2014-01-12, 12:45
Thank RockerC
I think I could have chosen the subject for this better, ZOTAC looks good, it seems to have similar dimensions as EzeeCube (140x140x45mm) and it almost same price as EzeeCube (without the 1TB hard disk). We will have actual photos of the box in few of weeks and will post them here.
As I mentioned earlier, EzeeCube comes with 'Device Development Kit' (talented hardware engineers could use this DDK to build their own add-ons for EzeeCube e.g. home automation module, game console etc.).
Building hardware for a start-up is hard. We tried to work with wandboard but neither costs or hardware interface was making it viable option. The motivation to build our own box was to simplify the user experience, something that moms and grand-moms can setup and hope they can operate EzeeCube like their VCR or TV.
To further improve the user experience, we are greatly focus on extending XBMC, EzeeCube would come with all photos, videos etc source already setup, web server on to automatically connect with phones/tables (yet to see what Lenovo has done). We also are working on a new skin for XBMC that would make navigation easier, will post screenshot/video of skin soon in the skins thread. Please find some feature details posted here http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=182563
Appreciate all the input from XBMC community, please let us know more so we could make this open-source, open-standard box easier for home users.
I think I could have chosen the subject for this better, ZOTAC looks good, it seems to have similar dimensions as EzeeCube (140x140x45mm) and it almost same price as EzeeCube (without the 1TB hard disk). We will have actual photos of the box in few of weeks and will post them here.
As I mentioned earlier, EzeeCube comes with 'Device Development Kit' (talented hardware engineers could use this DDK to build their own add-ons for EzeeCube e.g. home automation module, game console etc.).
Building hardware for a start-up is hard. We tried to work with wandboard but neither costs or hardware interface was making it viable option. The motivation to build our own box was to simplify the user experience, something that moms and grand-moms can setup and hope they can operate EzeeCube like their VCR or TV.
To further improve the user experience, we are greatly focus on extending XBMC, EzeeCube would come with all photos, videos etc source already setup, web server on to automatically connect with phones/tables (yet to see what Lenovo has done). We also are working on a new skin for XBMC that would make navigation easier, will post screenshot/video of skin soon in the skins thread. Please find some feature details posted here http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=182563
Appreciate all the input from XBMC community, please let us know more so we could make this open-source, open-standard box easier for home users.