chumby Industries presents its new set-top box, NeTV. The NeTV can pair the device with an Android phone through the use of a QR code. Once the two have combined you can do things like share images on the TV and load webpages from addresses entered into the smartphone. There are options for scrolling alerts when you receive an IM or SMS, and a few other bells and whistles. All of this from a device which connects with two HDMI ports to sit between your TV and whatever feeds it a video signal.
The hacking protection is quite impressive. The developer page gives a look inside at the Spartan-6 FPGA that lives in the little case.They’ve made the schematic and FPGA information available and are just begging for hackers to do their worst. The power for the device is provided by a USB connection but curiously is just above spec when drawing a max of 700 mA.
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