NEWS: CEDIA Discoveries—Pioneer’s Futuristic “Project Entertainment TAP”
September 23rd, 2009 -- by Chris Martens
Source: AVGuide
Source: AVGuide
2009 stands as a transitional year for Pioneer Electronics as the company redefines itself in the post-KURO plasma TV era. A major indicator of future directions the company will take came in the form of a demonstration of Pioneer’s futuristic “Project Entertainment TAP” (or E-TAP, for short) proof-of-concept product as shown at CEDIA Expo 2009.
What exactly is the E-TAP? Well, the deceptively compact component offers the combination of the world’s first Managed Copy-capable Blu-ray player (and, of course, a DVD and CD player), a Blu-ray disk burner, a 1 TB digital audio/video recorder and music server (with capabilities for connecting up to 120 outboard USB storage devices), a network media player with a suite of Internet-accessible content made available through Pioneer Internet partners, and a Control 4-certified home automation controller.
The E-TAP can even use iPod Touches, iPhones and Android phones, as well as certain Web-tablet handheld PCs, as associated remote control devices. The E-TAP, pricing for which has not yet been announced, is slated for production release in 2010. Does Project E-TAP give us a glimpse of the future for A/V source components? Only time will tell.
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Thanks for the article!
Just a reminder to everyone out there, the E-TAP is a platform which is not necessarily limited to a Blu-ray Disc player; it just happened to be built into a customized BD player for CEDIA so that we could conduct the world's first demonstration of Managed Media Copy via the E-TAP's incredibly easy to navigate UI. E-TAP can be built into any product, such as an A/V receiver, and therein we can maintain the extremely high-levels of build and parts quality typical to Pioneer and Elite-branded products, and not rely on generic off-the-shelf components which do not meet our exacting requirements. That's a very exciting aspect to E-TAP, as you can easily recognize!
Now, I like Pioneer stuff. Always have. All of my purchased gear is Pioneer. But seriously. You can build or buy a 500PC that can do all of this. On top of all of that, I can use Millions of software titles.... Already doing it... AND, I can play netflix.... Already...
this game is over..