Uptek explains how they are doing their Android based set-top-box with customized UI solutions, and even VOD stuff.
Category: Set-top-boxes
Geniatech explains their AmLogic Cortex-A9 Single Core Set-top-box
Posted by – April 12, 2011
Shenzhen Geniatech shows a pretty impressive ARM Cortex-A9 AmLogic (Single Core 800Mhz) Set-top-box which they have told me can actually be sold in bulk starting at $70, here I interview their product manager about their status, where they want to bring this product, if he thinks they could be getting Google TV software for this.
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Sunshing06.com ARM11 PCB for $40 in Shenzhen
Posted by – April 8, 2011
Sunshing06.com is designing these PCBA ARM Powered motherboards for tablets, set-top-box and other devices. The motherboard with the 1Ghz ARM11 processor is just $40. It supports 1080p at up to 30mbitps. Add to that a touch screen, battery and you’ve got a tablet. Or add some the connectors and you’ve got a set-top-box!
Zinwell does ARM Powered $70 Android Set-top-box
Posted by – March 2, 2011
Zinwell is one of the worlds top-5 Realtek based media player box makers, after Western Digital, Xstreamer, now they want to support full Android and eventually Google TV for ARM, so they take the Marvell Berlin (Armada 1000?) processor platform, even add DVB tuner and e-Sata ports, to provide full HD web browsing speed and the performance needed for full Flash and all Web videos and the like.
Cideko $139 (MSRP retail) Android Set-top-box
Posted by – March 2, 2011
Cideko is showing their Android Set-top-box with support for up to 1080p YouTube, and their interesting high-end remote control design with built-in keyboard, accelerometers, infrared and gyroscope.
$60 Android Cortex-A8 Set-top-box
Posted by – March 1, 2011
Shenzhen Ider Technology is showing two designs for Hummingbird ARM Cortex-A8 powered Android Set-top-boxes. One even has a built-in 2.5″ hard drive compartment. This type of box could potentially soon run Google TV experience OS!
3Gnet $70 Android Set-top-box
Posted by – March 1, 2011
This one could run the Google TV for ARM OS, it’s a Skyviia ARM9 based Android Set-top-box, with 3 USB host, up to 1080p video playback support, the UI is being worked on. They also have a Ziilab ARM Cortex-A8 version to be available for about $20 more.
Freescale talks i.MX6 ARM Cortex-A9 platform at Mobile World Congress 2011
Posted by – February 16, 2011
Freescale announced their ARM Cortex-A9 Dual-Core and Quad-Core processor platform. Here´s an interview with Freescale about their performance and features.
ST Ericsson A9500 ARM Cortex-A9 Development Board
Posted by – February 16, 2011
This is the SKY-S9500-ULP-CXX aka SNOWBALL, the ST Ericsson ARM Cortex-A9 development board, they put in there all the memory and everything needed to hack together end user products. It will be sold for about $200 from around April or May, it runs Android, Ubuntu and Meego thus far. You can find more information at http://igloocommunity.org