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On Fri, 6 Nov 2009, tom wrote:
Rob Beard wrote:Hi folks, Just seen this on The Register...http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/11/05/review_media_player_hisense_1080p/ It's a nice little MIPS based media player device for just over £60. According to the review it will play various different media types including OGG (no mention of OGG Theora video though).I've done a bit more digging and it appears it's Linux based. In fact there is a firmware update available which is a simple tar file.I'm wondering how if it's possible to cross-compile anything to run on this little box. It only has 16MB flash but it does have Ethernet and USB.Rob
Na - no more crippled computers for me - I'm waiting for a pocket sized netbook that can the lot. Oh for a modern psion ....
You'll never get a one-size-fits-all solution that's efficient, cheap and fast.
Go back to the original unix philosophy: Do one thing and do it well.
I'm also trying to start a campaign up for an e-reader screen - no more crippled computers here just a bluetooth (hoch spit) or similar e-ink screen I can use to read stuff and connect it to my laptop/netbook/phone etc. Remember the days when people sold you things you needed and not what they wanted to plug into your bank account with...
Make it as a project on the dc-hardware list ;-) Biggest problem is getting the material in a suitable format to start with. (i.e. electronically readable as text not images) Even PDF is too clumsy for a book IMO. All you need is a trivial markup language and a nice display...
Gordon
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