“As inexpensive multi-purpose embedded devices begin finding their way into more and more consumer living-rooms, we wanted to offer something to set us apart from the vanilla options out there, and XBMC was the obvious choice for a full media experience”, said Jack Chen, Chief of Operations at Pivos. “Our development effort on XBMC had yielded far more impressive results on our hardware platform. By engaging the open source community and sponsoring their effort can help continue expanding the possibilities.”
Being developed specifically to work with the XIOS DS, the add-on will bring full video and audio acceleration with support for nearly any media file you can toss in its direction. Pretty exciting news. Check out the full press release below and as we find out more information about it we will be sure to let you all know. Be sure to checkout their site for firmware updates and other information about the device.
The ‘X’ Factor! Pivos Technology introducing XBMC to its XIOS DS Media Play!
Pivos previews the acclaimed middleware solution on their affordable hardware.
Fremont, California, July 25th, 2012 – Pivos Technology Group, Inc., a global pioneer in media peripherals and embedded technologies today announced the availability of the highly anticipated XBMC test-build for the XIOS DS Media Play.
As the official developer sponsor for XBMC, Pivos has made a splash in the home media space last week with the soon to be release XBMC Media Center add-on for its Android 4.0 powered XIOS DS Media Play. The highly anticipated add-on is a result of an extended joint development between the two companies.
“As inexpensive multi-purpose embedded devices begin finding their way into more and more consumer living-rooms, we wanted to offer something to set us apart from the vanilla options out there, and XBMC was the obvious choice for a full media experience”, said Jack Chen, Chief of Operations at Pivos. “Our development effort on XBMC had yielded far more impressive results on our hardware platform. By engaging the open source community and sponsoring their effort can help continue expanding the possibilities.”
The Pivos XIOS DS is world’s first Android based media center device supporting XBMC. The combination of the two makes it one of the most powerful media center available to market. Developed specifically for XIOS DS’s, the add-on will be featuring full hardware video and audio acceleration with support of all popular video and audio playbacks.
About Pivos
Pivos Technology Group, Inc. is a global pioneer in media peripherals and embedded technologies founded by a group of industrial veteran and renowned platform developers in Fremont, California. We set to challenge the curve of our conversation with todays technology to breathe innovation, performance, creativity and human engineering. With over decades of combined industrial experiences and award winning development team, our company is committed to provide a full line of embedded digital solutions where computing technology joins today’s rich internet contents. Our solutions focus on IPTV STB/ OTT, Internet Video Streaming, VOD, multimedia playback, and digital display technologies. Partnered with the worlds leading embedded manufactures, our platform is an ideal solution for todays demanding consumer and commercial technology. With development professionals World Wide, we thrive to deliver the latest human technology products to every corner of the world.
