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Linux-based OSD: What This Gadget Can Do Is Up to You

nytimes.com — The OSD has not only open hardware, but also open software: it is based on the Linux operating system. Neuros Technology encourages hacking of the device; it has contests with cash rewards for new applications for the OSD. One winner, for instance, designed a program that lets people use it to watch YouTube on their televisions.

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  • roguedragon, on 01/06/2008, -0/+5Yeah, I've used the Neuros. It's still got some growing to do, but it's a pretty good system, and the entire platform is completely open. That's the beauty of it all.
  • frontporsche, on 01/06/2008, -0/+4The device looks cool, but USB 1.1? huh?
  • RobertaFaskos, on 01/06/2008, -1/+3It's about time! Hackers have been chased around by manufactures for making useful improvements for years, time for someone to recognize hackers are a big opportunity, not a danger
  • harish, on 01/06/2008, -0/+1Way to go, Neuros! The device has been a constant piece of delight since I first got it in September. I have managed to retrieve family videos recorded on VHS and Super8 tapes as well as a whole lot of other video through the OSD into a mp4 format for permanent archival. Also, the constant improvements been made is completely remarkable. Congratulations!
  • PlanetRudy, on 01/08/2008, -0/+0Tremendous innovation and courage - and most importanly, usefulness. It'll be difficult for folks like Apple to keep pace with folks like Neuros in the long-run. Way to go.

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