Movies, Photos, Music, and more Supporting large catalogues of HD content, Rainier brings all of your digital entertainment to life. Proprietary features such as Niveus Movie Library and Niveus Weather add a supreme level convenience and enjoyment.
High Definition Television Combine the Niveus Digital Cable Receiver and enable the ultimate HD television experience. With the ability to pause, rewind, fast forward and simultaneously record and watch multiple HD channels, you'll never miss a show!
Quiet... and we mean Silent! The Rainier Edition incorporates proprietary Niveus technology to deliver a high performance media server, in a compact and silent enclosure. With less than 25db operating acoustics, you can feel safe that the Rainier will integrate nicely into any location of your home.
Superior Audio & Video If quality matters to you, then the Rainier will meet your expectations. Passing industry leading benchmarks, the Rainier will deliver pristine 1080p video, and audiophile grade 7.1 audio via analog or digital HDMI 1.3.
Ample Storage Free up your shelf space and store over 200 movies & television shows, 3000 hours of CD quality music, or 670,000 high resolution photos on the Rainier's internal storage.
All Encompassing A solution-based media server, Rainier can be easily integrated with premier control, automation, and security solutions to create a totally connected environment. Crestron, AMX and more are enabled via Autonomic Controls.
Multi-zone Combine multiple Rainier units to create the perfect whole-home HD entertainment network. Rainier can stream movies, music, photos, and more to any network connected Rainier unit. Rainier also supports 3rd party solutions like Sonos & HP MediaSmart Connect. Consult your dealer for the number of zones supported via Media Center Extender technology.
What Can Rainier Do For You? With impressive industrial design, and silent operation, Rainier is a reference in its category. Designed for high performance audio/video, and placement in any location around the house.
Movie Library... Take those DVDs off your shelf and get them onto your screen with the power of the Niveus Movie Library. No longer will you have to search the house for that favorite movie. With Niveus Movie Library all your movies are just a click away, including all the details you need when deciding what to watch tonight: movie poster, summary, cast, year, and more. Learn more...
Music Library... We know your media library doesn't stop with movies, so the Niveus Media Server includes an advanced music library that leaves other music servers in the dust. With support for portable music devices, 3rd party whole home systems like Sonos and HP MediaSmart Connect, and USB Storage, the Niveus Music Library is as flexible as you need it to be.Learn more...
Picture Library & more... For all those shutterbugs out there, the Niveus Media Server provides one of the quickest ways to get your digital photography collection onto the big screen. The Niveus Media Server can find your pictures just about anywhere; whether connecting wirelessly to your laptop, or via the built-in flash card reader... instant slideshows, fancy transitions, and on-screen editing are just clicks away. Learn more...
Niveus Industrial Designs & Engineering
At the heart of every Niveus system, is innovative design and engineering. Niveus Media prides itself in it's originally designed chassis, passive cooling systems, and advanced audio/video backpanels. In addition to proprietary technology, Niveus Media has direct relationships with the leaders in the industry which yield advanced allocation to the latest in high performance audio/video computing technologies. Combining these new techonologies with those of our own translates into media server products that are in a class of their own. Read below to learn more about what makes a Niveus system so unique.
Professional Grade Audio & Video Featuring a high-fidelity music system more robust than higher priced, dedicated music servers on the market today, the dedicated sound card in the Rainier provides the cleanest and highest resolution audio from all channels, and features digital-to-analog converters from Burr-Brown, chosen in top professional and consumer audio equipments around the world. Passing industry leading benchmarks, the Rainier will deliver pristine 1080p video, and audiophile grade 7.1 audio via analog or digital HDMI 1.3.
Niveus Glacier™ Passive Cooling Each Rainier is built with the Niveus Glacier™ Passive Cooling system for near silent operation. Heat pipe technology inside the Rainier is used to draw heat away from the internal components and out to external fins. While the exotic extruded heat sinks enhance the engineering artistry of the Rainier, these external fins radiate heat away from the chassis so the Rainier runs cool and quiet.
Niveus ConvergencePanel™ Unlike competing solutions, Niveus delivers a complete audio/video solution as evidenced by the Niveus ConvergencePanel™, a selection or rear connections found on the Niveus Media Server. Niveus Engineering devised a solution where the internal components were abstracted from the rear I/O, thus enabling Niveus the flexibility to standardize higher fidelity ports.
High Performance, Multi-Tasking Utilizing the latest Intel technology, Niveus Engineering chose the Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor. Based on 45 nanometer technology, the Rainier Edition is powered by Penryn, Intel's latest multi-core processor. With high capacity 6MB L2 cache, and speeds up to 2.8Ghz & 800Mhz Front Side Bus, the Rainier processor can playback the latest Blu-ray titles at stunning 1080p, while simultaneously streaming movies, music, and pictures to other zones of the house.
Blu-ray Technology With the introduction of Blu-ray technology, one can watch their favorite movies in full 1080p high definition. Beyond great picture, Blu-ray brings about a new era in interactive menus, in-movie bonus content, and multi-channel audio tracks... including Dolby® Digital HD.
HDMI 1.3 High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) brings connectivity into the digital age. With the ability to carry both audio and video to a high definition display, HDMI makes connecting your Niveus Media Server to a display the simplest of chores. HDMI 1.3 on the Rainier adds support for 7.1 LPCM.
Seagate®Pipeline Media Server Hard Drives Seagate Pipeline HD™ drives deliver unprecedented levels of acoustic, power and vibration performance. Pipeline HD drives are the gold standard for high-definition performance and capacity.The Rainier is available in configurations up to 1 Terabyte.
2007 Innovations Design & Engineering Award Testament to the above, the Niveus Media Server - Rainier Edition has been recognized for its bleeding-edge design and engineering in the field of home theater. Honorees are selected by a preeminent panel of independent industrial designers, engineers and members of the trade press to honor outstanding design and engineering in consumer electronics products.
