Overview
It is interesting to know about Iconbitâs Toucan W. This box by Iconbit is a full HD 1080p media player. It is more amusing to know that in addition to that it has a notebook, a digital photo-frame, a game console and an internet set-top box. It provides a new kind of television entertainment and gets you a very powerful internet TV experience. This unique product carries social networking and android applications in its folds.
Pricing and availability
It is priced at $6000. This is basically a Russian product. It is manufactured and marketed by Iconbit and is avilable at most of the leading stores.
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Technical specifications
1. Processor: Cortex A9 1GHz
2. Memory: DDR2 512 MB
3 Video: Core Arm Mali 3D 400 supporting open GL ES 2.0
4. Supported video formats: H. 264, MPEG-2, VC-1, WMV9, DivX, XviD,MPEG-4, Flash(hardware decoding).
5 Audio: MP3, WAV etc. (Hardware Decoding)
6. Graphics: JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG etc. (depending on application)
7. Subtitles: SSA, SMI, SRT, SUB (depending on the specific application).
8. Video out: HDMI 1.3 (component)
9 Audio output: Coaxial digital (digital), Stereo: Analog, HDMI 1.3
10. USB: 2 external ports, 2 internal ports
11. Network: Ethernet (100 Base-Tx/10 base-T)
IEEE 802.111 (b/g/n)
12. Data Sources: Built-in memory 4 GB NAND Flash (Operating System, applications, user data)
Memory Card: SD/MS/MMC/SDHC up to 32 GB (also used to expand the internal flash memory), USB media including HDD up to 2 TB (USB HDD for additional power required)
13. Power supply unit external
14. Connecting peripherals: USB Key Board, USB Mouse, receiver for the remote control, adapters, I-FI USB, Webcam, USB-Microphones etc.
15. Supported File Systems: FAT 32/NTFS
16. Dimensions/Weight (W/ H/ D): 192/30/145 mm, 335g
Whatâs great?
Toucan makes the connection possible through wireless or a network cable to the router and then gives access to home visiting websites. Facebook and Twitter are two instances. There are gaming options like âfruit ninjaâ. It has become possible due to the OS (operating system) Android 2.2. in the box. It can make your access to more than 120 channels.
Iconbit has come up with another novel feature. It has a wireless remote control with keyboard characters. This has another advantage of an inbuilt motion sensor.There are two buttons on the remote control, which enable the users to simulate light and PC like operations like copying and pasting the content for the purpose of email.
Whatâs not so great?
Iconbit is a little known outside Russia. The product quality is relatively unknown. Although, its price at 189 Euro seems reasonable, it is expensive to have a television with an internet connection.
Things to watch out for
This device is suitably designed on a flat surface for horizontal installation. It has the enclosure small foam and rubber feet at the bottom. This device has a passive cooling system, which keeps the noise under control while you watch television. It comes in the usual box made of card-box in bright colors. You can find some other accessories within this box, such as: power-supply chord, wireless Qwerty key board, HDMI-Cable and a user manual in Russian language.
Verdict
As it appears, Iconbit has become a part of internet and television experience of its Android-based Toucan W TV box. It has a full HD media player, a notebook and a digital photo frame and a game console and an internet set-top box. It is a brilliant product because SPB television comes pre-installed with Toucan W, enabling its users to use more than 120 channels in different languages from the TV set.
SPB TV comes with a host of other benefits like streaming and on-demand TV channels, TV guide and more facility to users to have easy access to good video content.
Further readings
As per the DIGITAL ROOM opinion, Iconbit is not a much known company outside Russia. There is also a similar product from HAMA. Although a TV with internet connection is very expensive, there are other similar products in this category. You can find those over the internet.
