Nixeus Fusion XS Brings Marvell into the DMA Market
by Ganesh T S on March 11, 2011 8:54 PM EST- Posted in
- Home Theater
- Marvell
- Media Streamer
- Android
- Nixeus
The Fusion XS is slated to launch in late Q2 with a MSRP of $169.99. Seeing the pricing strategy on the Fusion HD, I fully expect the street price to be closer to $150. Unlike some other media streamer manufacturers, Nixeus must be commended for advertising only what they plan to deliver and can already see working with Marvell's current SDK.
The Fusion XS joins the Fusion HD in the Nixeus Fusion Series family of media players. What does this mean for the current Fusion HD owners? Nixeus confirms that they are still working on new firmware to fix most of the bugs we reported in our review. They are looking to extend the life of the Fusion HD with continued support and even considering some minor hardware revisions. The Sigma 8655 is a very stable reliable solution due to the maturity of its development. If they manage to get Adobe Flash Lite on it similar to what WD did with the Live Hub, the UI could indeed take a turn for the better. It is refreshing to see Nixeus pledge support for their previous generation products and keep their initial customers happy.
The Nixeus Fusion XS is Marvell's launch vehicle in the DMA space. The fact that it runs Android makes it an exciting product to look forward to. As always, wait for our review to find out how good Android is on a media streamer, and also to find out whether the Nixeus Fusion XS is a fit for your media streaming needs.
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Discombobulated28 - Monday, March 28, 2011 - link
Correct me if I'm wrong... but XBMC currently does not support HD Audio passthrough via HDMI... SPDIF/optical cables do not have enough bandwidth to support DTS-MA and Dolby TrueHD passthrough to HD Audio Receivers.iampivot - Saturday, March 12, 2011 - link
I guess that if Android based playback devices are to be introduced, they first have to fix the gapless playback issue for music.ganeshts - Monday, March 14, 2011 - link
I will let Nixeus know that this is a requested feature. I think it is more reliant on just the playback app rather than Android itself.vvbbbncgffg - Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - link
If it's any bit as good as the QDEO chip in my LG BH-200 Blu-ray/HD-DVD player (a few years old now), then it should easily beat the HQV benchmarks. After all, it easily meets HQV's own Reon chip in those tests. I'm excited to see what this can do for BD ISOs! :)