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Apple has launched its third-generation Apple TV in Brazil with a R$ 399,00 price tag, which translates into $211 US - more than twice the product’s original retail price in the United States. The reason behind the inflated price is import taxes, Cultofmac reports. The new Apple TV boasts an A5 processor capab... |
30 April 2012
09:01 GMT |
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Since ASUS wants to be known as a supplier of multimedia devices in addition to PCs and computer-related products, the company has announced the O!Play TV Pro.
This is a set-top box, STB for short, which intends to turn any HDTV (high-definition TV) into a smart TV, of sorts.
The built-in DVB-T digital tuner is th... |
10 February 2012
13:41 GMT |
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Those of you hoping to get a Logitech Revue at the low, low price of $99 (75 EUR), are bound to get disappointed.
During its latest earning report, the Swiss company officially announced that it depleted its stock of Revue set-top boxes.
Since no more units will be produced, the Revue’s that went out of the f... |
26 January 2012
20:41 GMT |
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Microsoft is reportedly gearing up to expand the use of its Kinect sensor by including it inside a set-top box capable of delivering multimedia content streaming capabilities.
Supposedly called Kinect HD, the set-top box would be included in Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE TV plans and might emerge on shelves in 2012.... |
13 January 2012
09:20 GMT |
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Logitech, like any other company, knows it has to avoid any faux-pas, whether big or small, but it failed to go through this year's holidays without making a blunder.
Everyone makes mistakes once in a while and it was Logitech's bad luck that it ended up committing its own during Christmas.
Then again, ... |
28 December 2011
04:53 GMT |
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A report from the Far East says Apple’s supply chain is gearing up to ship the ‘materials’ needed for the next generation television product with screen sizes ranging between 32- and 37-inches.
The usual industry sources quoted by Taiwan’s trade publication Digitimes say Apple has given the o... |
27 December 2011
07:52 GMT |
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There seems to be no end to the number of Android-running devices that make their appearance these days, and recently a company going by the name of Shenzhen Geniatech thought to add Google’s OS to a new ARM-powered set-top box.The device, which is called the Enjoy TV, has just visited the FCC offices in the US... |
23 December 2011
09:29 GMT |
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Brazilians can now buy a second-generation Apple TV, take it home and go online via the iTunes Store to grab tons of stuff to watch through their set-top-box on the big screen.According to TNW, Brazilian customers can order the small, black set-top box through the Apple online store for R$ 399, or around $217 in US d... |
14 December 2011
03:28 GMT |
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Apple has reportedly informed resellers in seven new European countries that customers in those territories will soon be able to buy an Apple TV and start devouring all the new content they’re getting from the iTunes Store that’s just opened its doors to them.Following the opening of the iTunes Store to s... |
30 September 2011
10:54 GMT |
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Not long ago, we saw how the pay-TV market is still very much alive and kicking, and it looks like Trident and Kaon Media are determined to keep promoting such services, and others, what with the latter's new set-top box. As some users may or may not know, the IBC 2011 trade show is an event that is taking pla... |
12 September 2011
05:28 GMT |
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Motorola may be best known for its mobile devices, but there is nothing stopping it from showing its cards on the multimedia market, in this instance a set-top box with upgradeable features.
HDTVs have been gaining PC-like capabilities like web connectivity and even their own storage devices, be they of the optic... |
28 June 2011
07:55 GMT |
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A former Apple executive has reportedly spilled the beans on a new product from Cupertino, one that will leave the company without a ‘hobby’.According to DailyTech, this former Apple employee said that Apple plans to "blow Netflix and all those other guys away" by bundling Apple TV and iTunes inside a phy... |
22 June 2011
07:53 GMT |
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It appears that Sigma is in no way satisfied with the current state of the set-top box market, and this doesn't refer to the feature set as much as to the actual size of those things, hence the HPAV 8670/2110 reference design.Set-top boxes are one of those multimedia electronics that quite a few people around t... |
22 June 2011
05:21 GMT |
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By now, one shouldn't be surprised to learn that Intel wants to get its chips inside every possible electronic out there, so the news about a set-top box based on its technology might not come as such a shock.
When it comes to the so-called TV experience, it is easy to see that the quality of the services, a... |
15 June 2011
02:56 GMT |
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It appears that the market for multimedia solutions has reached a fairly advanced stage, with TiVo having decided to unleash its new set-top boxes that, alas, do not come as that great a surprise after having been revealed over the weekend.TiVo made the formal announcement of the Premiere Q and Preview set-top boxes... |
13 June 2011
11:02 GMT |
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There are various ways to make a product stand out amongst its peers, and it would appear that In Media chose a less common way of personalizing its newest set-top box.The Android operating system seems to be making its way to more and more electronics of different kinds.Where once it was an operating system reserve... |
9 March 2011
09:38 GMT |
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If anyone was looking for confirmation whether Apple’s Tuesday announcement had materialized, the company has confirmed that its second-generation “hobby” has, indeed, sold 1 million units.
On December 21, the company put out a press release informing the world that it was expecting to reach achi... |
28 December 2010
03:58 GMT |
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Apple has issued a quick announcement on estimated Apple TV sales. According to the Cupertino, California based company, sales of the second-generation set-top box are to hit the 1 million mark this week.
“Apple today announced that it expects sales of its new Apple TV to top one million units later this wee... |
21 December 2010
09:28 GMT |
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While STMicroelectronics is much better known for its mobile communication solutions, the company also designs and builds STB controllers, two new such solutions just being announced which allow for standard-definition (SD) or high-definition (HD) equipment to share the same printed circuit board (PCB) design in orde... |
20 December 2010
05:39 GMT |
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For the last couple of years, cable operators have tried to bundle more services than ever in their set-top boxes, but few of them actually managed to do so, France's Free ISP being one of the success stories if we are to take a look at their Freebox v6 Revolution STB that comes stuffed full of features.
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14 December 2010
10:09 GMT |
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Reports indicate that Apple’s second generation Apple TV started shipping, or is ready to ship in over a dozen additional territories this week, including Taiwan, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Portugal, Belgium, and the Netherlands, as well as Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, and Mexico.Two separate repo... |
12 November 2010
09:25 GMT |
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Apple’s second-generation Apple TV finally made it into the hands of iFixit’s tinkerers who didn’t waste any time and went right inside its black enclosure to reveal to the world how Apple managed to cram everything that makes it tick inside a 4 x4-inch box.Before busting it open, the team at iFixit... |
30 September 2010
08:28 GMT |
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Coming to supply end-users with a set-top box capable of streaming all sorts of web videos and music, Oregan Networks has just announced the impending availability of the Onyx STB, whose feature set includes more than just TV service.Set-top boxes have been selling in droves, especially now that their array of capab... |
20 September 2010
09:20 GMT |
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More details are coming out on the rumored Google TV offering. It looks like Google is trying hard not to threaten TV and cable providers and is doing all it can avoid competing with them. This makes a lot of sense: a Google TV device which played online video along with the regular TV channels could prove disruptive... |
27 March 2010
06:50 GMT |
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Apple has updated the software of its set-top box and “hobby,” the Apple TV. Version 2.2 of the Apple TV software brings both new features (addressing the changes occurring with iTunes) and security fixes. The update is only available through the Apple TV's software update mechanism.The security enha... |
3 October 2008
05:02 GMT |
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Peter S. Magnusson, founder of Virtutech (provider of virtualized software development solutions), claims he has reasons to believe Apple will unveil Apple TV 3.0 at its iPod-event in San Francisco today. Blu-ray support, Time Capsule functionality, keyboard support, as well as support for iPhone and iPod touch (as r... |
9 September 2008
04:50 GMT |
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Blockbuster, movie rental giant, is taking a blow (and certainly not a bow) at Apple's digital media receiver, the Apple TV. The company is planning to introduce a set-top device similar to Apple's in the near future. It will compete with the Apple TV directly, as Movielink has developed a strong partnershi... |
14 April 2008
08:53 GMT |
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Since the telecommunications and cable companies realized the potential market for streaming digital content over high-bandwidth IP connections to customers, everybody wanted to get a piece of that pie. Thus began an invasion of commercials and offers for delivering digital content, on your doorstep. Of course, this... |
17 April 2007
03:25 GMT |
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Samsung Electronics, in collaboration with STMicroelectronics and Metalink, have announced the launch of a set-top box with support for High-Definition (HD) TV through the aid of the wireless 802.11n IPTV standard. The model is called Samsung SMT-H6155 and features a chipset from STMicroelectronics, the STi7109 which... |
22 March 2007
09:25 GMT |
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