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ASUS Releases the O!Play TV Pro Smart TV Set Top Box

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Offers multiple ways for consumers to play, stream, share, and record HD media and digital TV content

Taipei, Taiwan (January 18, 2012) - the ASUS O!Play TV Pro upgrades living room TV viewing to a completely digital HD and live experience, enabling easy content consumption and distribution. Features open up playback and recording of digital programs, as well as almost any multimedia file currently available with over 50 formats supported, including 3D. Exclusive O!Easy technology adds specific one-click functions that cover file streaming, sharing, and replay, while an always-on design affords direct access to many major online entertainment and content services, all from a single user-friendly device. 

Playback and recording of digital TV 

The O!Play TV Pro comes with a built in DVB-T digital tuner for immediate access to free-to-air high quality digital TV programming. Consumers can readily plan ahead with the Electronic Program Guide (EPG), which offers location-sensitive scheduling for up to a week in advance. Plus, content can be recorded onto an internal 3.5" hard drive* using the included Personal Video Recorder (PVR). ASUS has integrated TimeShift into the device, which can pause and resume digital broadcasts in real time should consumers need to get away from the screen, but wish to avoid missing out on their favorite shows. 

Support for over 50 formats - including 3D media

Compatibility remains critical for media players, and so the O!Play TV Pro offers seamless use of over 50 major multimedia standards for a worry-free user experience. These include ISO, MKV, RM/RMBV, MVA, AVI, MPEG1/2/4, and MP4. Adding 3D support, the set top box uses H.264 MV (TS, M2TS, and BD-ISO), extending compatibility to cover the most current 3D formatting on the market. 

Exclusive ASUS O!Easy technology renders more enjoyable HD multimedia  

Playing, streaming, and sharing HD content have been made much easier thanks to the inclusion of O!Easy technology, which connects the O!Play TV Pro to other devices and home networks intuitively. The suite includes multiple one-click functions: 

  • - O!Capture: media and TV program sharing on Facebook 
  • - O!Replay: replay a program's most recent seven seconds 
  • - O!Direct: streaming content from desktop or notebook PC to TV 
  • - O!MediaShare: wireless streaming of content from mobile devices to TV 
  • - AutoPlay: plug and play videos stored on USB drives or SD/MMC/MS/xD cards without additional setup or installation

Access diverse online entertainment 

The O!Play TV Pro offers consumers a totally live product, with constant connectivity over Gigabit Ethernet and Wi-Fi to a wealth of online-based content and services. The device maximizes bandwidth availability to reduce lag and latency for faster downloads and buffer-free streaming. Acetrax, Facebook, YouTube Leanback, DailyMotion, Flickr, and Picasa all come pre-configured for instant access. ASUS offers regular device and service updates, so consumers can expect the range of online content to continue to grow. 

Specifications 

Feature

Description 

Video formats 

MPEG1/2/4, H.264, VC-1, RM/RMVB, XVID 

Video file extensions 

.mp4, .mov, .avi, .asf, .wmv, .flv, .mkv, .ts, m2ts, .dat, .mpg, .vob, .mts, .iso, .trp,M1V,M2V,M4V 

3D video formats 

H.264, MVC, .ts, m2ts 

Audio formats 

MP3, WAV, AAC, OGG, FLAC, AIFF, Dolby® Digital AC3m, DTS Digital SurroundTM, Dolby® Digital Plus, PCM/LPCM, Dolby® TrueHD, ID3 Tag 

Image formats 

JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF, TIFF 

Subtitle formats 

.srt, .sub, .smi, idx+sub, .ssa, .ass 

File systems 

FAT16/32, NTFS, HFS/HFS+, ext3 

TV systems 

Digital TV: DVB-T 

Wireless  

Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n 

Storage

3.5" (up to 3TB) 

Recording quality 

Hard drive (up to 3TB, TS recording) 

I/O  

1 x power button

1 x power (DC-in)  

 

1 x USB 3.0 

 

2 x USB 2.0 

 

1 x USB 3.0 (PC Link)

 

1 x Gigabit LAN (1000Mbps) 

 

1 x HDMI (HDMI 1.4)

 

1 x component (YPbPr)  

 

1 x analog audio out

 

1 x analog video out

 

1 x digital audio out (OPTICAL)  

 

1 x digital audio out (COAXIAL)  

 

1 x SD/MMC/MS/xD combo card slot (4-in-1)

 

RF in: antenna input (loop through cable port) 

 

RF out: antenna output 

Dimensions and weight

30cm x 24.3cm x 4cm 

1100g (including storage tray) 

Power 

12V, 3A 

Operating temperatures 

5°C-35°C 

Product features and specifications may change without notice. Check www.asus.com for details. 

*3.5" hard drive sold separately.

About ASUS

ASUS, the world's top 3 consumer notebook vendor and the maker of the world's best-selling and most award winning motherboards, is a leading enterprise in the new digital era. ASUS designs and manufactures products that perfectly meet the needs of today's digital home, office and person, with a broad portfolio that includes motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, displays, desktops, Eee Box and all-in-one PCs, notebooks, netbooks, tablet devices, servers, multimedia and wireless solutions, networking devices, and mobile phones. Driven by innovation and committed to quality, ASUS won 3,398 awards in 2010, and is widely credited with revolutionizing the PC industry with the Eee PCTM. With a global staff of more than 10,000 and a world-class R&D team of 3,000 engineers, the company's revenue for 2010 was around US$10.1 billion.