EGreat M31B NMT New improved model

EGreat M31B High-definition Networked Media Tank (NMT).

The new M31B offers a sleeker design box and a quiet cooling fan, This is the new model only released November 2009.
The EG-M31B HD network media player (NMP) is a hard disk drive digital multimedia player featuring the powerful Syabas NMT media server software popularized by the Popcorn Hour (PCH) A-100 and A-110.

With all the great features of other popular NMT's, the EGreat also delivers superior performance through HDMI 1.3 support and 2 X ESATA II and USB 2.0 host and slave support. The EGreat also offers superior hardware and construction making it the premier multimedia streamer and HD video player. The M31B Downmixes DTS via new firmware just released. All M31B product are updated with the new firmware prior to shipment

Hardware Specifications :

Hardware
* CPU:SIGMA DESIGNS SMP8635
* DDR DRAM :Hynix 64-bit 256MB
* External NOR Flash :Spansion 16-bit 32MB
* LANCHIP: REATEK RTL8201CP
* Audio D/A CHIP: AKM AK4420
* HDMI 1.3 CHIP: SILICON IMAGE SIL9134
* SATA TO USB: JMICRON JM20335
* ESATA HOST: SUNPLUS SPIF225
* USB HOST: GENESYS GL850A
Video Output connectors :
* HDMI 1.3
* Component (Y/Pb/Pr)
* Composite
Audio Output connectors :
* Stereo
* SPDIF Digital audio output
Networking :
* Ethernet interface, 10-baseT/100-baseT
* Support USB WIFI,configue should be 802.11N
USB :
* USB 2.0 host 2 port
* USB 2.0 slave
* Device Classifications : Mass storage device
ESATA:
*ESATA HOST*1
*ESATA SLAVE*1，rate is 3.0Gb/s
HDD Type：
* SATA Ⅰ/Ⅱ HDD
HDD FORMAT:
* EXT3
* NTFS/FAT32
Power on/off control by RC
* Add one MCU，then it can realize power on/off by RC
Human Interface Device :
* Handheld remote (standard)
* USB keyboard (optional)

Media files supported
Video containers:
* MPEG1/2/4 Elementary (M1V, M2V, M4V)
* MPEG1/2 PS (M2P, MPG)
* MPEG2 Transport Stream (TS, TP, TRP, M2T, M2TS, MTS)
* VOB
* AVI, ASF, WMV
* Matroska (MKV)
* MOV (H.264), MP4, RMP4
Video codecs:
* XVID SD/HD
* MPEG-1
* MPEG-2 -MP@HL
* MPEG-4.2 - ASP@L5, 720p, 1-point GMC
* WMV9 -MP@HL
* H.264 -BP@L3 ,MP@L4.0 ,HP@L4.0 ,HP@L4.1
* VC-1 -MP@HL ,AP@L3
Audio containers:
* AAC, M4A
* MPEG audio (MP1, MP2, MP3, MPA)
* WAV
* WMA
* FLAC
* OGG
Audio codecs:
* WMA, WMA Pro
* AAC
* MP1, MP2, MP3
* LPCM
* FLAC
* Vorbis
Audio pass through : DTS, AC3
Photo formats : JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF
Other formats: ISO, IFO
Subtitle formats : SRT, SMI, SUB, SSA
OSD Language:
* English * Chinese (GB2312,Big5) * Russian * Czechic * Swedish * Spanish * Polish * Portuguese * Greece * Dutch
Subtitil language: Hebrew/Turkish
Note: Additional formats available in future firmware releases Support recover from firmware update failure with fail-safe kernel

NAS + Media Server feature :

Protocols :
* DLNA v1.0 compliance on CTT test tools v1.0.
* UPnP AV NMPR v2.1

File Upload support :
* Samba version 3.0.21 (home-use)
* FTP for Digital Signage (commercial)

Download services :
* Bit Torrent btpd v0.12
NAS Management system :
* HDD format
* HDD partition create, copy, pasted,delete
* File transfer
* Password protection, etc
. Proprietary server :
* myiHome Lite (detection by Networked Media Tank slim client with UPnP 1.0)
Media Player extender :
* Supports any other DLNA compliant devices
Playback feature support :
* Photo Album (JPEG) with the entire supported audio format as background music
* Internet Radio supporting Shoutcast server MP3 Internet Radio stream
* Playback control
- Play/Pause,
- Go to (seeking)
- Fast Forward/Rewind
- Slow Motion (MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 only)
* Audio and Video Play List supported
* MP3 playback with album art support
* proprietary server (e.g. myiHome Lite), allows playback on multiple platform
(Windows XP, Mac OS and Pocket PC) via an Internet browser.
Accessory packing
* Remote control x 1PCS
* Power adapter 12V/3A x 1PCS
* Power cable x 1pcs
* USB2.0 Cable x 1PCS
* USB 2.0 Extension cable x 1pcs
* HDMI Cable x 1PCS
* ESATA cablex1PCS
* CD-R x 1pcs
* Screw bag x 1pcs