Escient, a division of D&M Holdings which focuses on digital media management products, last week announced two new components designed to be tied to mega-disc DVD/CD changers. The FireBall DVDM-552 and the FireBall MP-200 Digital Media Player are priced at $5,999 and $999 respectively and should be available in March 2006.
The Fireball DVDM-552, said Escient, allows users to manage up to 2,000 DVDs or CDs through an on-screen menu guide. DVDs and CDs loaded into in a mega-disc changer controlled by the DVDM-552 are cataloged via online disc recognition services which send metadata and cover art back to the Escient box to be stored on its 500GB hard drive. In addition, over 8,000 CDs worth of music can be stored on this drive via the DVDM-552’s CD-RW drive.
