/ DIGITAL MEDIA CENTERS
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It has long been a dream to create a media server that works like an entertainment device, not
a computer. This ideal player would be conversant in a universe of digital storage technologies
and formats, serving as the one go-to device to finally bridge the gaping DVD/CD/music
system/cell phone/camera divide. This is no longer just a dream – behold the Harman Kardon
Digital Media Center.
As awarded by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design.
In the Permanent Design Collection of The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design.
DMC 1000
Four-Stream Digital Media Center with Progressive-Scan DVD-Video Playback and 250GB Internal
Hard Drive
Smaller, but vastly smarter and better looking than your average CD storage rack, the DMC 1000 will digitize, catalog and store more than
60,000 songs as you play them, allowing you to banish your CDs – and CD storage racks – to the attic. It will also let you send up to four
different audio selections to other rooms of your house at once. With touch-sensitive front-panel controls (the ultimate no-button design),
a concealed front-panel USB jack and hidden memory card slots, the DMC 1000 will even let you transfer your music for use in portable
players, card-equipped cars and cell phones. And your iPod? Enjoy playback, control and charging with The Bridge II docking station for
iPod (sold separately and very much worth it).
