08-09 - TELE-satellite International Magazine
08-09 - TELE-satellite International Magazine
08-09 - TELE-satellite International Magazine
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TEST REPORT<br />
Multimedia Box<br />
IPDVD Box<br />
Pocket Sized Multimedia<br />
Powerhouse<br />
Since the larger receiver manufacturers introduced the first<br />
PVR set top boxes to the market a few years ago, their top<br />
of the line models come with features such as MP3 playback,<br />
picture viewers or video players. But every one of these<br />
receivers has one thing in common: their development<br />
focused mainly on TV and radio reception as well as the use<br />
of the PVR functions. Yes, these boxes could handle MP3<br />
playback, etc., but the integration of these extra<br />
multimedia features was not necessarily well thought<br />
out. For one thing, with many of these receivers,<br />
the content had to first be uploaded to the<br />
internal hard drive, a process that could<br />
take a long time depending on the<br />
type of connection (network<br />
or USB) and what chipset<br />
the receiver has.<br />
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This was reason enough<br />
for the Chinese firm IPDVD to<br />
develop a multimedia box to<br />
bridge this gap in the market.<br />
The requirements were quickly<br />
finalized: a digital video and<br />
audio output should provide<br />
an extremely high quality version<br />
of the media content, the<br />
data itself should be accessed<br />
directly from a network or an<br />
external storage device, TV<br />
content should be accessible<br />
via the Internet and all of this<br />
should fit into the smallest<br />
possible housing.<br />
With these requirements<br />
finalized, the IPDVD engineers<br />
went to work. When we were<br />
told a few weeks ago about<br />
the IPDVD box and asked if<br />
we would like to test it out, we<br />
naturally agreed and the manufacturer<br />
sent us a sample<br />
unit for testing.