[Satellite TODAY 03-14-13] ALi Corporation, a Set-Top Box (STB) solution provider, has announced the launch of its new high definition network media player, M3912. The player features multi-screen bridges, which enable sharing of local or cloud media content from smartphones/tablets to TV screens.

   ALi’s M3912 also includes DVB to IP thick clients, which allow reception and free selection of DVB broadcast programs for simultaneous use in different rooms, and network multimedia players that provide multimedia decoding and Internet browsing capabilities.

   The player fully supports Miracast, a wireless screencast standard by the Wi-Fi Alliance that enables users to echo display from a small-screen device such as a smartphone or tablet onto a TV in real-time via a Wi-Fi Direct connection. 

   Additionally, the M3912 supports DLNA devices including digital media renderers (DMR) that play content received from devices on a local area network, as well as digital media players (DMP) that find content over a local area network and provide playback and rendering capabilities.