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><channel><title>Gizmo Lovers Blog &#187; Akihabara News</title> <atom:link href="http://www.gizmolovers.com/tag/akihabara-news/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.gizmolovers.com</link> <description>TiVo, Slingbox, Android, Blu-ray Disc, and whatever other tech I feel like blogging about...</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 09:16:12 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4</generator> <item><title>Honeycomb for the Logitech Revue Leaks, Adventurous Apply Within</title><link>http://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/08/02/honeycomb-for-the-logitech-revue-leaks-adventurous-apply-within/</link> <comments>http://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/08/02/honeycomb-for-the-logitech-revue-leaks-adventurous-apply-within/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 06:25:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>MegaZone</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Android]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google TV]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Akihabara News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[android]]></category> <category><![CDATA[GTVHacker]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Logitech]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Phandroid]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Revue]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.gizmolovers.com/?p=4289</guid> <description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re like me and you jumped on the Logitech Revue at the new $99.99 price, then you may be interested in this news. While the new Android Honeycomb-based OS is due for official release later this year, the Android &#8230; <a
href="http://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/08/02/honeycomb-for-the-logitech-revue-leaks-adventurous-apply-within/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a
href="http://en.akihabaranews.com/103496/software/honeycomb-for-logitech-revue-leaked-update-now-at-your-own-risk" class="broken_link"><img
src="http://www.gizmolovers.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Logitech-Revue-300x157.jpg?9d7bd4" alt="Logitech Revue" title="Logitech Revue" width="300" height="157" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-4273" /></a> If you&#8217;re like me and you jumped on <a
href="http://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/08/01/logitech-revue-google-tv-box-pricing-drops-to-99-99/">the Logitech Revue at the new $99.99 price</a>, then you may be interested in this news.  While the new Android Honeycomb-based OS is due for official release later this year, the Android hacking community got Honeycomb running on the Revue already, and the install process has leaked out.  It is, unsurprisingly, quite similar to rooting an Android phone and installing a custom ROM.</p><p><a
href="http://phandroid.com/2011/08/01/honeycomb-for-the-logitech-revue-leaked-full-download-and-installation-intructions/">Phandroid has all of the details</a>:</p><blockquote><ul><li>Copy the <a
href="http://www.load2all.com/files/BE2FD2F97/1b3a6b1aa9fd.mp-signed-ota_update-b55579.zip.html" class="broken_link">update.zip</a> to a Fat32 formatted USB drive, place it in its root (ie /mnt/usb/update.zip or E:\update.zip)</li><li>Plug USB drive into Revue. Fully unplug revue. Plug it back in, count to One (a long one, say one mississippi), then hold down the connect button (keep it held). The Revue logo will come up, and the box will reboot, your tv will lose signal, and come back to the Revue logo. At this point, let go of the button.</li><li>The GTV logo will then show up, with an arrow and a horizontal “barbershop scroll”. At this point, on your Revue’s keyboard, press the FN key (in yellow) and the left arrow (to the left of the OK button). It will then come up to a recovery menu.</li><li>Hit “Apply update from sdcard:/update.zip”</li><li>The box will verify the update, and reboot. This is normal. It is installing an updated bootloader and recovery image (both, heavily encrypted).</li><li>Then, the box will come back on, and flash the latest kernel and system files. Once this is done, the box will reboot again.</li><li>This bootup may take a few minutes, at first you will see the Revue logo, then the Google TV logo, then the “new” logo (a grey tv over a ball glowing red). Just wait it out.</li><li>You can then begin setup, as normal. You may notice some crashes – this software is still beta, you should be able to force close and continue.</li></ul></blockquote><p>If the above update.zip download link doesn&#8217;t work try <a
href="http://pastebin.com/6VfJBmMv">this one</a>.</p><p>So, if you want to live life on the wild side, go for it.</p><p>Via <a
href="http://en.akihabaranews.com/103496/software/honeycomb-for-logitech-revue-leaked-update-now-at-your-own-risk" class="broken_link">Akihabara News</a>, from <a
href="http://phandroid.com/2011/08/01/honeycomb-for-the-logitech-revue-leaked-full-download-and-installation-intructions/">Phandroid</a>, which got it from <a
href="http://forum.gtvhacker.com/revue-f12/topic15.html">GTVHacker</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/08/02/honeycomb-for-the-logitech-revue-leaks-adventurous-apply-within/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Is that a SlingCatcher? No, it&#8217;s an AMEX Digital MP-G7 Android Media Player!</title><link>http://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/07/20/is-that-a-slingcatcher-no-its-an-amex-digital-mp-g7-android-media-player/</link> <comments>http://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/07/20/is-that-a-slingcatcher-no-its-an-amex-digital-mp-g7-android-media-player/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 07:35:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>MegaZone</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Android]]></category> <category><![CDATA[HDTV]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Akihabara News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[AMEX Digital]]></category> <category><![CDATA[android]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MP-G7]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.gizmolovers.com/?p=4062</guid> <description><![CDATA[Those of you familiar with the Sling Media SlingCatcher may be doing a double take right now. No, that isn&#8217;t a SlingCatcher, but it sure looks like someone found the old dies laying around and decided to put them to &#8230; <a
href="http://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/07/20/is-that-a-slingcatcher-no-its-an-amex-digital-mp-g7-android-media-player/">Continue reading <span
class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a
href="http://www.gizmolovers.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/AMEX-MP-G7-Front.png?9d7bd4"><img
src="http://www.gizmolovers.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/AMEX-MP-G7-Front-300x101.png?9d7bd4" alt="AMEX MP-G7 Front" title="AMEX MP-G7 Front" width="300" height="101" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-4063" /></a> Those of you familiar with the Sling Media SlingCatcher may be doing a double take right now.  No, that isn&#8217;t a SlingCatcher, but it sure looks like someone found the old dies laying around and decided to put them to use again, doesn&#8217;t it?  That&#8217;s the just announced <a
href="http://www.amexdigital.com/Press_Release-E_MP-G7%20Media%20Gate%20Google%20ANDROID%20TV%20Media%20Player.htm">AMEX Digital MP-G7 Media Gate Google ANDROID TV Media Player</a>.  You&#8217;ve never heard of <a
href="http://www.amexdigital.com/index.html">AMEX Digital</a>?  That&#8217;s OK, neither have I.  But, based on their <a
href="http://www.amexdigital.com/Company_Profile.html">corporate profile</a>, they&#8217;re a Chinese company founded in 1990.</p><p>The description certainly sounds interesting:</p><blockquote><p>MP-G7 is designed based on a DUAL CORE ARM Cortex CPU with Full HD Accelerator processing architecture which has optimized performance, power and area. In addition to the popular CPU core which is the central part for all decoding algorithms and providing maximum flexibility, MP-G7 also offers easy-to-use peripheral interfaces, such as USB devices,   SD memory card interfaces. MP-G7 Integrated HDMI provides a full HD(1920x1080p) Digital A/V Digital Audio output and supports TV video  interface such as Full HD Component out. With User Friendly on-screen-display, consumers can easily change and activate features / functions by using the ANDROID OS.</p></blockquote><p>Note that they never specify which version of the Android OS this runs, and while they have &#8216;Google ANDROID TV&#8217; in the name, I suspect this isn&#8217;t actually a Google TV device. But rather that they&#8217;ve grabbed the Android OS and slapped their own media player software on it.  The site lists the price as US$199.00, but who knows if this will ever actually make it to the market in the US.</p><p>It certainly has a full suite of ports on the back:<br
/> <a
href="http://www.gizmolovers.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/AMEX-MP-G7-Back.png?9d7bd4"><img
src="http://www.gizmolovers.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/AMEX-MP-G7-Back-300x100.png?9d7bd4" alt="" title="AMEX MP-G7 Back" width="300" height="100" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-4064" /></a><br
clear="both" /><br
/> And, in case you thought I was joking about it looking like the SlingCatcher, I wasn&#8217;t: <a
href="http://www.gizmolovers.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/SlingCatcher.jpg?9d7bd4"><img
src="http://www.gizmolovers.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/SlingCatcher-300x105.jpg?9d7bd4" alt="" title="SlingCatcher" width="300" height="105" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-4065" /></a><br
clear="both" /></p><p>Full specs below:<br
/> <span
id="more-4062"></span><br
/> CPU<br
/> - DUAL CORE ARM Cortex CPU with Full HD Accelerator processing<br
/> - 16KB I-Cache + 16KB D-Cache</p><p>Memory<br
/> - Support dual channel DDR2- 800MHz DRAM<br
/> - Support NAND, NOR flash</p><p>Video<br
/> - MKV, MKV2TS, H.264, VC-1, AVS, RMVB, MPEG-1/2/4, DivX 4/5/6, Sorenson, MJPEG decode up to 1920x1080p@30fps<br
/> - HQ de-interlacer &#038; HQ scalar with edge smoothing</p><p>Image<br
/> - JPEG decode 256Mp, 40Mp@&lt;1s<br
/> - Support JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, PNG, RAW (DNG)<br
/> - Support YUV444/422/420 formats<br
/> - Support color enhancement (SW support for DPF)<br
/> - Support 6-axis color adjustment</p><p>Audio<br
/> - MP3, WMA, WAV, AMR, AAC, OGG, PCM/ADPCM, AC-3, SRS, DD+, RA decode<br
/> - Dobly TrueHD upon request</p><p>A/V Interface<br
/> - HDMI v1.3a output (including Link &#038; PHY) support HDCP1.3 + CEC<br
/> - Full HD Component out<br
/> - TOSLINK S/P DIF optical digital audio out<br
/> - RCA audio out<br
/> - *Optional Digital TV tuner</p><p>Full HD Graphic &#038; Display engine<br
/> - BitBlit, ROPs 256, Pattern Fill, Scaler<br
/> - Texture Parallogram<br
/> - Support Median filter to smooth edge</p><p>Peripherals<br
/> - 2.5&#8243; Hard disk inside ready<br
/> - USB 2.0 X 2<br
/> - SD card reader<br
/> - IR remote Controller<br
/> - Support Wi-Fi, LAN</p><p>Via <a
href="http://en.akihabaranews.com/102039/misc/amex-digital-unveils-android-tv-media-player" class="broken_link">Akihabara News</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/07/20/is-that-a-slingcatcher-no-its-an-amex-digital-mp-g7-android-media-player/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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