Chip maker Marvell is expanding its Armada line of system-on-a-chip solutions for set-top-boxes with a new octa-core processor with support for 4K video. The Marvell Armada 1500 Ultra is an 8-core, 1.5 GHz ARM Cortex-A53 chip with Vivante GC7000XS graphics. The company’s targeting pay TV operators and set-top-box makers. So you probably won’t find the […]
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Zrro Box is a different approach to big-screen Android gaming
There are loads of options out there if you want to set up an Android-powered gaming console on your big screen. An ideal experience remains elusive for a number of reasons, from laggy Bluetooth controllers to limited libraries. Zrro (pronounced Zero) is hoping to change all that. At first glance, Zrro looks like pretty much […]
Amazon Fire TV is like a $99 Kindle for your TV
Amazon’s new box designed to bring the internet to your TV is called the Amazon Fire TV. It’s designed to compete with the Apple TV, Google Chromecast, and Roku, among other things, and Amazon thinks it has a solution that offers better performance, a better ecosystem, and easier navigation. The Fire TV also offers more […]
Amazon’s upcoming set top box could play games, stream videos
Amazon’s reportedly preparing to launch a TV box that will let users stream videos from Amazon Prime Instant Video, Netflix, Hulu Plus, and other services. But it looks like there may be more to the Amazon box. Blogger Dave Zatz discovered a Brazillian regulatory listing for a new wireless game controller with the Amazon label […]
Hisense updates its Google-powered TV lineup
Hisense is launching a new line of smart TVs and a set-top-box powered by the platform-formerly-known-as-Google-TV. The new Hisense H6 Smart TV lineup and the HiSense Pulse PRO box both run software based on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. That means you can access a range of apps designed for Google’s TV interface, including Netflix, Amazon […]
WSJ: Amazon TV box will offer music, video streaming, apps and games
Amazon’s third generation tablets are scheduled to hit the streets starting this month, but the company reportedly has more hardware in the works. Hot on the heels of reports that Amazon will launch its own smartphones in the coming year, the Wall Street Journal has new details about a TV box Amazon is reportedly building, […]
Fanhattan wants to replace your cable box, DVR and Roku with Fan TV
Fanhattan has been offering an iOS app for a few years that lets you find, watch, and bookmark online videos from dozens of sites. Today the company is also bringing its web app out of private beta. But Fanhattan has a bigger ambition: The company wants to change the way you watch TV… on your […]
H5, MK818 join the Android set top box party
Chinese device makers are cranking out a growing number of products that put the set-top back into set top boxes. We’ve already seen a few Android-powered TV boxes that are designed to sit on top of a TV, and now a few new models are available. What all of these products have in common is […]
Jynxbox Android HD is an Android TV box designed to run XBMC
The Jynxbox Android HD is a hackable set-top-box with an ARM Cortex-A9 processor and Android 4.0 software. It’s also one of the few devices of its type to ship with the XBMC media center application pre-loaded. You can pick up a Jynxbox Android HD for $115, or opt for a cheaper Jynxbox Android HD mini […]
Next-gen Apple TV gets a minor spec bump
Apple appears to be prepping a next-generation Apple TV box. This week the company pushed a software update for existing Apple TV set-top-boxes which includes support for new hardware. And a new Apple TV showed up at the FCC website this week as well, showing a device that’s a tiny bit smaller than the third-generation […]