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Nuon occurs as technology that adds extrthe features to a DVD player. Additionally to viewing DVDs, one may play 3D video games, use enhanced DVD navigational information, benefit access to occasionally DVD-ROM features that would ordinarily exist as lone available via a pc, play Videos when the Nuon graphics processor generates synchronized graphics on your monitor, & thomas more. There are plans to provide Internet access capability in the next generation of Nuon-equipped DVD players.

A games offered were simplistic & couple. A graphics capabilities place Nuon games someplace between Nintendo 64- and PlayStation-level graphics. A graphics were superannuated while it wwhen freed as a Dreamcast had been released many months earliest, & gamers were already seeking send on to the PlayStation 2 to be freed a next month.

Around Northward United states of america, Nuon was utilized around both Samsung DVD-N501 & DVD-N2000 models, they also released several models in other parts of the world which are DVD-N504 (Europe), DVD N505 (Europe) & DVD-N591 (Korea) and a Toshiba DVD player & 2 RCA which are the DRC300N & DRC480N. A Nuon was too utilized within Motorola's Streamaster 5000 "Digital DNA" set-top pack. Nevertheless a format has appeared to keep around died off. When of November 2004, there are there are no Nuon enabled DVD players transport & no fresh Nuon software system titles.

NUON was created by VM Labs who filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2001. A rights to the NUON technology was purchased inside 2002 by Genesis Microchip.

In the period of late 2001, VM Labs released the homebrew SDK which allowed people to become respire to program apps/games for their NUON formulas. Unfortuntely, exclusively a Samsung DVD-N501/DVDN504/DVDN505 & RCA DRC300N/DRC480N could machine load home brew games. A Samsung DVDN-2000 & a Toshiba can't play home brew games. Then again, a RCA DRC300N & RCA DRC480N just can't play commercial NUON games.

Computer peripheral for Nuon-enhanced DVD players involved a below: Logitech Gamepad Pro-elite controller Stealing controller Warrior Digital-D pad extension cable to extend the length of a controller a larboard replicator to move the Nuon ports to anywhere desired

The Mysteries About Nuon, Revealed
Article by Guido Henkel.

Nuon Gives Shine to Bedazzled
Article discusses the enhancements to the DVD title Bedazzled and gives an overview of the current NUON offerings.

MyAtari.net: Nuon be Good?
Article by Ryan Edwards discusses the different models of players as well as the games and enhanced movies released for the system.

NUON Alumni
Tribute to former VM Labs workers features pictures of employees as well as prototype boards and development milestones.

The Nuon
Presents features and specifications.

Nuon Nest
Offers news, information, reviews, and previews.

NUON-Dome
Offers news, forums for home-brew developers and general NUON discussion, SDK and game downloads, reviews, media, screenshots, cover art scans, and links.

NUONica
Offers news, hardware information, NUON Notes newsletter, and links.

Thenuon.com
Presents news as well as content on game software and information on different types of hardware.


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