Neuros Technology have been spilling the beans about their next-gen open-source mediaplayer, the OSD3, and while it’s not set to hit shelves for at least another 18 months it’s shaping up to be impressive. The company is working with Texas Instruments regarding the OSD3’s ARM-based processor, and have official support for 1080p/60 encoding and decoding.
Back when Neuros offered developers cash prizes for adding new functionality to their LINK media device, one of the primary goals – and most interesting – was getting Netflix working. Well, coders put down your pens, as the $2,500 bounty has been claimed and there are now instructions to get it running on your own open-source set-top box.
Open-source set-top box manufacturer Neuros have kicked off some “bounties” for their LINK media device, offering cash incentives for developers to code new functionality. The first task, for which Neuros are offering a $2,500 reward, is to get the LINK connecting directly with Netflix (or $500 if done via a PC app intermediary) before they themselves or Boxee manage it; meanwhile the second task is to develop a Move Networks plug-in for the device, for which Neuros will pay $2,000.
Finding ways to stream video from the web to your TV can be complicated, especially if you don’t have the right equipment. But Neuros Technology has just announced their Neuros Link, which makes it easy to push web videos straight onto your TV.
Neuros has begun shipping their high definition Neuros OSD 2.0 developer kits, an open-source DVR based on Texas Instruments’ DaVinci DM 6446 chipset. Comprising all the basic hardware a developer might need to begin coding for the multiformat set-top box, the OSD 2.0 HD includes two composite and one component inputs, together with composite, component and HDMI outputs, and a total of four USB ports.
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