08-09 - TELE-satellite International Magazine

TEST REPORT
Multimedia Box
IPDVD Box
Pocket Sized Multimedia
Powerhouse
Since the larger receiver manufacturers introduced the first
PVR set top boxes to the market a few years ago, their top
of the line models come with features such as MP3 playback,
picture viewers or video players. But every one of these
receivers has one thing in common: their development
focused mainly on TV and radio reception as well as the use
of the PVR functions. Yes, these boxes could handle MP3
playback, etc., but the integration of these extra
multimedia features was not necessarily well thought
out. For one thing, with many of these receivers,
the content had to first be uploaded to the
internal hard drive, a process that could
take a long time depending on the
type of connection (network
or USB) and what chipset
the receiver has.
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This was reason enough
for the Chinese firm IPDVD to
develop a multimedia box to
bridge this gap in the market.
The requirements were quickly
finalized: a digital video and
audio output should provide
an extremely high quality version
of the media content, the
data itself should be accessed
directly from a network or an
external storage device, TV
content should be accessible
via the Internet and all of this
should fit into the smallest
possible housing.
With these requirements
finalized, the IPDVD engineers
went to work. When we were
told a few weeks ago about
the IPDVD box and asked if
we would like to test it out, we
naturally agreed and the manufacturer
sent us a sample
unit for testing.