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Just came across this. I feel like this should have been discussed here, but maybe I just missed it. seems like a product I have been waiting for for a very long time. i hope this makes it to market soon!

any dealers care to share more details?

http://www.cepro.com/slideshow/image/3486/

Control4 MediaPoint

Control4’s MediaPoint enables the company’s automation software to aggregate and distribute movies stored anywhere on the network. Movies, including metadata, can be streamed from PCs, NAS drives, and a variety of channel-oriented video servers.

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From a prior Ryan E posting:

I'm not discounting anything, or shoveling vaporware.

What we were showing at CEDIA was a technology preview. Until it's an officially announced product, in an official press release, it's not a product. We may (and have previously) decide from time to time to not develop products that were technology previews, although I would find it unlikely in this case.

If it's been in an official press release, and *then* Control4 doesn't produce it, it's vaporware.

Until it's actually a product, feature sets are in flux, and this is not a place where we would typically discuss those features.

The reason we were showing it is to highlight the *direction* we're heading for Digital Video. We weren't using Control4's media player to play the media we were showing, we were using a Netgear piece.

If you'll notice, the press release talking about video distribution does not even mention the Media Point:

http://www.control4.com/company/press/2 … -Video.htm

The *direction* is the takeaway from the show, not the *unit*.

RyanE

Last edited by RyanE (Sep-10-2008 06:30 PM)

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Unfortunately I've signed NDA's which prevent me from speaking about this. All I can say is I'm sure Control4 is destined to be the next Microsoft. It's going to take many years, but they are a significant force.

the big difference being that M$ platform is open architecture allowing a community to develop applications and add-ons. currently C4's is not. sure hope that changes soon :)

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Unfortunately I've signed NDA's which prevent me from speaking about this. All I can say is I'm sure Control4 is destined to be the next Microsoft. It's going to take many years, but they are a significant force.

so, I should buy stock now?:P

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Unfortunately I've signed NDA's which prevent me from speaking about this. All I can say is I'm sure Control4 is destined to be the next Microsoft. It's going to take many years' date=' but they are a significant force.[/quote']

the big difference being that M$ platform is open architecture allowing a community to develop applications and add-ons. currently C4's is not. sure hope that changes soon :)

Hmmmmm.. you may want to research before commenting :)

Hint: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/09/cedia-2008-home.html

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Unfortunately I've signed NDA's which prevent me from speaking about this. All I can say is I'm sure Control4 is destined to be the next Microsoft. It's going to take many years' date=' but they are a significant force.[/quote']

the big difference being that M$ platform is open architecture allowing a community to develop applications and add-ons. currently C4's is not. sure hope that changes soon :)

Hmmmmm.. you may want to research before commenting :)

Hint: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/09/cedia-2008-home.html

Im talking about platform development. i.e. modding the UI etc. Not if the in_the_box thing works on this device or that.

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