Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 6th Nov 2007 00:47 UTC
A few days ago we published a review of the Linux-based Neuros OSD recorder and player. Now, you can win one of these devices! All you have to do is research on the product to find out its current capabilities, and then comment below with suggestions on how to make it better and with ideas for new applications and hacks. The Neuros Technology guys will pick the best idea in 3 days time and we will provide them with the winner's email address so they can send him/her a free Neuros OSD device (that info won't be used for other purposes). If you wish to comment but not to participate in the competition, please clearly state so on your comments. Update: The winner is FunkyELF for this post. Congrats!
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2005-06-29
When there's already some much suggestions about the software, I'll suggest more hardware-wise.
* Hi-Definition support - it's as must at this time. That means support for 720p and 1080p (also, with 1080i as option) via HDMI (also DVI via HDMI to DVI converter) and component cables. h/x264 (in any common encapsulator) support is obligatory for this too. (quality) Upscaling content to this formats will be very welcome too.
* Bluetooth support - should be useful for remote controllers, keyboards, joypads... You know, anything else that can be used to improve to interface beyond the current level and can also open room to a lot of community related projects as games and more web services.
* Build-in wireless g (or higher) - People don't like gigantic amounts of cables in their electronics, specially the ones that goes in the home theater room. I'm sure advanced users may have preferences for wired connection over wireless, I do, but so many people would like the convenience of wireless connection build-in... even because it won't add more than 5-10 bucks more to the final price and will also open a lot of option for future interactions with UPnP/DNLA and Zeroconfig devices, web services and modern gadgets.
* Easy discovery of USB optical drives, USB HDDs (more than one USB port would be nice) and Network Attached Disks (supporting common file systems like FAT32, NTFS, extX, etc).
Besides that,
Nothing that a good designed software player with support for user created plugins won't make it a huge sucess. Create an easy way in install and upgrade all these, like a repository. And you're good to go. Putting WebKit at its core would make easy to support varios kinds of widgets and subscription services.
I really would be interested in Neuros OSD with these improvements. =]