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New Mede8er MED500X Firmware.
May 31st
Play just about everything on your TV
The award winning MED500X is the latest generation Multimedia Player specially developed for today’s demanding media enthusiast. The Mede8er has been designed for media playback from a hard drive, USB device, SD Card, Internet or Local Network source. The User Interface is neat and intuitive without being complicated.
The award winning MED500X is the latest generation Multimedia Player specially developed for today’s demanding media enthusiast. The Mede8er has been designed for media playback from a hard drive, USB device, SD Card, Internet or Local Network source. The User Interface is neat and intuitive without being complicated.
And the Mede8er just keeps getting better – After 3 beta’s the final version if finally here – go forth and download!
The best feature imo is the cool “eyes” telling me what I have already watched, very handy when making my way through a box set of DVD rips and I can never remember what number I was on.
You may see a few notes on the new functionality if you follow this link.
Please proceed to the downloads board for links to the latest firmware. (Note – forum registration required)
Mede8er Change Log V3.0 — 1 June 2010
1. Added: Updated SDK
2. Added: BDISO and BDMV chapter support (No Menus)
3. Added: Icon based screens — Menu – Goto – Subtitle
4. Added: Lock feature for Folder / Delete / File Manager/ HDD Format protection (Default password: 0000)
5. Added: Pin Protection on/off setting Setup Menu
6. Added: Folder Protection on/off setting Setup Menu
7. Added: Watched Indicator on/off setting Setup Menu
8. Added: Watched movie status indicator
9. Added: “A-B” button provides about.jpg in-folder zoom functionality (same as “SLOW”)
10. Added: Play video directly from in-folder about.jpg preview (press “ENTER” or “>” to play movie)
11. Added: Play video file folder — Play button
12. Added: Browse cover art “about.jpg” up/down nav
13. Added: Video Screen Transparency — Setup Menu
14 Added: File or Folder rename — Pre-populate text window
15 Added: Change System Font — Automatically picks up font.ttf on boot up.
– Place font.ttf in folder called “Resource” on HDD or USB or SD Card on root
16 Improved: GUI updated
17. Improved: Media Library Menu now remembers last state when returning
18. Improved: File Manager on-screen prompts
19. Improved: Screen size configuration in Setup menu determines about.jpg display area
20. Improved: Filter about.jpg and folder.jpg under “All” tab
21. Improved: SAMBA stability & performance for streaming & network copy
22. Improved: NAS startup after reboot
23. Improved: Music player
24. Improved: Language issues
25. Improved: Navigation of video files in the Media Library with preview “on”
26. Fixed: “Autoplay” from HDD or USB or SD CARD — removed stop & start icons during autoplay
27. Fixed: Issues related to no internal HDD / no Mede8er-formatted HDD
28. Fixed: HDD format issues
29. Fixed: Mirrored MP3 tags issue
30. Fixed: DVD eject
31. Changed: In-folder JPG permitted display size increased to 5MB
32. Changed: Plasma Mode now only adjusts GUI transparency and not Screens during Video Play
Known issues:
o Network (SMB) write not available to Non-Mede8er-formatted HDD (NTFS-only) — Under investigation
o DVD resume on VIDEO_TS structure – Not working — SDK
o Repeat A-B on BDISO — SDK
o AAC 6 channel passthrough – only stereo — SDK related
o Restore from v1.x or v2.x backups — not restoring all fields correctly
o On certain 16:9 DVD menus – selection highlight is misplaced — SDK issue
o Simultaneous audio output via both HDMI and SPDIF — SDK restriction
o Extension .divx unsupported — SDK – temp fix rename file to .avi
o Resume dialogue DVDISO — SDK
o Resume play DVD VIDEO_TS — SDK
o File format: .ogg unsupported — SDK
Regards, DE Support Team support@digitalera.co.uk
Believe the hype – SHOWWX Laser Pico Projector
May 30th
Something special for iPhone, iPad, iPod, laptop and mobile phone users!
We are delighted to announce that Digital Era has secured an exclusive deal with MicroVision to distribute the ground-breaking SHOWWX Laser Pico Projector in the UK.
You can read all about and buy the Pico here, but feel free to check out the following links of other people who think it’s great as well.
The Buzz
The Ever-Widening World of Tiny Projectors
By Anne Eisenberg, May 7, 2010 New York Times
King 5 News: Microvision’s SHOWWX
by Glenn Farley, KING 5 News
Macworld Expo 2010 Best of Show Winners
by Roman Loyola, Macworld.com
Pico Projector Film Fest Turns Ice Sculpture Into Screen
By Scott Thill January 22, 2010 wired.com
Last Gadget Standing at CES:
SHOWWX Pico Projector Shines in the Online Vote
By Brian Ambrozy Posted 01.10.2010 Last Gadget Standing
CES: SHOWWX Laser Projector for iPhone
At times, it felt like little video gnomes had snuck into CES, and stashed tiny iPhone compatible projectors all over the place—and most of them sucked—out of focus, colors from hell and the luminance of a black hole. But then I found the Microvision SHOWWX, and my faith in video gnomes was restored.
January 11, 2010 Hand Held Hollywood
Dr Evil and Showwx Pico Projector
Online Favorite at CES
Dr Evil rocks out for SHOWWX laser pico projector, the online favorite
for Last Gadget Standing at CES 2010 in Las Vegas. www.youtube.com
Mobile projectors were the belle of CES
By Ed Berridge, January 11, 2010 The Inquirer
A Tribute To The Laser, 50 Years On
Interview by Ed Was, January 11, 2010 National Public Radio
Small Pico Projectors may have big future
by Luke Johnson 11 Jan 2010 T3
Pocket-size gizmo that projects your mobile photos
on to any surface, wins techie ‘Oscar’
By Daily Mail Reporter 11th January 2010
Mobiles – the Big Picture?
11/01/2010, BWCS Staff
CES 2010: Laser pico projector offers glimpse
of the future
07 Jan 10 09:04 by Jared Newman MyCE
Microvision Pico-Projector Game Controller
Hitting Walls Later This Year
By Jack Loftus on January 11, 2010 in Gizmodo Australia
Are Pico Projectors the Next Big Cellphone Trend?
By Sinead Carew, Reuters January 10, 2010
picked up by NY Times and more
New pico projectors debut, aim for prime time
by James Niccolai, IDG News Service via Macworld
Microvision Shows Off the SHOWWX laser pocket projector
January 8, 2010 / 2:01 min. Butterscotch.com video
Microvision to present its laser Pico projector ‘SHOWWX’
AVING Special Report Jan 8 2010
Taking on a Las Vegas transformed into tech lover’s paradise
By Melissa Arseniuk for Canwest News Service January 7, 2010
CES 2009 Day 1: Blending the Future
by Jeff Porten, Tidbits 7 January 2010
CES 2010 Microvision Laser Pico Projector Preview
GamerLive.tv, January 6, 2010
Consumer Electronics Show unveils new sounds and visions
BBC News, January 6, 2010
CES 2010: Laser Pico Projector, Netbook E-Reader Combo
Wired.com video of SHOWWX by Brian Chen, January 6, 2010
CES: iPod Pico Projector Uses Lasers to Project Video Up To 100-Inches
3:05 pm, January 6th, 2010, Cult of Mac, Leander Kahney
New pico projectors debut, aim for prime time
James Niccolai 06.01.2010 kl 20:55 | IDG News Service
CNET’s First Looks on SHOWWX video
By Tom Merritt, executive editor, CNET.com, January 6, 2009
World’s first iPhone laser projector on show
Paul Trotter 07.01.2010 | IDG News Service
CES: the iPhone and iPod product showcase
Thu, 01/07/2010 – 5:06am — Jonny Evans
Regards, DE Sales Team Sales@digitalera.co.uk
We have moved.
May 4th
Where have we been? well to be honest very very busy.
At work we completed the gadget show, and managed to move the entire company to Systems House, Gogmore lane, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 9AP. All this has been keeping us busy bee’s and we would like 5 minutes to sit down and do some work 
We have some funky new hard drives, Sonos gear and cube mp3 player’s to tell you all about.
Anyway a few boxes left to unpack and a host of little issues to fix but other than that it’s all looking good.
Oh the broadband has been rubbish so our voip phones are having some issues but NTL are on the case or so they tell me.
Regards, DE Support Team support@digitalera.co.uk
Best Media player(s) in April?
Apr 25th
Nothing has changed since March so the same advice applies, Three things to mention.
1.
In the June 2010 edition of T3 the Mede8er win’s the media player test and in the “Overall” listing at the back of the mag it is just behind the WDTV, I have no idea why as it is better (honest! it is..) check out page 117 of T3.
2.
New firmware for the Mede8er v3 is in the works and beta users can get hold of it to have a go. I like the little eyes that display after you have watched something, very handy if watching an entire season of a show so you know what episode you are on. Also the UI has had a paint job and polish.
3.
New Popcorn Hour C200 firmware at RC3..hit the read more for the boring bits..
Regards, DE Support Team support@digitalera.co.uk
Win Gadget Show Live 2010 Tickets
Mar 17th
Free prize draw for the UK’s biggest consumer tech show.
Fancy a great day out at the Gadget Show Live 2010? Not only do you get a day’s worth of tech filled entertainment but you can even pop by stand P5 and say hello to us.
We will be on-site for the duration of the event showing off our high-tech products for the digital home. We have also teamed up with the Gadget Show to give away some of our award winning Mede8er media players during the live shows held throughout the day.
If this all sounds your cup of tea then this could be your last chance as tickets are all but sold out. We have 4 set’s of 3 tickets up for grabs one set for each day over the 7th/8th/9th and 11th of April 2010.
How to win the tickets?
Due to phenomenal demand all tickets for 8th-11th of April have now been sold. As tickets are like gold dust this is a great chance to gain entry.
Any order placed on our website between now and 31st of March will be entered into a prize draw for a ticket.
The draw will be held on April 1st at our Swindon office. All you have to do to qualify is enter GSTICKETS into the promo code field at the checkout and click the update button.
Terms and Conditions
The prize is 3 tickets to the Gadget Show Live 2010 for either the 7th/8th/9th/11th of April.
Only open to UK residents, over 18 years old.
Digital Era reserves right to disqualify any entrant deemed to breach T&Cs.
Prize subject to availability and at the discretion of Digital Era.
Digital Era reserves right to cancel/amend prize draw at any time without prior notice, or substitute prize with that of equal/greater value.
Prize non transferable.
No cash/credit alternative will be offered.
Taxes, insurances, travel and other expenses unless stated by Digital Era, are winner’s sole responsibility.
Please remember the Gadget Show Live 2010 takes place in Halls 9 – 12 at the NEC (National Exhibition Centre), Birmingham. The event is open from 9:30am – 5:30pm from 8th – 11th April. So only enter if you can make it.
Regards, DE Support Team support@digitalera.co.uk
Best Media player(s) in March?
Mar 8th
If we had a penny for every phone call asking us what media player is the best one to buy we would have enough for a giant size Kit Kat each day
The best media player is a tough one, every forum or review will always have someone who has a negative comment, normally Mr Angry venting his lack of understanding at a poor little media player. It’s not often someone takes time out to write something positive. This makes picking a media player hard work, because as soon as you have made your mind up after weeks of research you read about someone’s bad time with the model you are after.
Unfortunately there is no perfect media player, otherwise we would just sell the one option and leave it at that. As it is we constantly review our media player line up, hence we just said good bye to the WDTV live and Asus Oplay regardless of how well they sold.
Click more for the full article.
February Top 10 Sellers
Mar 2nd
Dear Digital Era,
What were the top 10 selling products for February?
Good question!
1 Mede8er MED500X Network Media Player
2 Popcorn Hour A-200 Network Media Player
3 SuperCard DS Onei For DSi, NDS & NDSL
4 AC Ryan Playon!HD Mini Network Media Player
5 M3i Zero For DSi, NDS & NDSL
6 HDI Dune BD Prime 3.0 Blu-ray Network Media Player
7 QNAP TS-219P Two Bay NAS
8 HDI Dune HD Base 3.0 Network Media Player
9 Popcorn Hour C-200 Network Media Player
10 Ex-Display HD Digitech HDX 1000 Network Media Player
Regards, DE Sales Team Sales@digitalera.co.uk
No QNAP NAS Too Small – Custom/Pre Built NAS Systems.
Feb 17th
Looking for a small silent one bay NAS? or perhaps you need an 8 bay NAS for data centre backup? As we sell the full list of QNAP NAS products here in the UK and we know a thing or two about storage you came to the right place.
We don’t list all the NAS’s we offer as QNAP release them quicker than we can add them Also a lot of people have a preferred hard drive manufacturer they favour so whatever hard drive you want just let us know and we can get you a competitive quote.
So from a fully stacked eight bay NAS to a single bay NAS just give us a call or email us with what you need, all you need to do is plug it in!
QNAP NAS’s Models available:
SMB & Corporate NAS 
TS-809U-RP
TS-809 Pro
TS-859 Pro
TS-659 Pro
TS-459 Pro
TS-259 Pro
TS-439 Pro II
TS-239 Pro II
SS-839 Pro
TS-639 Pro
TS-509 Pro
TS-439 Pro
TS-439U-RP/ TS-439U-SP
SS-439 Pro
TS-239 Pro
TS-419U
TS-410U
Home & SOHO NAS
TS-419P
TS-410
TS-219P
TS-219
TS-119
TS-210
TS-110
Regards, DE Sales Team Sales@digitalera.co.uk
January Top 10 Sellers
Feb 3rd
Dear Digital Era,
What were the top 10 selling products for January?
Good question!
1 Mede8er MED500X Multimedia Player
2 SuperCard DS Onei For DSi, NDS & NDSL
3 QNAP TS-219P Two Bay NAS
4 HDI Dune HD Base 3.0 Network Media Player
5 M3i Zero For DSi, NDS & NDSL
6 DSTTi For DSi, NDS & NDSL
7 HDI Dune BD Prime 3.0 Blu-ray Network Media Player
8 AC Ryan Playon!HD Network Media Player
9 QNAP TS-409 Four-Bay NAS
10 Acekard 2i For DSi, NDS & NDSL
And now you know.
Regards, DE Sales Team Sales@digitalera.co.uk
Viva Las Vegas – CES Here We Come
Jan 6th
Well I say “we” but only two lu
cky members of staff get to enjoy the 11 hour plane trip and taste the joys of Las Vegas.
These brave souls make this sacrifice to bring us news from the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). In between gambling and roof top pool parties we hope our work colleges come back with info on the products we will be selling this year as well as a host of new contacts.
About CES
With more than four decades of success, the International CES reaches across global markets, connects the industry and enables CE innovations to grow and thrive.
The International CES is produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), the preeminent trade association promoting growth in the consumer technology industry. CEA represents more than 2,000 corporate members involved in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution and integration of consumer electronics products. All profits from CES are reinvested into industry services, including technical training and education, industry promotion, engineering standards development, market research and legislative advocacy.
Either way this disgruntled blogger didn’t get to go so i hope they have a miserable time in the sun (17c!)
Regards, DE Sales Team Sales@digitalera.co.uk
December Top 10
Jan 6th
Dear Digital Era,
What were the top 10 selling products for December?
Good question!
1 Mede8er MED500X Multimedia Player
2 SuperCard DS Onei For DSi, NDS & NDSL
3 AC Ryan Playon!HD Network Media Player
4 M3i Zero For DSi, NDS & NDSL
5 DSTTi For DSi, NDS & NDSL
6 QNAP TS-219P 2 Bay NAS
7 Acekard 2i For DSi, NDS & NDSL
8 Xtreamer HD Media Player
9 QNAP TS-409 Four-Bay NAS
10 4Gb Kingston MicroSDHC Class 4 without adapter
And now you know.
Regards, DE Sales Team Sales@digitalera.co.uk
DSi Firmware 1.5 Do Not Update
Jan 5th
There are some rumours on various forums that the big N is rolling out firmware 1.5 – now we all know what happened when 1.4 hit so make sure you decline any updates for now.
Nintendo has rolled out a new firmware revision for their latest incarnation of their line of Nintendo DS portable video gaming consoles. It seems v1.5 of their firmware blocks flashcards again which means you can either turn on off the Wifi or wait for a fix. Not is much known about other enhancements other then the anti-flashcard fix
“Yes, we are the first evidence of the release of a new firmware for the DSi (1.5) which seems to block all the flashcards are currently for sale: waiting for updates from our entire staff’s advice is to not upgrade and wait to be understood whether and how to get around the obstacle and continue to use the latest Nintendo handheld with flashcards in our possession.”
So as always do not update your DSi or your flash card will not work.
Regards, DE Support Team Support@digitalera.co.uk
No News Is Good News?
Jan 4th
In this case no news meant everyone was so busy packing up media players and DS cards no one had time for fun but our team of elves did enjoy a peaceful holiday season.
So now all that is out of the way for another year we have a host of news and guides to write up.
It’s all go..
Have a Happy 2010, did you know the United Nations has designated 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity and International Year of Youth. Oh and England win the world cup…
Regards, DE Sales & Support
New Clearance Section
Nov 20th
We added a new category to the website, in it you will find various bargains we are practically giving away.
What can you find? well it’s a bit of this a bit of that, perhaps items we have overstocked or perhaps a ghost in the machine has knocked a lot of money off the RRP for a lucky customer to take advantage of.
It’s worth having a look, it’s a deal it’s a steal! All items are new you won’t find any returns or seconds here unless otherwise stated in the product title.
Happy bargain hunting.
Regards, DE Sales Team sales@digitalera.co.uk
Due To Postal Strikes Across The Country Orders Maybe Delayed
Oct 9th
Bad news everyone, due to current strikes across the country orders maybe delayed which is beyond our control.
Royal Mail postal workers have voted to take strike action over job security and working conditions.
They voted three to one in favour of action, with 61,623 out of a total of 80,830 workers who voted saying they wanted to strike.
But the Royal Mail said 60% of the total number of postal workers working in the UK did not vote to strike.
The company and unions have been unable to resolve differences on how best to modernise the postal service.
More info:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8260701.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8297019.stm
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