Wise Tivi is a new company that recently launched 3 Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) products based on what appears to be Rockchip RK3066 processor:
- Wise Tivi Camera ($89.99) – A set-top box with a front camera that can be conveniently placed on top of the TV.
- Wise Tivi Portable ($79.99) – The mini PC / PC-on-an-HDMI-stick version.
- Wise Tivi Box ($59.99) – A standard Android set-top box with IR remote control.
According to the company website, all 3 devices share the following specifications:
- SoC – Dual Core ARM Cortex A9 1.6Ghz with Quad-core ARM Mali-400 MP (Rockchip RK3066)
- System Memory – 1GB DDR3 RAM
- Storage – 4 GB Nand Flash (up to 16GB) and microSD card slot
- Connectivity – WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
- Video Output – HDMI 1.3 (up to 1920×1080 resolution),
- USB – 1 x micro USB OTG, 1x SB 2.0 HOST and 1x micro USB for power.
- Video – RM/RMVB, MPEG, MKV, AVI, MP4,MOV,FLV, H.263, H.264,VC-1,DivX, Xvid, TS,RealVideo,VP6,VP8. Support Multi-format 1080P video decoding, stereoscopic 3D H.264 MVC video coding
- Audio – MP3/WMA/APE/FLAC/AAC/OGG/AC3/WAV…
- Power Supply – 100~220V AC Input, 5V DC Output 2A
That is until you start to look at the pictures / renderings… So the camera version appears to have a full SD card slot, one USB host port and an HDMI output (but there’s no info about the camera), the mini PC matches the specifications above, and the Wise Tivi Box comes with HDMI & composite output, Audio RCA stereo output, Ethernet, 2x USB host ports and a full size SD card slot.
Considering you can get a device with the same specs for $50 to $60, I don’t find Wise Tivi Portable particularly interesting at $79.99, although the anodized aluminum case makes it look nicer than most other mini PCs.
The Wise Tivi Camera on the other hand is an interesting innovative product, and could be of use for people watching to do video-conferencing / use Skype regularly with their HDTV. Wise Tivi Box is the only regular set-top box featuring Rockchip RK3066 I’ve ever seen. Ethernet connectivity will allow you to play high bitrate videos (>10 Mbps) and at $59 this is much cheaper than equivalent AMLogic media players.
The company will also provide an Air Mouse and a Game PAD (but only go to those 2 products pages if you are interesting in UFOs…) , which would make it an alternative to the OUYA (excluding OUYA game marketplace).
The company has just started accepting pre-orders for the 3 media players. Prices include free shipping, but I could not find estimated delivery date, and since all they have on their website are renderings, this could be a few months away. You can find more information (including the UFO part) on Wise Tivi webpage.
Via: Android Guys
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Another set top box with Rockchip RK3066 inside: Minix Neo X5
@JLCD
Thanks. It has better specs but also nearly twice as expensive as the Wise Tivi Box. At least, it’s available now.
RK3066 with analog video in the STB model? this is real? or only in this render?
@Naismith
It’s difficult to know because their site is not complete. So either the specs are wrong, either the rendering does not correspond to the final products. I chose to believe the rendering, maybe I’m wrong. I’ll ask on their Facebook page.
@cnxsoft
All the prodructs are renders except the tv stick… i hope all is real… but…
What is so hard to believe that the box has analog video:
Here are some other boxes with analog video:
http://www.super-digi.com/product/showproduct.php?lang=en&id=67
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-arrival-android-4-0-4-rk3066-dual-core-tv-i7-tv-box-with-IR-remote/692606309.html (this needs a breakout cable)
I’m a little confused as to why there’s a $20 difference between the STB and the mini PC.
One reason maybe because the STB case is open mould (I saw this box before so I think this…) and the Mini PC maybe is private and aluminum. If they make a short production can be 3000-4000USD more.
Of course must be more reasons, not just this…
@Naismith
So they wrote some details on their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/WISE-TIVI.
The Wise BOX does have both HDMI and composite outputs, and the products will be available in January 2013.