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Home > Products > Visual Systems > 8K Media Player “s8”

8K Media Player “s8”

March 8, 2018

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Socionext is honored that our "s8" 8K Media Player has been named the for DSE 2019 APEX Award Bronze Winner in the Digital-Out-Of-Home (DOOH) category!

The Socionext "s8" is a world’s leading compact, lightweight, low-power media player that performs local media playback/cloud distribution of 8K@60p (HEVC) contents in real-time. Additionally, it is designed to allows for Gb Ethernet or USB 3.0/2.0 input with up to 4 x HDMI 2.0 output and features simple contents management including scheduling, status check, and contents upload with play, pause and stop control functions.

The s8 measures at a compact 16” W x 2.3” H x 8.5” D, weighs just 5.3 pounds, and operates at 50W. It surpasses the competition in its small size, low weight, and reduced power usage.

The plug-and-play s8 is available for white-label use in a wide range of applications including DOOH, gaming, entertainment and other retail applications; large-format digital displays and signage, 8K content display and post-production.

s8 Media Player - Front View
s8 Media Player - Rear View
Rear view of the s8 media player
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"s8" Features

  • Industry-leading 8K solution : 
    -  Performs local media playback/ cloud distribution of 8K/60p(HEVC) contents.
    -  Capable of displaying 8K contents on four 4K-monitors as well as a 8K-monitor.
  • Rich 8K content playback function :
    -  Supports playback of contents saved in USB memory, and cloud distribution of contents over Ethernet.
  • Easy to use : 
    -  Easy to set-up and operate with simple GUI and front operation panel.
    -  World’s leading*1 compact and lightweight media player powered by Socionext’s 8K decoder LSI.

*1:  As determined by our company study, conducted in November 2017

NAB2019_nominee

System Configuration

s8 Media Player Flow Diagram

Specifications

s8 Media Player Specifications

Items Descriptions
Decoder Container format MP4
Video Resolution 7,680 x 4,320pixel
Frame rate 60fps
Codec format HEVC (H.265)
Video signal format 4:2:0
Color depth 10/8bit (HEVC)
Bitrate 200Mbps
Audio Codec format AAC
Sampling frequency 48kHz
Audio channel 2ch
I/O Audio/
Video
HDMI output HDMI2.0 x4ch
- Video:  60Hz (YUV422, 10bit)
- Audio:  48kHz
Audio output S/PDIF x1, L/R x1
Stream input USB3.0 x1, USB2.0 x1, Gigabit Ethernet x1,
USB2.0 x1 (Internal)*2
Dimensions 410mm(W) x 60mm(H) x 220mm(D)
Weight Approx. 2.4kg (w/o AC adapter)
Power consumption 50W
Power supply AC adapter (100v to 240v)

*2:  Internal storage (optional): up to 256GB through USB memory

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