Hackable media player for HDTV runs embedded Linux
Dec 1, 2003 — by LinuxDevices Staff — from the LinuxDevices Archive — views
Embedded Linux and an open, hacker-friendly architecture power the world's first high definition media player, the $499 Roku HD1000. The brainchild of ReplayTV inventor Anthony Wood, the device could touch off a cottage industry of third-party applications and media packs that work with its Linux-based OS and user-friendly media… APIs.
Out of the box, the HD1000 can stream MPEG and MPEG2, play music, loop JPEGs, and more — all at the same time. Roku is selling “Art Packs” of everything from museum-quality art to hot-rod cars as memory cards that work with the device. And, the company will release a C/C++ SDK for the HD1000 before 2004.
Finally, there's something to actually show on your $5,000 54-inch plasma TV or 37-inch LCD TV.
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