Last month, I posted a blog entry about demo featuring Sigma Designs Android STB that was shown at CeBit last January. AFAIK this is still being developed and there is still no Android STB products based on Sigma Designs Chips that can be purchased.
Earlier this month, another company Webia Technologies demo’ed an Android STB (HDMI 1080p – ARM 11) whose factory price would be 50 USD, which is well below the price of a similar Sigma Designs STB based on SMP8640 or SMP8650 series. They also showed a smaller box that can support 720p and selling for 25 USD (Factory price, not retail price). You can see the demo below showing both set-top-boxes.
Interestingly enough, I was unable to find Webia Technologies website or other previous news about this company. All I found is Webia Technologies is supposedly registered in Hong Kong.
Update:
After searching which ARM-based solution may support Android for STB, I found another video on Charbax Youtube’s account. Keenhigh Mediatech is using a Telechips solution with a retail price around 129 USD (which seems about right with the 50USD factory price of Webia Technologies), so both companies might use Telechip Android Reference Platform.
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