brite-View's CinemaTube adds 1080p streaming, YouTube XL to the mix

We're not sure who decided to follow up the award-winning brite-View CinemaCube with something called the CinemaTube, but the latter certainly lives up to it's change of a single letter, adding full 1080p streaming and embedded YouTube XL to its predecessor's already potent mix of supported video and audio formats (including H.264, XviD, and MPEG1/2/4), a bit.torrent engine, and USB storage support. Shipping on September 21, it'll retail for $129.99 -- but if you pre-order now you get it for $99.99. Hit the read link for all the gory details. We're praying that the company's next device is not called the CinemaRube -- that would be just plain mean.

[Via GizmoScene]

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 1st 2009 12:45PM]

I'm a Popcorn Hour A100 owner, but this certainly sounds like a worthy alternative. Could be a perfect device to get for another room in my house.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 1st 2009 2:07PM]

Dang, I was going to get a Popcorn Hour, but now this? I wish Engadget HD will do a comparo for media tanks. I found some online, but they are all Euro, so kinda useless.

I just want one that does and plays everything AND plays HULU. Anyone...? Bueller...Bueller?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 1st 2009 6:05PM]

Hulu, Hulu, Hulu.

That's the only thing that's keeping me from pulling the trigger on a box like this. Can't someone bake in a real web browser with Flash? I mean, if it can do YouTube XL, it's clearly capable of doing Hulu as well.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 1st 2009 6:10PM]

if the firmware is moddable i can see that happening

[twister Posted Sep 2nd 2009 2:15PM]

DTS downmix? No thanks. I'll take lossless 5.1 and 7.1 on Blu-ray thanks. And has anyone ever mentioned how compressed these 1080p signals will be? Check out Popular Mechanics (this last spring). Extremely compressed audio and very compressed 1080 video is what is to come to be able to use current bandwidths.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 5th 2009 2:39PM]

It only down mixes if you are connecting audio directly from CinemaTube to TV. For those with receivers it will send raw bitstream so your receiver can decode DTS through optical..