(http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/08/19/osd-v2-linux-pvr-media-centre-gets-hd)
So, Harish, when are you going to sell your Neuros OSD and get this baby?...};-) ===== Linux PVR and Media Centre gets HD Unboxing OSD 2.0 has plenty of room for expansion By Fernando Cassia: Tuesday, 19 August 2008, 12:30 PM THE FOLKS at Neuros Technology have introduced a 'developer version' of its upcoming next-generation Linux-based Digital Video Recorder and Media Centre, the OSD 2.0. And here we have our first look at this device which just arrived at our LatAm review lab. We wrote several times about the firm's first-generation Linux-based PVR and Media Centre. And Neuros obviously isn't resting on its laurels. The firm is now selling what it calls a 'developer's version' of its upcoming Neuros OSD 2.0. It differs from what will be the final product in two aspects: first its software is still being developed – an evolution of the OSD v1 software – and second, the developer version comes in a larger, less stylish case. [...] The firm's idea is to encourage developers to install an internal hard drive, and expand it as much as they like... basically 'go crazy'. In the words of Joe Born: "its an off-the-shelf computer case so hackers can add hard drives and optical drives, etc." The system leverages the existing Open Source software stack of the OSD v1 adding much requested features like support for High-Definition (720p) video and HDMI output. [...] >From the software side, this unit aims to deliver up to 720p MPEG4 encoding -1024x768-, H.264 encoding at D1 resolution, and H.264, MPEG2, MPEG4 and WMV codec playback with upscaling. In a "second phase" they will aim to also do DivX and Xvid. More interestingly, there's an internal USB 2.0 port in the system board, allowing all kinds of internal hackery and playing: Bluetooth dongles, an internal Hub, you-name-it. On the software side, Neuros has been hard at work and both internal and external developers – including bounties for the latter – have for instance developed a web browser based on Webkit, and Last.FM integration for it. There is also a VNC server for the OSD v2 and loads of open source software can be (or has been) ported to it due to its open nature and Linux kernel. That includes the VideoLan (VLC) Media Player, for starters. [...] ===== -- Soh Kam Yung my Google Reader Shared links: (http://www.google.com/reader/shared/16851815156817689753) my Google Reader Shared SFAS links: (http://www.google.com/reader/shared/user/16851815156817689753/label/sfas) _______________________________________________ Slugnet mailing list [email protected] http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet
