TVBLOB Box: Next Generation NetTV with BitTorent Support

Bittorent’s influence has crossed all the barriers both socially and technologically. Various companies are now trying to win a new segment of the market by resorting to new developments meant to please p2p users. In other words, if you’re a media device manufacturer then you can’t ignore BitTorrent anymore.

As you’ve probably noticed by now P2POn also takes the time to check out what’s new out there in terms of cutting-edge devices developed with integrated support for Bittorent. TVBLOB Box is such a device – a dual DVB-T tuner designed for digital television Internet access. The device offers a simple URL entry field PVR with internal hard drive which comes with 160 GB built-in storage BitTorrent support that enables effective content download/distribution and much more.

The site explains how it works: “For starters, the BLOBbox, besides being an HD PVR free Digital Terrestrial TV, lets you browse YouTube and Picasa, do Google mail or watch online television. You can subscribe to podcasts, search and download BitTorrent feeds to view video in 1080p on an HDTV, and copy or stream media files from a home PC or local network. For the first time, Web 2.0 social networking is integrated, including services like Facebook, TV-to-TV socializing and virtual couch sharing. Most importantly, you control everything via your television and remote control.

To use it, you simply plug it in to your television and your broadband connection. You will have immediate access to the services mentioned, as well as new TV services made by us or anyone else as they become available.”

The main features of TVBLOB Box:

• Dual DVB-T tuner: for access to digital television
• Internet access: with simple URL entry field
• PVR with internal hard drive: with 160 GB built-in storage
• Torrent support: for efficient content download/distribution
• Podcasting with automatic download: using HTTP, FTP or torrent delivery methods
• Streaming from PC to TV: using UPnP automatic discovery
• Additional box control from PC: via web pages; uses auto-discovery in the Home Network and TVBLOB services for access via the Internet
• Personal Download Manager: using HTTP, FTP and BitTorrent delivery methods
• File Uploader: via HTTP and FTP
• USB storage support: with playback and file management