The first box out of the gate will be the Telsey BLOBbox. Here’s a glimpse of what’s inside: BOX FEATURES
- Dual FULL HD DVB-T tuner: for access to digital television, up to 1080p
- Subtitles support: displays and record programs with subtitles
- Internet access: to any website via a simple URL entry field (warning: most sites are NOT optimized for TV display!)
- PVR with internal hard drive: with 160 GB built-in storage
- BitTorrent support: for efficient content download/distribution
- Podcasting with automatic download: using HTTP, FTP or BitTorrent
- Personal Download Manager: using HTTP, FTP or BitTorrent
- Streaming from PC to TV: using UPnP automatic discovery
- Box access from PC via web pages: uses auto-discovery in the Home Network and TVBLOB services for access via the Internet
- File Uploader: via HTTP and FTP
- USB storage support: with playback and file management
INITIAL SERVICES
Inside of the box, there is a TV portal that provides access to online services, such as:
- YouTube: accesses feeds, channels, searches, personal profiles, content sharing, and social features.
- Reeplay.it: accesses personal library, shared media, and friend management features.
- My Photos: supports Picasa; in Q1’09, Flickr and Facebook, as well.
- Miro: accesses their open directory with more than 5000 podcasts in all languages.
- Vcast: enables Internet PVR for program recording scheduling via TV or PC.
- Last.fm: accesses personal web radio.
- Weather underground: check the forecast in your own town, or explore the rest of the worl
- Mobile version of popular services: Facebook, Wikipedia, Gmail, Google Reader, Google Docs, Google Notebook, Google Calendar, Zoho Mobile...
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- New services: are continually being added.
BOX SPECIFICATIONS- Output: HDMI, SCART Composite video, Analog audio, Optical S/PDI
- Expansions: 2xUSB 2.0
- Network: RJ45 Ethernet 10/100, Wi-Fi b/g/n (with optional USB accessory)
- Antenna: dual DVB-T tuner with pass-through
- Stream/file formats: MP4-MOV, AVI, ASF-WMV, MP3, MPEG-TS, MPEG-PS
- Video codecs: MPEG-2, H.264, WM9, DIVX, XVID
- Audio codecs: MP2, MP3, AAC, AAC-HE, WMA
- Streaming and control protocols: HTTP (with fast-start), RTP, RTCP, RTSP
- Available runtime for applications: Javascript 1.5 (with HTML 4, XHTML 1.0, CSS 2, XHR)
- Supported runtimes accessible on request: J2SE 1.4, Python, C, C++
- CPU type and speed: MIPS 300 MHz
- System RAM: 114 M
| Problems solved
- TV on TV, not PC
- No buffering: real-time, interactive TV experiences
- Blending of Traditional TV and New Internet TV options
Advantages for End Users - More SD/HD content, “over-the-top”
- Device convergence: PVR, HDD, DVB-T, WebTV
- Works with standard televisions
- Easy to use and maintain
User Requirements
- TV: with HDMI, Scart or other AV analog input
- Internet access: via available Ethernet CAT.5 connection and DHCP for IP address assignment
- Wi-Fi b/g/n support: with an additional USB accessory
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