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djohnston

Oct 16, 2013
12:22 AM EDT
Quoting:Yes, it can plug into your TV and play Internet video and display browser screens, but it can also process and store recorded video, as well as capture and enhance the video signal with features like scaling and overlay processing.


Sounds like Video Toaster capabilities with Lightwave3D built in. And all that for 259 bucks? 1080p resolution? Sounds like an excellent device.
JaseP

Oct 16, 2013
8:08 PM EDT 		Whataya wanna bet it gets "banned" for sale in the USA?!?!?

They'll claim it violates HDMI specs and sue under HDMI patents... Any takers?!?!?
BernardSwiss

Oct 16, 2013
8:32 PM EDT 		Only if it allows streaming HDMI to "non-compliant" devices -- I didn't see anything that addresses that question.
JaseP

Oct 17, 2013
2:18 AM EDT 		"Open" by definition addresses that question...
caitlyn

Oct 20, 2013
10:44 AM EDT
Quoting:Whataya wanna bet it gets "banned" for sale in the USA?!?!?
Unlikely, unless it first gets funded, then produced, then imported and then becomes popular. Without significant popularity it's not a threat to anyone and not worth the cost of the legal efforts to ban it. "It's all about the Benjamins."

Oh, and sorry to tell you, there is no Sanity Clause.
BernardSwiss

Oct 20, 2013
5:49 PM EDT
Quoting: Unlikely, unless it first gets funded, then produced, then imported and then becomes popular. Without significant popularity it's not a threat to anyone and not worth the cost of the legal efforts to ban it. "It's all about the Benjamins."
Point.

Quoting: Oh, and sorry to tell you, there is no Sanity Clause.
There isn't? I am so disillusioned. Do you really have to puncture my cherished illusions so cavalierly?



jdixon

Oct 20, 2013
8:49 PM EDT 		> Do you really have to puncture my cherished illusions so cavalierly?

She doesn't just puncture cherished illusions cavalierly, she does so knightly.
gus3

Oct 21, 2013
11:15 AM EDT 		Get thee to a punnery, jdixon.
Bob_Robertson

Oct 21, 2013
12:11 PM EDT 		What a chevalier attitude.
gus3

Oct 21, 2013
1:12 PM EDT 		It's time to get Ritter the bad jokes.
Bob_Robertson

Oct 21, 2013
3:02 PM EDT 		Nicely done, Gus. I yield!

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