Escient, a division of D&M Holdings, introduced earlier this week the FireBall SE-D1 DVD and Music Manager, a set top box designed to be paired to Sony’s DVP-CX777ES DVD/CD 400 disc changer. The Fireball SE-D1 is priced at $999.
The Fireball SE-D1, said Escient, utilizes “patented automatic transport and DVD identification technologiesâ€, along with CD recognition information from Gracenote CDDB and music metadata from AMG, to help find and play DVDs and CDs. It also access a special movie DVD database the company uses to provide an onscreen movie guide which displays titles, genre, cast information, ratings, running time and cover art for every movie in a DVD collection.
