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January 6th, 2010, 01:05
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The Popcorn Hour lineup (http://hd.engadget.com/tag/popcorn+hour) had (and still has) a huge following, but it remains one of the most under-appreciated media streamers on the market from a mainstream perspective. We get the feeling that all of that's gearing up to change, with Syabas demonstrating its highly marketable Popbox (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Popbox/) here at CES. We were able to swing by and take a look at the product tonight, and we've got to confess -- it'd be a pretty stellar add to any home entertainment setup. The box was small, light and stylish enough, and the actual user interface was drop-dead simple to navigate. It hooks up with any networked media (the demo was playing back content from a NAS drive), and it even pulls down metadata from IMDB for films. We briefly watched a couple of 720p clips, and playback started instantly and the video quality was nothing short of fantastic. We've got a video in the works, but for now, feel free to have a glance at the gallery below.
Gallery: Syabas Popbox hands-on (http://www.engadget.com/photos/syabas-popbox-hands-on/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/popbox_ces-2010-0081_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/syabas-popbox-hands-on/2582668/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/popbox_ces-2010-0082_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/syabas-popbox-hands-on/2582669/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/popbox_ces-2010-0083_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/syabas-popbox-hands-on/2582670/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/popbox_ces-2010-0084_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/syabas-popbox-hands-on/2582671/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/popbox_ces-2010-0086_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/syabas-popbox-hands-on/2582672/)
Syabas Popbox hands-on (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/syabas-popbox-hands-on/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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The Popcorn Hour lineup (http://hd.engadget.com/tag/popcorn+hour) had (and still has) a huge following, but it remains one of the most under-appreciated media streamers on the market from a mainstream perspective. We get the feeling that all of that's gearing up to change, with Syabas demonstrating its highly marketable Popbox (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Popbox/) here at CES. We were able to swing by and take a look at the product tonight, and we've got to confess -- it'd be a pretty stellar add to any home entertainment setup. The box was small, light and stylish enough, and the actual user interface was drop-dead simple to navigate. It hooks up with any networked media (the demo was playing back content from a NAS drive), and it even pulls down metadata from IMDB for films. We briefly watched a couple of 720p clips, and playback started instantly and the video quality was nothing short of fantastic. We've got a video in the works, but for now, feel free to have a glance at the gallery below.
Gallery: Syabas Popbox hands-on (http://www.engadget.com/photos/syabas-popbox-hands-on/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/popbox_ces-2010-0081_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/syabas-popbox-hands-on/2582668/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/popbox_ces-2010-0082_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/syabas-popbox-hands-on/2582669/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/popbox_ces-2010-0083_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/syabas-popbox-hands-on/2582670/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/popbox_ces-2010-0084_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/syabas-popbox-hands-on/2582671/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/popbox_ces-2010-0086_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/syabas-popbox-hands-on/2582672/)
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