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Evesham's hybrid set-top box: iplayer
It’s described as a hybrid set-top
TV box and what you get up front is a set-top box with digital TV tuner, 80GB
hard disk drive (HDD), iPTV and onboard high definition (HD) upscaler which
purports to be able to upscale you standard 
TV image to HD – or at least better
quality than what you currently view. It sports a HDMI input for the
best method of getting HD material to your HDTV, but which is also important because
you need it to watch protected HD content like HD movies and downloads. .
It has an EPG for seven-day programming
and an Internet browser. It can be hooked up to the Internet or a networked
media PC for viewing downloaded HD material. The system has also been designed
to work with any ISP service offering Internet-based, HDTV content and will
cost £300 when it officially launches next week.
The HDMI socket is not pictured that is the USB socket. Here is a picture of the back of the box (WITH HDMI socket)
http://www.evesham.com/images/shared/products/eveshamtechnology/IPLAYERHD_3_large.jpg
and here is the link the Netgem User Group http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Netgem/
Netgem designed the box and software.
Posted by: DarkTeckno | November 23, 2006 12:26 PM