Denon Incorporates EscientÆ Standard Protocol For TuneBaseÆ Interoperability

Escient, a leading force in developing products that merge Internet power with home entertainment devices, has announced that, as a result of the adoption of Escient technologies, Denonís DCM-5000 and DCM-5001 CD changers are now fully compatible with the newest member of Excientís TuneBase family of CD solutions, TuneBase 100. The announcement was made by Bernie Sepaniak, Senior Vice President of Engineering at Escient.Denon worked closely with Escient to insure optimum integration of the Denon DCM-5000 series changers with TuneBase 100. Featuring advanced digital audio pass-through capability, AL 24 and HDCD processing, Denonís DCM-5000 series 100-disc changers provide instant slot status to all TuneBase products. As a result, industry Dealers can not offer great looking attractively priced audio CD solution packages featuring the fastest Escient disc-recognition process to date.Developed in response to a growing need for consumers to manage their often overwhelming home entertainment systems, Escientís TuneBase products work in conjunction with many of todayís existing high-capacity CD changers. Setting the standard for ease of use and flexibility, all TuneBase products utilize Escientís IntelligentLink technology and tap into data from Escientís CDDB World Wide Web site. Featuring the largest and most comprehensive music CD database on the Internet, CDDB uniquely enables Escientís proprietary software to read and automatically identify CDs in a changer and match them to corresponding cover art, artist names, disc titles, and track listings. With TuneBase, users can easily scroll through entire CD collections on their existing TV screen to find and play their music instantly.Using compelling Internet-based technologies, Escientís mandate is to simplify notoriously complex home electronics while providing new and innovative sources of entertainment to consumers. In a few short years, the Carmel, Indiana, based company has emerged as a pivotal player in the convergence marketplace, developing products and services that seamlessly merge the Internet with consumer electronics in powerful, yet simple, ways. Currently these products and services include the companyís critically acclaimed TuneBase family of audio CD management solutions, home theater server video products, Escient Digital Storage Groupís C200 disc media changer for personal computers, and Escientís CDDBô World Wide Web site (www.cddb.com), featuring the worldís largest and most comprehensive music CD database on the Internet. Through a vision keenly attuned to the end-user, Escient makes technology behave.

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