Sunday, October 22, 2006
Roku Lab's Photobridge Replacement
Roku Labs has announced its new version of the HD1000. It is called Bright Sign and allows for touch screen and a keyboard. It LOOKS to be a pretty nifty product, but we won't know for sure until WESTAF buys one. At this point there are three things that make it less attractive than the HD1000.
1) It isn't an open linux based product. This means adapting it as we have for ZAPP(tm) and CaFE(tm) will be tough.
2) Currently it doesn't support JPGs (this is a deal breaker)
3) The ethernet port isn't active (this too is a deal breaker)
In the first quarter of 2007 items 2 and 3 should be addressed.
1) It isn't an open linux based product. This means adapting it as we have for ZAPP(tm) and CaFE(tm) will be tough.
2) Currently it doesn't support JPGs (this is a deal breaker)
3) The ethernet port isn't active (this too is a deal breaker)
In the first quarter of 2007 items 2 and 3 should be addressed.
