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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: John Gateley on August 25, 2003, 10:04:06 am

Title: set top boxes/network media receivers
Post by: John Gateley on August 25, 2003, 10:04:06 am

Hi Y'all,

Is there any interest in Network Media Receivers here? Sony's RoomLink is one, and HP has the EN5000. I've hacked a little support for the Sony into Media Server, but when I posted about it last week, I got no response. (The HP is a proprietary protocol).

Has anyone heard of the PrismIQ set top box? I think this is the same thing.

j

Title: Re: set top boxes/network media receivers
Post by: Ingo on August 25, 2003, 10:13:39 am

Hi John,

I'd probably be interested in the following two 'set top boxes':

- mythtv.org a linux pvr-system which is devided between backend and frontend.....

- dbox2 ( http://www.dbox2.info ). this a German pay-tv box (cabel and sat) which can run a special linux distribution..... (sorry, I don't think there's much english info available ;-) )

Ingo

Title: Re: set top boxes/network media receivers
Post by: Wobbley on August 25, 2003, 11:23:16 am

John,

I've heard of the PrismIQ system and I am currently seriously considering it, but I hate giving up MC in order to use it.  I'd love to see MC "usable" with these types of systems so that I could use the MC gui (and database, and features, etc.) on the TV screen instead of the product-supplied interface and management system(s).

Keep up the research and hard work!

Thanks,

Wobbley

Title: Re: set top boxes/network media receivers
Post by: knickelfarz on August 25, 2003, 11:42:34 am

I think the market is still small and it's hard to see those products "live" (I'm looking forward to the IFA fair here in Berlin, it starts next weekend...) to get a real impression of the quality - But I think it's the future!

And all those devices only have rudimentary software for the server side (compared to MC)... maybe a nice opportunity for MC ;)

Here are some more links...

http://www.barix.com/exstreamer/

http://www.slimdevices.com/

http://entertainen.terratec.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=167

Title: Re: set top boxes/network media receivers
Post by: davidne0uk on August 25, 2003, 11:56:05 am

I would be interested in the slimp3 also. Purely from a multi zone control point of view.

However I would like to come up with my own LCD controller that could control MC in a multizone setup.

Has anyone had a go at this?

Can it be done?

How difficult would it be?

Davie