Benefits | Key Technical Features

The XiVA™ suite of software and hardware reference platforms address a range of products ranging from hard disk-based audio servers and home media AV servers through to thin client solutions and home networking product solutions both wired and wireless. All solutions are highly flexible, and each component is customisable including hardware, software and user interface options to allow a product or portal offering to be produced in keeping with the company style or product range of our partner.

Benefits

• Proven, available and selling in the marketplace;
• Already adopted by many CE companies, development is market driven
• Multi-stream, Multi-user operation;
• Powerful new consumer-friendly features & benefits
• Continual, personalised communication with your end-users
• Access to online entertainment services and content
• Generate revenues from branded online portal sales
• Continuously evolving and aggressively developed
• Customisable and adaptable
• Custom-designed for non-PC devices;
• Appropriate for low-cost right through to audiophile quality products;
• Updatable to future evolution's of the product range.

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Key Technical Features
Internal database

• local content management
• personalisation & usage history
• drives playback and services

AV & Data convergence

• multi-format media
• common user interface
• music, new media & video service links

Internet services

• data exchange with 3rd party's databases
• integral service revenue-generation

Customisable interface  
Multi-input/output home network

• multi-output-capable now
• multi-channel TV recording planned

Extendable architecture

• upgradable features via web or CD-ROM
• easy to add 3rd party software plug-ins

Multiple control options

• control application software available for market leading PDA's/Universal remotes including Palm, Handspring Visor and Philips Pronto
• compatible with most industry leading AV control systems

Broadband streaming/caching

• content store on broadband pipe

Linux based

• credible growing choice
• reliable

Stand-alone, not PC peripheral

• living-room appeal
• not limited to the PC-aware
• does not require a PC to operate

Built for sit back products

• not a PC program
• designed for infrared & TV interfaces

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Imerge, the developers of XiVA™, is an international world-class company dedicated to creating reliable, commercially oriented technology for use by leading brands. The technology is developed by a professional team, rigorously tested for consumer use and supported by a dedicated technical helpdesk. Imerge has been established since 1997 and is growing fast with a dependable future and strong backing. It has developed XiVA™ to help numerous manufacturers take advantage of the next wave of online and hard disk-based home AV products without re-inventing the wheel or investing heavily to acquire or develop the core technology.

(For more information about Imerge please visit www.imerge.co.uk and click the 'About Imerge' button)

Most of all, XiVA™ is proven, already chosen by partners and working in the field.

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XiVA software products

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"Marantz has recognized that there is a rapidly expanding market for hard disk based home entertainment systems. Marantz’s audio expertise, combined with Imerge’s XiVA technology, will allow us to quickly bring a product to market and establish Marantz as a leading name in this field."
Takao Nakayama, Marantz Japan