VBox Home TV Gateway
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The VBox Home TV Gateway is also known as:
- V@Home TV Gateway PVR
- V@Home TV Gateway
- VHome TV Gateway
- VBox TV Gateway
- XTi
History
VBox Communication was established in 2001 and received strategic investment from Optibase (now part of Vitec[1]).[2][3]
On Jan 9, 2002 VBox Communications acquired from BroadLogic (now part of Broadcom[4]) its Satellite Express and DTV product lines, adding DVB core functionality to VBox's IP.[5]
VBox TV Gateway technology was first used in its XLV Professional product line unveiled at the Satellite 2006 Show in Washington, D.C., targeting the hospitality, digital signage and enterprise markets.
The VBox Home TV Gateway is based on VBox's 6th generation XLV Professional product line.[6] It debuted at the Mobile World Congress ShowStoppers event in Barcelona, Spain on February 23, 2014[7] and was first reviewed by CNET UK.[8]
Overview
VBox Home TV Gateway is a network TV tuner and
Technical specifications
Supported DVB standards
RF input Signal | VBox Home TV Gateway Models | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DVB-S and DVB-S2 | XTi-3332 | XTi-3332CI | XTi-3334 | XTi-3334CI | XTi-3340 | XTi-3350 | XTi-3340CI | XTi-3350CI |
DVB-T | XTi-3342 | XTi-3342CI | XTi-3340 | XTi-3340CI | XTi-3442 | XTi-4144 | XTi-4174 | |
DVB-T2 | XTi-3342 | XTi-3342CI | XTi-3442 | XTi-4144 | XTi-4174 | |||
DVB-C (annex A/C) | XTi-3352 | XTi-3352CI | XTi-3350 | XTi-3350CI | XTi-3452 | XTi-4144 | XTi-4174 | |
ISDB-T |
XTi-4144 | XTi-4174 | ||||||
ATSC |
XTi-4174 |
Supported content
All VBox Home TV Gateway devices support
Supported recordings
Recording of live or scheduled TV program is available from any of the free VBox apps, the recordings are stored on an external storage and can be played from any device. Supported recording devices:
- USB attached storage such as 2, EXT 3, EXT 4
- Network storage - Windows Shared folder or NAS. Supported file system: SMB/CIFS
Simultaneous streaming of different channels
VBox guarantees a single channel per tuner, however, in reality, the tuner locks on a transponder or MUX and can stream all the available channels in that bouquet up to about 40 Mbit/s.
Compatibility and apps options
- UPnP - Any UPnP device or application (and DLNA although not officially supported) can discover the device and play live or recorded TV programs
- , DVBLogic
- XMLTV - The device generates a link to an EPG XML TV program file for integration with 3rd party applications
- Web browser - A web browser with the VLC web plugin can connect directly to the device to watch and record live or scheduled TV and view the EPG
- Kodi - VBox PVR add-on, provided as part of Kodi Isengard and provides live TV, EPG, timeshift, remote access, external EPG source
- MythTV[10] - VBox is supported from MythTV version 0.2.28
- Tvheadend
- VBRec for VBox XTi - iOS/Android 3rd party application, simplifying recording and search for EPG.
- VBox applications - iOS, Android, Android for the big screen (with remote control), Firefox add-on, VBox@TV PVR
See also
- TiVo
- Monsoon HAVA
- Dreambox
- DBox2
- LocationFree Player
References
- ^ "Background". VITEC. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
- ^ "Securities and Exchange Commission : Form 20-F" (PDF). Gunamoi.com.au. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
- ^ "Optibase wins order for digital receiver cards". Globes English. 2003-01-06. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
- ^ "Broadcom snags BroadLogic". Cedmagazine.com. 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
- ^ "Satellite Broadband Summary" (PDF). Gunamoi.com.au. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
- ^ Holly Ashford (2014-11-24). "Watching TV 'when, where, what and how you want it'". TVBEurope. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
- ^ "VBox Unveils V@Home TV Gateway DVR – Watch Live TV: When, Where, What and How you want it!". Launch.It. 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
- ^ "Vbox V@Home TV Gateway Preview". CNET. 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
- ^ "VBox XTi 3340 review: TV gateway device lets you watch all of your TV, all over the house". PC Advisor. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
- ^ "VBox - MythTV Official Wiki".