Christie Pandoras Box Pandora's Box Compact Player

Compact media player offers up to two 4K outputs

Product Features

The Crestec Christie® Pandora's Box Compact Player is a hardware-based multifunctional media player that's small in form, yet robust and reliable with excellent performance.

Offering up to two 4K outputs, this compact player is ideal for professional-grade applications. Built to order to meet your performance and budget requirements, the compact player will surprise you whether it's integrated into a state-of-the-art digital signage installation, housed in a modern museum, or even on a cruise ship.

With the playlist feature, the Compact Player makes it easy to play multiple media files in succession without having to write individual containers on a timeline sequence. Using the Pandora's Box Manager software, any number of Compact Players can be centrally controlled and synchronized over a network.

This compact media player is rugged, designed to support 24/7 use, and built with server-grade hardware.

Technical characteristics

• Up to two channels of 4K video playback
• 4x HDMI 2.0 signal output up to 4K@60Hz 4:4:4
• Professional-grade NVIDIA Quadro GPUs
• Uncompressed playback of HD60 files
• 4x Video Layer
• 2x Image Playback Sequence
• Unlimited graphic layers
• Includes interactive web browser
• RS-232, WIFI, Bluetooth
• 1U 1/2 19" rack size
• output channel

The compact player can optionally be equipped with 1 or 2 independent outputs. Each output supports separate geometric correction and edge blending, as well as mixed resolution settings.

• Dual Output
• single output
• No output (hardware only)
• Perform EDID management on all outputs
• mosaic pattern
• Hardware Performance Kit
• PK1 - SSD 480GB
• PK2 - SSD 960GB
• PK3 - SSD 1.9TB
  Pandora's Box software
  Register or login (Crestec Christie Pandora's Box) to download the following Pandora's Box software:
• server (computer)
• player
• Compact Player
• Software Player
• manager

Christie Pandoras Box Pandora's Box Server

The full suite of software, combined with a powerful hardware platform, is designed to support 24/7 use and create extraordinary creative results.

Product Features

The Crestview Christie Pandora's Box Server is the flagship hardware product in the Pandora's Box family of products. It combines a full suite of software with the flexibility and reliability of a powerful hardware platform designed to create extraordinary creative outcomes.
It is a total solution that combines advanced rendering technology with intuitive media and display control. This premium server features a super-powerful and highly versatile rendering engine that enables real-time 3D compositing and supports projection on any shape of screen and any surface.

Main characteristics
3D projection mapping/object import
Unlimited video layers/effects
High resolution/high frame rate
Matrix Output Channels
Uncompressed mass
Maintain content integrity and quality. Pandora's Box Server supports uncompressed video playback up to 4K at 60 fps.

Crestec Christie Pandora's Box OCTO Server
For ultra-demanding applications, you won't be disappointed with the Crestec Christie Pandora's Box OCTO Server. This hardware has a higher output capacity, providing up to eight outputs at full bandwidth without compromising performance.

Performance Kits
PK1 960 GB SSD / 24 GB RAM Storage System with XEON Processor
PK2 7.5 TB SSD / 48 GB RAM Storage System with XEON Processor
PK3 32 TB SSD / 48 GB RAM Storage System with XEON Processor
All servers utilize SSD storage systems and new hardware components for advanced levels of stability and performance. All servers include dual Intel® XEON® processors.

*Performance Kit 5 (PK5) is only available for Pandora's Box servers.

Pandora's Box software
The following Pandora's Box software can be downloaded by registering or logging in (Crestec Christie Pandora's Box):

software license
Window Part Designer
server (computer)
Compact Player