The Linaro ZTE Landing Team engineers talk about optimizing Android Kitkat boot time using TuxOnIce hibernation mechanism on ZTE SmartTV board. The net result is that it takes around 10 seconds to get into the Android home screen from a fresh power-on compared to the original over 30 seconds bootup time among other optimizations that they are doing for the ZTE Powered Set-top-box which is in millions of homes in China and around the world.
Category: Set-top-boxes
ZTE ZX296702 Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 for Set-top-boxes at Linaro Connect
Posted by – February 20, 2015
$99 Mele X1000 4K on Realtek 1195 now shipping
Posted by – February 11, 2015
Mele is now shipping their 4K H265 Realtek 1195 dual-core ARM Cortex-A7 based Android hard drive media player, with Dolby True HD/DTS 7.1 channel pass through, X1000 4K does full local playback, supporting most audio/video formats, includes 4K H.265, BD ISO, 3D MVC, BDMV. The Mele X1000 4K can integrate a 2.5″ hard drive of up to 2TB. Mele develops their Special MeLE Media center app for smarter local video content playback featuring movie posters, info and actors from IMBD. The Mele X1000 4K is based on Android 4.4 Kitkat, with XBMC/Neflix/Youtube, using MeLE U3 smart TV system, all GUI optimized for remote control. with Gigabit LAN, it support local network streaming up to 120Mbps, support for Miracast and DLNA.
You can contact MeLE here:
Mason Tong, Sales Director
mason.tong@mele.cn
Mobile: +86-132 6816 6362
Isaac Long, Sales Manager, Brand Developement for oversea market
sale5@mele.cn
Mobile: +86 186 7551 2024
Skype: isaac_520320
Leo Owyang, Account Manager, OEM & ODM brand for oversea market
sales13@mele.cn
Mobile: +86 159 8952 0320
Skype: leo4176
http://en.mele.cn
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/715968
http://www.amazon.com/shops/MeLEofficialstore
Allwinner H3 4K Set-top-box by Sunchip, and H8 Octa-core Set-top-box
Posted by – February 10, 2015
Sunchip is launching their Allwinner H3 quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 based set-top-box with 4K support, it is shipping now. Sunchip is also showing the Allwinner H8 octa-core ARM Cortex-A7 TV box, also shipping now. Sunchip can do HDMI Sticks with the H3 and H8 also.
You can contact Sunchip here:
Shenzhen Sunchip Technology Co., Ltd
Kobe Chen, Sales Manager
kobe@sunchip-tech.com
Mobile: +86 13751103656
Phone: +86 755 26733959
Skype: Kobechen6132
QQ: 1191324838
http://www.sunchip-tech.com
Hisilicon 3716CV200 runs RDK with Chromium Blink Framework
Posted by – February 8, 2015
Linaro with members such as Hisilicon are porting and optimizing Chromium Blink with gstreamer running just above EGL, the next steps are to merging fully with the RDK project to replace the webkit core with blink core.
Chromium Blink Embedded Framework on STM B2102 and Hisilicon Poplar
Posted by – February 8, 2015
The Linaro team ported the Chromium Embedded Framework to Linux running on ARM, the framework utilizes an EGL backend integrated using Chromium’s Ozone abstraction layer.
Geniatech shows Android 5.0 Lollipop Android TV on AmLogic and shares strategy
Posted by – February 4, 2015
Shenzhen Geniatech Inc. Ltd, one of the world leading Android TV ODM / OEM Platform vendor, release, demo and leaked today insider technical information, roadmap information about their Android 5.0 Lollipop and Android TV strategic deployment, migration and release strategy for 2015. Watch and follow Geniatech VP. Features include Google Cast (Chromecast protocol support!), 4K, Android TV UI and more.
For any request questions and further information, with regards to Android TV / Android 5.0,. Android TV Solution, Product and Sales Inquiries, you can visit Geniatech public website http://geniatech.com or send e-mail to sales@geniatech.com.
Android 5.0 Lollipop on Allwinner A33/A83T/A80, Allwinner A64 ARMv8 64bit at sub-$5
Posted by – January 21, 2015
Allwinner is one of the fastest vendor to support Android 5.0 Lollipop, having an engineering team dedicated to updating to the new version as soon as Google releases it. Allwinner H3 quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 for entry-level OTT boxes, Allwinner H8 octa-core ARM Cortex-A7 for higher end Set-top-boxes and Allwinner A80 octa-core big,LITTLE ARM Cortex-A15/A7 is the top high end Allwinner chip for the Set-top-box market. Then Allwinner lauches the Allwinner A64, an entry-level ARMv8 64bit Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 processor with 4K H265 decode, to be available in big bulks soon to device makers at a sub-$5 price point: http://www.allwinnertech.com/plus/view.php?aid=527
superMHL 8K 120fps, USB Type-C, 40W, more bandwidth
Posted by – January 20, 2015
Category: Tablets, Laptops, Smartphones, Set-top-boxes, HDMI Sticks, Projectors, Displays, Cameras, Wearables, Gaming, 4K UHD, Cars, Exclusive videos, MediaTek, Qualcomm, Samsung, CES, Android
The MHL Consortium has outdone itself with their latest technology mega specification, now perhaps setting the spec at a very future proof level (shall we say at least until 2020?), supporting up to 8K at 120fps, with up to 40W for power charge, delivering higher resolution, faster frame rates, support for the upcoming USB Type-C (dual side reversible) connector for up to 8K 60fps output from a phone (wow wow!). For the first time, MHL also introduces a new superMHL connector for 8K TVs (as in the first 8K TV from Samsung shown at CES). The SuperMHL spec is for mobile devices, set-top boxes (STBs), Blu-ray players, Audio/video recorders, HDMI sticks and other source devices to TVs and monitors, as SuperMHL should be included in most future FHD/4K/8K TVs, PC Monitors, MHL has shipped in over 750 Million devices thus far. The new SuperMHL spec is also offering wider color gamut, deeper colors (to reduce color banding), high dynamic range (HDR) supported through signaling and through higher bandwidth.
Enplug Digital Signage Software
Posted by – January 13, 2015
Category: Set-top-boxes, Displays, Software, Exclusive videos, CES, Android, Chrome OS, Ubuntu, Windows
Enplug, winner of CES’s ShowStoppers Startup Competition, is the developer of the first public computing platform. Enplug’s software turns any display into a public computer, enabling businesses to seamlessly engage with their audience. Businesses with displays of all sizes use Enplug to show interactive and live social media feeds, news, games, and many other apps developed by third-parties. Enplug wants to partner with display and set-top box makers to have its software pre-loaded for free and revenue-share with the hardware maker. It is looking for other display and set-top box makers to work with you can contact them here by phone: +1-855-536-7584 or email: Hello@enplug.com
Unuiga Company Introduction at Factory in Huizhou
Posted by – January 2, 2015
Category: Set-top-boxes, HDMI Sticks, Factory Tours, 4K UHD, Exclusive videos, Allwinner, Rockchip, AmLogic, Nvidia, Unuiga, Android
Unuiga expands factory capacity to a maximum of 1 Million Set-top-boxes and HDMI Sticks to be manufactured per month, into their new mass manufacturing facility in Huizhou China. You can see some of the products Unuiga is able to make in this factory here: Android Router, A80 Set-top-box, DVB-T2 Android Box, RK3288 Projector, RK3288 Box and more, see at the Unuiga category
Distributors can contact Unuiga directly for more details:
Steven Ching
Marketing Director
Company Name: Great Harmony Electronics Industrial Limited
Factory Name: Shenzhen Ulike Technology Co.,Ltd.
Factory Address: 5F, E Building, Dakan Technology Park, Xili Town, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China
Tel: +86 755 86110143
Fax: +86 755 86330445
Cell: +86 18038133940
Web : http://www.unuiga.com
E-mail: steven@unuiga.com
MSN: stevenching@live.cn
Skype: stevenching1976
Android 5.0 Lollipop Android TV UI on Allwinner A80 Octa-core big.LITTLE ARM Cortex-A15/7
Posted by – December 2, 2014
This is a preview release of Android 5.0 Lollipop running on the powerful 8-core A80 TV box showing off some games running on the 64-core PowerVR G6230 GPU, the Android TV Remote Control app controlling the A80 TV box from any Android device, Google Cast casting YouTube video to the screen which means it becomes a Chromecast receiver and the Enhanced Google Voice Search using microphone, which are just some of the advantages of Google’s Android TV UI for Android 5.0 Lollipop. I especially think that the most important thing about Android TV is Google’s support, them pushing for more gamepad controlled games, more TV-centric entertainment apps for streaming more video-on-demand, and an overall improvement of Android for TV usage. Support for Android TV UI on Android 5.0 I think can accelerate the success of the Android Set-top-box market.
Current A80 TV box hardware specs:
8-core ARM A7/A15 CPU
64-core PowerVR Rogue GPU
2GB DDR3
16/32GB EMMC
SPDIF out, CVBS in, HDMI out, DC power in, LAN Ethernet in, SATA (optional)
WiFi Dual Band 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac + BT 4
$99 MeLE X1000 4K: Realtek 1195 4K Cortex-A7 2.5” HDD Android Media Player
Posted by – November 28, 2014
The first android media player based on ARM SoC from Realtek. It inherits legacy of powerful multimedia decode capability, NFS, SAMBA, and NAS from Realtek’s MIPS based SoC. Both 4K H.264 and H.265 supported, 2.5’’ SATA HDD up to 3TB. It supports most of the popular video and audio formats including Dolby TrueHD and DTS MA 7.1 surrounding sound.
You can contact MeLE here:
Mason Tong, Sales Director
mason.tong@mele.cn
Mobile: +86-132 6816 6362
Isaac Long, Sales Manager, Brand Developement for oversea market
sale5@mele.cn
Mobile: +86 186 7551 2024
Skype: isaac_520320
Leo Owyang, Account Manager, OEM & ODM brand for oversea market
sales13@mele.cn
Mobile: +86 159 8952 0320
Skype: leo4176
http://en.mele.cn
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/715968
http://www.amazon.com/shops/MeLEofficialstore
Rockchip RK3288
Posted by – November 17, 2014
Category: Tablets, Laptops, Set-top-boxes, HDMI Sticks, Exclusive videos, Rockchip, Android, Chrome OS
As Rockchip is ramping up the output of their new RK3288 processor, this is the official presentation video for the Rockchip RK3288 processor. Some of the advantages highlighted are 10-second boot time, Fast app loading, Multi-window UI, Fast Web browsing, up to 2560×1600 display, H265 4K playback, 4K HDMI2.0 at 60fps, Turstzone PlayReady HDCP Widevine DRM, Dolby audio, 13 Megapixel back camera and some of the Mali-T764 GPU features such as Transaction Elimination, Adaptive Scalable Texture Compression, ARM Frame Buffer Compression, Stereoscopic 3D Game Driver and the POP-Star Searching Entertainment Engine. You can read more about it at http://www.rock-chips.com/a/en/products/RK32_Series/2014/0504/484.html and you can watch all the RK3288 videos that I posted thus far at http://138.2.152.197/?s=RK3288
$49 (barebones bulk) Intel x86 PC, MeLE PCG03
Posted by – November 16, 2014
MeLE PCG03 is a fanless Intel Z3735F compact 4K Quad Core Fanless Mini PC with Windows 8.1, 2GB DDR RAM, 32G eMMC (both RAM and eMMC not included in the $49 barebones price), full PC connectors include VGA, HDMI 1.4, 3xUSB2, SD card reader, WiFi 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.0, mini-jack audio output. MeLE claims it has ulta-low power consumption and works perfectly work with XBMC. Mass Production will be ready middle December 2014.
You can contact MeLE here:
Mason Tong, Sales Director
mason.tong@mele.cn
Mobile: +86-132 6816 6362
Isaac Long, Sales Manager, Brand Developement for oversea market
sale5@mele.cn
Mobile: +86 186 7551 2024
Skype: isaac_520320
Leo Owyang, Account Manager, OEM & ODM brand for oversea market
sales13@mele.cn
Mobile: +86 159 8952 0320
Skype: leo4176
http://en.mele.cn
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/715968
http://www.amazon.com/shops/MeLEofficialstore
Android Router 2-in-1 device on AmLogic S805, WiFi hotspot and TV Box combined
Posted by – November 14, 2014
Unuiga shows their new interesting concept combining a WiFi router in the Android Set-top-box, where the Android Set-top-box can share the main Ethernet port of the router, and the router can be used to create a WiFi hotspot in the living room. This Smart Router Box runs the AmLogic S805 quad-core ARM Cortex-A5 processor.
Distributors can contact Unuiga directly for more details:
Steven Ching
Marketing Director
Company Name: Great Harmony Electronics Industrial Limited
Factory Name: Shenzhen Ulike Technology Co.,Ltd.
Factory Address: 5F, E Building, Dakan Technology Park, Xili Town, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China
Tel: +86 755 86110143
Fax: +86 755 86330445
Cell: +86 18038133940
Web : http://www.unuiga.com
E-mail: steven@unuiga.com
MSN: stevenching@live.cn
Skype: stevenching1976
Unuiga Allwinner A80 Set-top-box will support Android 5.0 and Chrome OS
Posted by – November 14, 2014
Unuiga shows their Allwinner A80 Set-top-box, now running Android 4.4, but it should be upgradeable to Android 5.0 Lollipop and Chrome OS as soon as Allwinner releases support to these.
Distributors can contact Unuiga directly for more details:
Steven Ching, Marketing Director
Company Name: Great Harmony Electronics Industrial Limited
Factory Name: Shenzhen Ulike Technology Co.,Ltd.
Factory Address: 5F, E Building, Dakan Technology Park, Xili Town, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China
Tel: +86 755 86110143
Fax: +86 755 86330445
Cell: +86 18038133940
Web : http://unuiga.com
E-mail: steven@unuiga.com
MSN: stevenching@live.cn
Skype: stevenching1976
$149 MELE X2000 4K, Mstar9180D 4K Quad Core ARM Cortex-A9 3.5” HDD
Posted by – November 14, 2014
The first quad core android media player with both 4K H.264/265 decode and SATA interface for 3.5’’ HDD up to 3TB. It supports MKV, Blu-ray ISO, BDMV, 3D MVC, Dolby Digital Plus and DTS 5.1 surrounding sound. It includes free Internet TV Channels, XMBC video add-on, Movie Center, and iTV App Store. First Mass Production will be ready by middle Dec 2014.
You can contact MeLE directly here:
Shenzhen Mele Digital Technology Ltd. 深圳市迈乐数码科技股份有限公司
Gennie Peng, Distributor & Reseller for MeLE Brand Sales Director
sales10@mele.cn
Mobile: +86 15013777080
Mobile: +86 18675512024
Phone: +86 755 86363225
Fax: +86 755 86363201
Skype: apvell091
QQ: 277365163
Isaac Long
sales5@mele.cn
Skype: isaac_520320
Tina Zhang, OEM & ODM Brand sales manager
sales14@mele.cn
Skype: tina.zhang703
Coco Jiang
sales8@mele.cn
Skype: melecoco
http://en.mele.cn
http://meleshop.com
http://stores.ebay.com/meleofficialstore
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/715968
$40 DVB-T2 Android Box by Unuiga
Posted by – November 8, 2014
Unuiga shows AML8726-MX (next month with AmLogic S805) and A20 dual-core based DVB-T2 Android Set-top-boxes, where the bulk price starts below $40 for these entry level mass market DVB-T2 Android Set-top-boxes for the OTT mass market. You can also connect any external hard drive to record the DVB-T2 TV streams directly to the external hard drive.
Distributors can contact Unuiga directly for more details:
Steven Ching, Marketing Director
Company Name: Great Harmony Electronics Industrial Limited
Factory Name: Shenzhen Ulike Technology Co.,Ltd.
Factory Address: 5F, E Building, Dakan Technology Park, Xili Town, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China
Tel: +86 755 86110143
Fax: +86 755 86330445
Cell: +86 18038133940
Web : www.unuiga.com
E-mail: steven@unuiga.com
MSN: stevenching@live.cn
Skype: stevenching1976
$60 RK3288 Stick, $115 A80 Box, $63 S812 Box by Sunchip
Posted by – October 28, 2014
Category: Set-top-boxes, HDMI Sticks, 4K UHD, Exclusive videos, Allwinner, Rockchip, AmLogic, Intel, HKTDC Electronics Fair, Sunchip, Android
Sunchip presents their latest Rockchip RK3288 HDMI Stick, Allwinner A80 Set-top-box, AmLogic S812 Set-top-box and more. Minimum orders are 500. Android 5.0 Lollipop and Chrome OS are going to be supported on most of these boxes too.
You can contact Sunchip here:
Shenzhen Sunchip Technology Co., Ltd
Kobe Chen, Sales Manager
kobe@sunchip-tech.com
Mobile: +86 13751103656
Phone: +86 755 26733959
Skype: Kobechen6132
QQ: 1191324838
http://www.sunchip-tech.com
GPD Gamepad and Game Box designs
Posted by – October 20, 2014
GPD shows their design of a Gamepad with the Rockchip RK3288 inside, samples are ready, mass production starting now. The price can be about $90 (bulk) with the 1024×600 display. GPD has been making Android Gamepads, 4″ and 7″ for portable Gamepads, they also develop the Android Set-top-box for gaming as a games console. GPD develops the key mapping Android software layer. The future of gaming on Android is going to be huge.
You can contact GPD here (please only contact if you’re a serious distributor):
GPD (HK) Company Limited
Shenzhen GPD technology Co.,LTD
Kelvin Zhang, Sales Director
kelvin@gpd.hk
Mobile: +86 18603037717
Phone: +86 755 26012425-619
Phone: +86 755 26012425-628
Skype: kelvinzhang555
http://www.gpd.hk
