Niveus press release, Niveus Media Announces Patent-Pending Network Virtualization Technology for the Niveus Disc Changer:

Niveus Media, Inc., manufacturer of media entertainment devices for the high-end audio/video market, has announced the development of network virtualization technology for the Niveus Disc Changer – Ice Vault 200. The latest of Niveus proprietary add-ons to the Windows XP Media Center Platform, Niveus virtualization technology allows single, or multiple, Niveus Disc Changers to serve up an entire collection of DVD Movies to any zone on the home network powered by a Niveus Media Center.

Great to see a company like Niveus not just doing hardware innovation but also software innovation on top of our platform. This additional functionality should also justify their high price tag for the Ice Vault as compared to the Sony XL1. Of course, the first question that comes to mind and everyone with an XBox 360 is, will it stream to the XBox 360 or just other Media Centers? I suspect not since Niveus’s motivation here is to sell more Niveus machines and not XBox’s and very likely this requires both client and server software to work.

I’m excited to see this first hand on Thursday down at CES.