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Samsung HomeSync Creates Connected Media Experience for the Whole Family

February 24, 2013

Provides home cloud for storing, sharing and streaming content across multiple devices

Barcelona, February 24, 2013 - Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd., a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, today announced Samsung HomeSync, a home hub solution that a shared storage fit for a family, the best entertainment experience on a big screen TV, and a new way of enjoying your HDTV through a familiar and smarter Android user experience.

Shared Storage for a Family
HomeSync’s 1TB drive can help you sync to multiple devices, providing shared or private storage for all your content. It supports eight separate accounts to cover a whole family, and allows each user to upload and download content from multiple devices and instantly share with other family members. File encryption and user-specific ID and password ensure content in a user’s private area remains separate from the shared area in HomeSync.

Entertainment on a Big Screen
The HomeSync brings the best of Android gaming, movies, TV shows and streaming content direct into your living room. It allows you to stream content from your Galaxy device wirelessly to the TV – letting you watch, see and use all your home videos, photos and apps, and all at a full HD 1080p.

Giving any HDTV new Smarts
Users can enjoy the full and familiar Android experience with HomeSync’s Jelly Bean media player and access to Play Store and all of your apps. HomeSync also enables new ways to interact with your content via the control modes enabled wirelessly on the phone.
HomeSync will be available from April 2013 starting in the US and continue to expand globally.

HomeSync Specifications
CPU  1.7GHz Dual Core 
Memory  1GB DDR3 8GB eMMC 1TB HDD
Connectivity   LAN  Gigabit Ethernet
WiFi  802.11 b/g/n 2.4GHz & a/n 5GHz HT40 2x2 MIMO Channel Bonding
  Bluetooth V4.0
Interface     USB 3.0 External USB I/F Connection (x2)
 Micro USB PC Connection 11pin mUSB (x1)
HDMI out  Support (HDMI1.4)
Optical Audio  Audio Amp. Connection
Codec   Video H.264, H.263, MPEG4, VC-1, Sorenson Spark, WMV7/8, MP43, VP8, DivX
 Audio MP3, AAC LC/AAC /eAAC , WMA 9std/10pro/Lossless, FLAC, Vorbis, AMR-NB/WB, Wav, Mid, AC-3
DRM  HDCP 1.3/2.1, Playready, Widevide, Trustzone

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Samsung HomeSync Creates Connected Media Experience for the Whole Family