCUR)

Storage

Standard 250GB x 4 with 250GB Reserved for OS partition in RAID 5
Optional 4TB with 1TB Reserved for OS partition in RAID 5

Optical Drives

8x DVD-ROM/CD-RW
Optional Dual Layer Blu-Ray/DVD±R/W/CD-RW Burner

Wired Connectivity

Dual Gigabit Ethernet LAN with Load Balancing

Audio

7.1 Channel Digital Preamp Output
Analog Audio in
Optical Audio out
Coaxial Audio out

Peripheral Connections

RS232 Control
6x USB 2.0
IEEE 1394a (4-pin) port
2 eSATA ports
External CMOS Switch
IR in
2x IR out
RF connect switch

Case & Chassis

Height: 3.5” without feet and 4.0” with feet.
Width: 16.93” without rack mount and 18.9” with rack mount
Depth: 18.3”
Weight: 29 lbs

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31/1/2008

Alienware Area-51 m15x

GPU

World's Fastest Notebook GPU

Equip your Area-51® m15x with an NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8800M GTX with 512MB of dedicated graphics memory and experience the world’s fastest notebook GPU. It features a core clock running at 500MHz and a 1,250MHz shader clock.

16X full-screen anti-aliasing capabilities mean that not only does the GeForce 8800M GTX allow you to run circles around any game opponent, but you can take them out long before they even know you’re coming. NVIDIA armed the GeForce 8800M GTX with some of the most advanced graphics technology imaginable.

DirectX® 10 — delivers dynamic environmental lighting and weather along with film-quality effects for collisions, smoke, fog and larger-than-life explosions, creating a life-like gaming experience.

NVIDIA PureVideo HD — relieves the CPU of all Blu-ray Disc® decoding, freeing the processor to support features such as “picture-in-picture” movies, interactive games and menus and higher bit-rates.

NVIDIA Lumenex engine — delivers ultra-smooth images at higher frame rates for enhanced realism in gaming.

The Area-51 m15x features Alienware’s BinaryGFX technology. The NVIDIA graphics card operates in conjunction with an integrated graphics processor for the ultimate blend of performance and power. The onboard graphics processor reduces power consumption during low intensity tasks. Switching to the GeForce 8800M GTX unleashes your computer’s full graphics capabilities

CPU

Performance-Rich Technology

By placing two cores on a single chip, dual-core technology generates unprecedented efficiency and processing power, allowing for advanced multitasking and demanding computational capabilities. This makes rendering out complex 3D models, editing HD video and digital audio or tearing through the latest DirectX® 10 game easier than ever before.

Intel® loaded the Core™ 2 Extreme with an abundance of performance-rich technologies in order to bring the user the most exciting gaming experience possible.

Intel® Wide Dynamic Execution — delivers more instructions per clock cycle for faster execution times.

Intel® Intelligent Power Capability — improves the energy efficiency of your notebook.

Intel® Smart Memory Access — optimizes the use and flow of available data bandwidth.

Intel® Advanced Smart Cache — by increasing cache efficiency, the Extreme mobile processor reduces latency times and increases responsiveness.

Intel® Advanced Digital Media Boost — introduces human-like artificial intelligence and real-world physics into gaming environments

COMMAND CENTER

Take Control

Command Center houses all of Alienware’s exclusive software. By placing programs like AlienFusion and AlienFX® in a single, user-friendly interface you gain more control over your own system.

AlienFX

Alienware’s unique lighting system, AlienFX lets you choose from an array of color and transition effects across six distinct zones including the notebook’s Alien logo, keyboard, touchpad and more.

AlienFusion

AlienFusion gives you access to your Alienware’s power management controls so you can decide when you need maximum performance or when you can scale back for more everyday programs, increasing energy efficiency and extending battery life.

The Alienware Command Center is a continuously upgradable control panel. As Alienware releases new programs, they download directly into the Command Center allowing you to build a library of system management, optimization and customization tools.

Smart Bay Swappable Drive

You need a notebook that is flexible, one that can adapt quickly and easily. If you have a sudden need for extra capacity, just slide out the optical drive and slide in the hot-swappable second hard drive. When you feel like watching a DVD, just swap the drives again. The Area-51 m15x even has a backup battery you can slide in for extended use on the go.

Next Generation Wireless

Connect anywhere on your Area-51 m15x while maintaining the fastest, most stable wireless connection with next-generation Draft-N wireless.

Watch It In High-Def

The Area-51 m15x’s 15.4-inch LCD achieves Extreme High-Definition 1200p so you can view video and Blu-ray Discs® at the highest possible resolutions.

Maximize Windows Vista

Windows Vista® Ultimate springs to life on the Area-51 m15x. Alienware’s advanced technology delivers the OS’s true potential.

Work And Play In Real-Time

More memory equals more options. Load your system with 4GB of DDR2 memory for resource intensive applications and multitasking.

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Revolutionizing the Industry

Magnesium Alloy Chassis

When developing the fastest notebooks ever created, you need a strong, lightweight chassis. By building our notebooks on a magnesium alloy chassis, we can provide our customers with the best of both worlds, a material lighter than steel with far more rigidity than plastic.

Heat Management

Proper thermal management is key to system performance. With the notebook’s magnesium alloy chassis, we can cool the internal structures enabling the fastest processors and graphics cards. In addition to the internal details, Alienware designed notebooks have dual air exhaust, porting hot air away from the user.

Case Design

Alienware revolutionized case design in the computer industry, shattering all prior conventions. Since then, other companies have been trying to keep up. But just as no other notebook performs like an Alienware, no other notebook could ever look like one. Without fail, your notebook is instantly recognizable as an Alienware.

AlienFX Customizable Lighting

AlienFX® gives your notebook an extra dose of personality. Customize your Area-51® m15x with an array of lighting themes including a variety of colors and effects. Set visual alerts, sync with applications or just make your Alienware stand out from the crowd – more so than usual. Countless configurations across six distinct lighting zones mean your computer will truly be one of a kind.

Go Stealth For Longer Battery Life

Alienware notebooks pack ample power. They also allow you to curb that power when the need arises. The Area-51 m15x’s Stealth Mode throttles back the CPU and GPU, decreasing the notebook’s energy consumption and increasing battery life. Powering down the Area-51 m15x also reduces noise output. Higher energy efficiency and quieter running makes Stealth Mode especially beneficial when working unplugged and out in the field.

QuickTouch System Control Pad

The QuickTouch control pad illustrates the perfect blend of style and substance. Hot buttons in the notebook’s QuickTouch area respond to your touch, accessing key ********s and applications, including wireless and Bluetooth connectivity, volume controls, Command Center and Stealth Mode launch. Touch capacitive technology gives the Area-51 m15x a seamless design and construction, uninterrupted by cumbersome mechanical buttons and control knobs.

Alienware Area-51 m15x seamless deign with AlienFX

Seamless Touchpad

The Area-51 m15x’s seamless touchpad design exemplifies the impeccable attention to detail that goes into every Alienware.

Webcam And Microphone Array

Broadcast across the Web with a 2 megapixel webcam and microphone array allowing for richer voice and chat capabilities.