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Molino Media Mogul Products to Revolutionize Storage and Playback of Digital Entertainment in the Home (19/2/2004)

Massive Storage, Ease of Use Are Key Features of New Entertainment Center Debuting at DEMO 2004, International Showcase of Innovation

Molino Networks, Inc. introduced Molino Media Mogul(TM) today at DEMO 2004, ushering in a new era in digital entertainment. The product is the first affordable digital entertainment center that easily stores DVDs, CDs, digital photos and home videos, so users can enjoy their digital entertainment in the living room.

Molino Media Mogul can store and playback up to 50 DVDs, 500 CDs, 10,000s of digital photos or hundreds of hours of home movies. Media Mogul stores all of this content preserving 100% of the interactive features and without using digital compression technologies that can distort and degrade audio and video quality. Molino Media Mogul is the first fully networked entertainment center which offers more than 300GB of storage space and an easy to use DVD-like interface for only $995.

Media Mogul TB(TM) offers the same great features, with an expanded capacity offering users the opportunity to store up to 200 DVDs or 2,000 CDs in addition to 100,000s of photos and thousands of hours of home movies. Media Mogul TB will be available for $2,995.

"With the explosion of digital media, consumers are searching for a solution that stores, organizes, and plays all of their media," said Tim Sylvester, Founder and CEO. "Media Mogul delivers an affordable, easy-to-use entertainment center that lives in the family room and places all your favorite content and special family memories in one place, viewable on your TV from your sofa."

"We all come across products that radically change our lives and make us wonder how we ever lived without them," said Chris Shipley, Executive Producer, DEMO/Vice President Editorial IDG. "I believe Molino Media Mogul is one of those products."

Product Overview Both Molino Media Mogul products offer several revolutionary advances over previous digital entertainment centers. Feature highlights include: -- Import and store all of their entertainment content

-- DVDs, CDs, photos, or home movies -- in one place while maintaining the original quality of the format and ensuring all of the interactive features remain intact.

-- New content is automatically identified and categorized as it is added, sorting by artist, genre, or release date.

-- Intuitive, DVD-style navigation is used to browse all stored entertainment content.

-- Playlists can be created from either a web browser on a personal computer or directly through the Molino Media Mogul television interface.

-- Offers parental controls that work with MPAA ratings already included on the DVD so that parents can control the content their children can access on Media Mogul.

-- Movies, music, photos and video can be imported using traditional CD/DVD media, flash memory cards, USB ports or via a FireWire -- all easily accessed through the appropriate slots on the front of the unit.

For advanced users with a home network, Molino Media Mogul and Media Mogul TB can easily be integrated. Once on the network, consumers can move their media files to the device to create playlists and slideshows, as well as edit images and videos and incorporate audio soundtracks. In the future, this network capability will allow consumers to connect a broad range of Molino-powered products throughout the home, sharing content between rooms and expanding storage options.

Molino Media Mogul will be available to the general public in 2004.

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