Vidtonic To Introduce HomeBrew IPTV Kit At CES Show

Vidtonic are going to introduce their HomeBrew IPTV Developer Kit at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Their Homebrew platform is powered by the Android operating system and will give software developers the ability to create applications targeted for the TV screen.

Matt Miller, Vidtonic’s co founder says, “Our vision with Vidtonic is to empower Android developers to create for TV platforms. Let’s level the playing field for TV application developers as it has been done in the mobile marketplace. Your skills as an Android developer in the mobile space can now translate directly to the consumer electronics and IPTV space. We want to help popularize the idea that Android isn’t simply for smart phones and give developers the opportunity to create great things.”

So if you fancy having a go at building your own Android powered TV, then this Vidtonic kit may have just the thing for you.

Vidtonic’s HomeBrew kit will have the following:

A hardware/software platform kit designed for Android developers to bring their applications to the TV screen.
Includes television housing, cables, 1080p LCD panel in various sizes, power supply and a motherboard using an ARM/DSP microprocessor solution.
Allows enthusiasts to build their own television, powered by Android.
Gives developers the open platform they need to write their own made for TV Android powered applications.

Sounds like a good idea to me, but one question has to be asked, what is this kit going to cost? That’s going to be the biggest determining factor on if this “takes off” with developers. I have a feeling we’ll find out at the CES show in Las Vegus, as the press release doesn’t mention anything about this.

Let us hope that they get the pricing at the correct level, so that the Android community can get creative with this project.

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