Phoenix also stated its first publicly announced customer for FirstView Connect is eHome TV, an appliance OEM based in Hong Kong that will use the product to build Internet browsing and e-mail capabilities into its line of integrated television solutions.
eHome TV is dedicated to bringing our customers the latest technology for delivering the internet built-into the TV, said Hing Tong, Vice President of Engineering of eHome TV. By incorporating the FirstView Connect software into our television add-on products, we can provide a very efficient, affordable alternative to the PC for Internet access. After reviewing technologies from multiple sources, we chose FirstView Connect because of its best of class formatting capabilities that allow web pages to be displayed faithfully on TV’s and appliance quality viewers – perfect for the Chinese market and the rest of the world.
Our partnership with eHome TV is an exciting venture, said David L. Gibbs, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Phoenix Technologies’ Information Appliance Division. This is our first major entry into the emerging Internet TV (iTV) market in Asia and represents a significant milestone for our newly formed Information Appliance Division. We have placed particular emphasis on optimizing our code for instant-on browsing on low resolution monitors in complex language environments. This adoption of FirstView Connect validates our belief that it is the best choice for customers who want to do email and get news, education, stock or sports information on existing TV sets.
Phoenix FirstView Connect provides next generation consumer electronics and digital appliance OEMs with the ability to rapidly and cost-effectively launch rich interactive platforms capable of accessing today’s new breed web services. Phoenix FirstView Connect is an advanced suite of embedded platformware technologies designed to deliver an easy-to-implement, low cost/high value architecture capable of supporting internet TV, internet Video Players (iVP), interactive screen phones, game consoles, direct from memory set top boxes, hand held appliances, and more. The software includes:
-Optimized browsing on low resolution monitors for best-in-class viewing on typical TV screens;
-Complex language handling for clearly readable presentation of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean characters;
-Compact code size for fast, efficient reformatting of web pages for TV;
-Device Platform Management based on a compact, state-of-the-art embedded, instant-on operating environment;
-Rich Media and Interactive Services, including email, streaming media, and Java support;
-Support for emerging iTV standards that integrate the TV viewing experience with the web experience.
About eHome TV Ltd.
eHomeTV Ltd is a solution provider and manufacturer based in Hong Kong and China. We have marketing, field application, R&D engineering, production and QA team supporting and servicing our customers. Armed with the latest Integrated Circuits, software and system technologies, eHomeTV Ltd. is able to provide solutions and products such as Set Top Box, Internet TV and OEM Information Appliances. eHomeTV Ltd. is cooperating with Phoenix Technologies to produce low cost and user friendly Information Appliance systems. FirstView Connect is integrated with our Internet TV Model eTV110 and Set Top Box Model 680. For more information go to www.ehometv.com.hk
