Popbox

Syabas who are known for the "Popcorn Hour" media server have announced something new called the Popbox.

The really interesting thing is that they are making available an SDK. This opens up the device to people wanting to produce their own apps. The third party support is impressive and the price of $129 (US) is pretty good as well.

Nomad is less keen on the lack of a DVD drive and confused about whether it is DLNA compliant. On the whole Nomad is inclined to think that this approach is barking up the wrong tree. The way ahead is a rigidly defined hardware interface (DLNA) with a very flexible software (and TVersity leads here) running on the server. It will be interesting to see how this develops.