NuVo to Release a PlaysForSure Compatible Multi-Room WMA Music Server
By Alexander Grundner |
August 28th, 2006
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Talk About CEDIA has details on a new product from NuVo called the NV-M3 music server that will leverage Microsoft’s PlaysForSure platform so it can store and stream Windows Media DRM-wrapped content (as well as WMA, MP3, and WAV) and support monthly subscription services like Napster To Go. The device is said to have 160GB hard drive and can be managed with a NuVo Grand Concerto Control Pad (example) from any room where the client is installed. Expected retail price for the server alone: $2,200. No word if it will come with a Ethernet port for true network connectivity, though the product page does state that it will interface with a PC directly via USB (ugh if that’s it). In addition, it’s also not clear if it will be able to stream music to PlaysForSure compatible digital media adapters like the Roku SoundBridge.
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The feature list on the NuVo site includes this little tidbit:
Hopefully the M3 Music Server also includes an ethernet port or it can’t really be considered a server. I’m sure they don’t expect the user to connect to the PC over USB for loading of content then disconnect and carry the loaded box to their entertainment system.
The description on the talk about CEDIA site includes the quote:
“Implementing WMP in a multizone media player was no small task”
from Rick Kukulies, executive vice president of engineering for NuVo. Perhaps they were not able to implement the next step of networked WMDRM.
Thanks for checking in on that. I didn’t see the product page earlier today. I’ll update the post with the info found at http://www.nuvotechnologies.com/M3_music_server.htm