Pi2 Design’s upcoming product Pi2Media HT1 is a completely hackable Raspberry Pi 2 media center with surround sound. Their funding requirement for this product is $30,000.
Cranston, RI -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/25/2016 -- Pi2 Design is all set to introduce their new product Pi2Media HT1, a fully integrated Media Player and Streamer featuring High Resolution 7.1 Surround Sound. The company mentions that the core of this new product is the high-performance quad core Raspberry Pi® 2 Model B. Pi2Media HT1 is also capable of booting all Raspberry Pi supported Operating Systems.
Some key features of Pi2Media HT1 are:
- Connects to the TV or Monitor via standard HDMI cable.
- Internal Solid State Drive (mSATA) storage up to 1TB.
- Comes pre-configured with OSMC® as the default boot option.
- Outputs 24-Bit 96Khz/192Khz High Resolution Audio on all 8-channels.
- 5.1 pass through via Optical TOSLink.
- Direct I2S Bus Connector for Downstream digital Inputs.
- Optional Integrated 40W/Channel Class-D Amplifier.
- Built-in Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n) with an internal antenna.
- Wi-Fi streaming to tablets and phones via UPNP/DLNA protocol.
- Built-in Consumer IR Receiver and Bluetooth 4.0 for Wireless Remote Control
- Compatible with any powered PC speakers or analog amplifier.
Highlighting the capabilities of Pi2Media HT1, a senior official from Pi2 Design stated, "The Pi2Media HT1 takes the streaming features of closed commercial media players, adds the HDMI to surround sound output without an external device and combines it all with the Open Source software and support of the Raspberry Pi community, into one beautiful, compact, low-power, remote controllable, hackable, user update-able, affordable platform!"
Pi2 Design is looking for funding via Indiegogo for the market launch of Pi2Media HT1. Adequate funding will help them ensure the initial volumes to help reduce the production cost per unit, as well as help cover the cost of software development. The company also welcomes feedback and comments to refine the product before they go into production.
To find out more about this Indiegogo campaign, please visit http://bit.ly/1PX7Cgk
The website of Pi2 Design is http://www.pi2design.com/#
About Pi2 Design
Pi 2 Design is a Rhode Island-based team of experts with years of experience in designing, developing and manufacturing sophisticated Microprocessor based products. In 2015, this team formed Pi 2 Design in order to bring their expertise to the rapidly growing deployment of the Raspberry PI and other low cost SBC's into the embedded and home markets.