[HH] NeTV: open source Google TV hardware?

[Drew Van Zandt]

"Kits" don't have to pass FCC part 15 certification tests.

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Drew Van Zandt
Artisan's Asylum Craft Lead, Electronics & Robotics
Cam # US2010035593 (M:Liam Hopkins R: Bastian Rotgeld)
Domain Coordinator, MA-003-D.  Masquerade aVST
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On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 2:39 AM, Tom Metro <tmetro+hhacking at gmail.com> wrote:

> adafruit is selling NeTV, a $119 kit (you put the board into the
> supplied plastic case - not sure why they bothered making it a "kit"),
> that has hardware similar to a Google TV, which lets you pass HDMI
> signals through it and overlay graphics.
>
> It is open source hardware created by "the lead hardware engineer of the
> chumby internet alarm clock."
>
> http://www.adafruit.com/products/609
>
> I'm not sure what CPU it uses. The HDMI overlay is accomplished with a
> Xilinx FPGA. "The FPGA is managed using a convenient set of built-in
> command-line tools. You can modify the NeTV's video processing
> capability using Xilinx's free Webkit development environment. Or, you
> can repurpose the FPGA for entirely new functionality; the sky's the
> limit!"
>
> It runs "Angstrom linux...running Webkit that features chroma-key video
> compositing. Out of the box, the reference firmware enables the overlay
> of Facebook and Twitter feeds, and SMSes from Android phones. The UI is
> written in Javascript/HTML, making it easy and fast to develop your
> custom application."
>
> Also has a WiFi radio and a cheesy IR remote.
>
> Not clear if it is actually any good at video decoding, or if it only
> has enough horsepower to show relatively static overlays. No mention of
> video decompression hardware.
>
> Hmmm...if it ran XBMC or Android it would be more interesting.
>
> I think I'd rather start with a platform capable of being an HD
> streaming video player and run open enough software that permits adding
> custom overlay data, rather than bother with a device dedicated to
> displaying custom overlay data.
>
>  -Tom
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