retroremakes
January 6th, 2010, 01:05
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2010/01/500x_popbox5_01.jpgThat freshly-popped Popbox media streamer (http://gizmodo.com/5439293/syabas-popbox-get-ready-for-the-new-media-streamer-champ) looks as good connected to a TV as we were hoping for yesterday. Shown off at the CES Unveiled stand, the size difference between the last model was noticeable, and yup, the price is $130.
I had a quick fiddle with the remote on the stand, with the screen-hopping proving fast and the interface just as fresh as the Popcorn Hour (http://gizmodo.com/359690/popcorn-hour-does-just-about-anything-a-set+top-media-streamer-can-do). There are little tweaks on the interface, animations that you're not quite expecting—like in the weather—which made me quite shocked that they're only asking $130 for it.
Netflix, Facebook and Twitter are supported, and as you can see from the screengrabs over here (http://gizmodo.com/5439293/syabas-popbox-get-ready-for-the-new-media-streamer-champ) it's laid out in a really nice, clean manner. Further driving the point home was the popcorn machine on the stand, as you can see in the last pic. Smells gooood.
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More... (http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/Vo935bXtkh0/syabas-popbox-media-streamer-looks-great)
I had a quick fiddle with the remote on the stand, with the screen-hopping proving fast and the interface just as fresh as the Popcorn Hour (http://gizmodo.com/359690/popcorn-hour-does-just-about-anything-a-set+top-media-streamer-can-do). There are little tweaks on the interface, animations that you're not quite expecting—like in the weather—which made me quite shocked that they're only asking $130 for it.
Netflix, Facebook and Twitter are supported, and as you can see from the screengrabs over here (http://gizmodo.com/5439293/syabas-popbox-get-ready-for-the-new-media-streamer-champ) it's laid out in a really nice, clean manner. Further driving the point home was the popcorn machine on the stand, as you can see in the last pic. Smells gooood.
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More... (http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/Vo935bXtkh0/syabas-popbox-media-streamer-looks-great)