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The World’s Larges
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since 1981
Alexander Wiese
Publisher
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HQ in Munich, German
Dear Readers,
For a long time Linux was the favorite operating system
like this are always the best answer but this is also true
for digital TV receivers. But for the past 2-3 years we
for all operating systems.
here at TELE-audiovision have been hearing about
Android systems for digital receivers, except that up
On what criteria should the manufacturers and ultimately
until now we’ve only had the opportunity to present just
the end users base their decisions on? The answer to this
a few of these Android-based receivers.
question would seem to be impossible: it all depends on
what the manufacturer wants to offer the end user and
And in the meantime we’ve been asking ourselves if
what it is they actually want. Predicting this is becoming
these Android-based digital receivers will ever take hold
more and more difficult although one thing is for sure:
in this marketplace. And then just recently a new type of
the end user wants the operation/menu navigation of
operating system based on the Xbox began to surface.
the device to be as intuitive and ergonomically sensible
In this issue of TELE-audiovision we are introducing just
as possible.
such a receiver that impressed us so much that we even
gave it our TELE-audiovision Innovation Award.
For the programmers there’s a lot of room for improvement
here and also in making the menu navigation more user
It
was
already
clear
in
which
direction
Android
development was going: the complete integration of all
friendly. It doesn’t really matter what operating system
is actually in the receiver.
available media into one single receiver. Now it seems to
us that the Xbox system is especially well suited for this
task but this statement has a limitation: it just looks that
way at the moment. It can change again very quickly.
The lifespan of software, not to mention the hardware, is
very short in an age where new technologies are always
Alexander Wiese
being introduced. Flexible software solutions in a case
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