Evesham releases iplayer IPTV set-top box
By Erik Hanson 
posted Dec 19th 2006 2:21AM
posted Dec 19th 2006 2:21AM
UK firm Evesham has released the iplayer high-definition media center for £299 (584 USD), which can tune in over the air HD signals as well as download podcasts, IPTV, and pay-per-view Top Up content from the internet. The 80GB hard drive provides PVR functionality with recording and playback for timeshifting your media, and Media Player Connect for streaming to any PCs on the network. It also upscales any standard-def content up to 1080i using the built-in HDMI port. The iplayer includes the usual audio and video media viewers, as well as an email client and web browser which you can use via the included remote or a USB keyboard. The Inquirer thinks that it's a capable alternative to Sky for viewing both Freeview TV and media online and offline, at just a bit of a price premium.[Via The Inquirer]
The set top box pictured is a French-made NetGem used by more than 50% triple play adsl lines... http://www.netgem.com/
Seems like evesham is only a white label...
Exactly, I have been using a Neuf Telecom HD decoder here in Paris since summer, odly this is exactly the same as the Evesham box, sans the front branding!
Can be seen here http://www.bienvenue.neuf.fr/Les-Offres-Neuf/Neuf-TV-HD.html
Friggin 'ell. That thing is designed for the consumer through and through.
If Apple's iTV came out with those specs it would fly off the shelves.
Unless Apple's iTV tops those features, I'm buying one of these babies when I get my 50 incher in the new year.
WOW!
Yup BT (British Telecom) have been selling branded versions of these since 2004 : http://www.radioandtelly.co.uk/iplayer.html
Yea, I wonder if that's a bench mark for iTV? Because that looks and sounds sweet. Is that for Europe only?
with all those OTA inputs, why is this thing even called an IPTV box? What parts come from the internet?
We get the latest foods first, but the latest technology last WTF. I'm moving!!!! Just kidding I love America just hate our politics sometimes. Enjoy your HD IPTV everybody else.
Has anyone in London with one of these seen if this will pick up the BBC HD1 signal properly? I'd be interested in one then (even if they might switch off the signal soon).
If you meant it costs more than the sky HD box it doesn't - the sky HD box costs £300 to buy and then at least £25 a month after that (£15 for the minimum subsribtion and £10 for access to the HD channels).
Until eveSHAM makes good on the warranty for the last product I bought from them, I must warn;
eveSHAM does not honor it's warranties and is horrible to deal with. They have no US presence and no contact info. Once their tech support (outsourced to a Caleris call center) decides to ignore you, you are just dead in the water.
Do yourself a huge favor and avoid eveSHAM no matter how cheap the product is.