Helsinki, Finland/IFA-Berlin, Germany - August 29, 2003 Unveiled today, the Nokia Mediamaster 260 S and Nokia Mediamaster 260 T, digital satellite and terrestrial television receivers, double as Personal Digital Recorders giving consumers new ways to enjoy digital television, radio and self-created images. The Nokia Mediamaster 260 products expand the world of television with the ability to 'pause live TV', tapelessly record entertainment and create Image Albums for personal images transferred from camera phones supporting Bluetooth wireless technology (version 1.1 object push profile).
"By offering consumers so many innovative ways to share and enjoy digital content - from personal images to favorite television and radio programs - on their TV in the comfort of the living room with family and friends, the Nokia Mediamaster 260 products will play a central role in the digital home," said Jukka Tiitu, General Manager, Sales and Marketing for Nokia Home Communications. "The Nokia Mediamaster 260 receivers bring all this together with Nokia's signature design, quality and ease-of-use."
The Personal Digital Recorder works like a traditional Video Cassette Recorder (VCR) without tapes and includes advanced features such as the ability to 'pause live TV' in case of phone calls or other interruptions. Freeing viewers to choose when they want to watch, the built in 80-gigabyte hard disk can record more than 40 hours of digital quality news, entertainment, music, sports, family and other programming.
Consumers can view their own digital images from camera phones on the TV screen and create personal Image Albums with Sub-Folders to organize and hold more than 3,000 images. Sharing memories is made more fun by viewing the images as a slide show. The digital images can be transferred from any camera phone supporting wireless Bluetooth technology, such as the Nokia 3650, Nokia 6600 and Nokia 7650, to the Mediamaster 260.
Based on Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) standards, the Nokia Mediamaster 260 products provide access to all digital free-to-air television and radio entertainment available. The Nokia Mediamaster 260 S also gives consumers the choice to subscribe to additional channels from various Pay TV operators by including a common interface module and embedding the Conax conditional access system.
Contemporary and attractively designed, the Nokia Mediamaster 260 products are suited for the home environment. The compact Nokia Mediamaster 260 products feature a titanium grey flap and cabinet, and metallized buttons.
Ease-of-use is assured with the enhanced onscreen Nokia Navi(TM) Bars user menu and electronic program guide (EPG), allowing rapid navigation between TV, the Image Album and tapeless recordings. To simplify channel searching, up to eight personal favorite lists can be created from a memory of hundreds of channels. The Nokia Mediamaster 260 products also feature some of Nokia's most popular family-friendly games, such as Snake, Tic-Tac-Toe and the Card Deck game.
The Nokia Mediamaster 260 products support Dolby(TM)Digital (Bitstream Out) and the wide-screen format.
The Nokia Mediamaster 260 S will be available in Europe in Q3 2003. The terrestrial version will be available Q4 2003.
Bluetooth is a registered trademark of Bluetooth SIG, Inc.
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Piritta Luoto
Communications Manager, Nokia Home Communications
Tel: +358 7180 36609
e-mail: piritta.luoto @nokia.com
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