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PopBox STB To Ship Soon But Without Netflix, Pandora

Posted by kdawson on from the littler-and-later dept.

DeviceGuru writes "Syabas says it is nearly ready to ship the PopBox, which it announced in January (though they said at the time it would ship in March). The $129 Internet-based A/V streaming set-top box will offer a variety of user-selectable media-streaming apps, but is unlikely at launch to include Netflix instant downloads (promised at announcement), Pandora music, or Amazon pay-per-view video support. According to Syabas, the PopBox only works with HDTVs and not standard definition TVs, and has component outputs in addition to HDMI; plus, the company says the device supports RealD 3D. More details are on the PopBox website."

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  1. Yawn by CaptainNerdCave · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Without Netflix, and without support for standard resolution televisions, why should I consider buying this over a Roku or any of the other "set-top multimedia" boxes?

  2. Re:NUU Player by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Look at the NUU player as well.

  3. Who is the market? by indytx · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If you don't care about Netflix or Pandora, sure maybe this is something to buy. But I see inexpensive blu-ray players that have Netflix and Pandora for less. Who is the product's intended market? Not me; I don't see a need for any of the "apps" in the screen shot, and I certainly don't want something else by the TV sucking up electricity and using up space.

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  4. No Netflix? DOA. by WED+Fan · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I couldn't care less about the standard res portion of that. But, without the single most popular stream service on the face of the planet, it is DOA.

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