Shenzhen Coolech Technology demoes an HbbTV Digital TV Set-top Box (STB) at Cebit 2012, in Hanover, Germany. HbbTV (Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV) is a new European standard for web-based smart TV applications for TVs and set-top boxes. There are already plenty of STB solutions and Smart TVs offering Over-The-Top (OTT) features where TV channels and internet data are superimposed, but those are usually proprietary and HbbTV offers a standard that can be used by broadcasters all over Europe. Here are Coolech’s HbbTV DTV STB specifications: M-Star MIPS CPU clocked at 800 Mhz. HDMI DVB-T/T2 and DVB-S/S2 support. Ethernet SD Card 3x USB host IR Sensor SPDIF Audio Out There is no info on the OS except it does not run Android, so it must be Linux… Charbax interviewed the company at CeBit 2012 where you can learn more about the device and see a demo of ARD HbbTV Interop Portal […]
Low Cost Android Set-Top Box based on HiSilicon Hi3716C
Shenzhen Coolech Technology showcased an Android 2.2 Set-top box (Android Deluxe) powered by HiSilicon Hi3716C – a SoC designed around single core ARM Cortex A9 – at IFA 2011 in Berlin. This STB comes with 2 USB host port, 1 USB device port, composite and HDMI video output, SPDIF optical output, an Ethernet port and a SD Card reader. Here are the technical specifications of Android Deluxe set-top box: Description Operating System Android 2.2 Processor High-performance core solo ARM Cortex A9 processor 1GHz Hardware JAVA acceleration Graphic Unit Enhanced full-hardware 2D/3D graphics acceleration engine, OpenGL Video Connections HDMI1.4; CVBS; Audio Connections HDMI1.3; Stereo; Optical S/PDIF AC Adapter Input: 100-240V Output: 12V/3A SATA Interface SATA II x1 or eSATA x1 USB Interface USB 2.0 Host x2; USB 2.0 Device x1 (Option: USB 3.0 Device) SDIO Interface 8-bit SD input/output x1 DVB Two DVB Channel with PVR Network Interface 10/100 Mbit/s adaptive Ethernet […]