Following closely on the heels of the December announcement of D-Link's BoxeeBox, Syabas Technology today said it will ship a $129 Internet-based A/V streaming set-top box (STB) in March. Both new gadgets have the potential to give Roku's popular Netflix-streaming STB a run for its money.
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stargrave
14 years 38 weeks 4 days 7 hours ago
Bring DRM to your home
"Built-in Apps" are based only on closed source services, there are no any open/free realization alternative for them. Some of them are using proprietary closed protocols (Shoutcast, all those TV-casting services). All listed video codecs are not patent-free and some of them AFAIK do not have full specification opened -- they are closed => non-free. Hmm, nearly all listed streaming "standards" are based and created only for using with proprietary software, that can also can use DRM "features".
"Syabas claims the device will support the following codecs, DRM..." -- well, thanks, no. I do not want to purchase device that will leak my freedom with DRM.