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TVBlob Blob box review

PC makers have been trying - and failing - for years to marry their computer boxes with your living room TV. Will this latest attempt by TVBlob be any different?

Our Score 2

Last reviewed: 2009-08-10August 10th 2009

Price at launch £262.40
No of HDMI Outputs 1
Processor Speed (MHz) 300
Installed RAM (MB) 114
Features Dual DVB-T tuner / Internet access / PVR with 16GB internal hard drive / BitTorrent support / Podcasting with automatic download / Personal Download Manager / Streaming from PC to TV (UPnP) / Box access from PC via web pages / File Uploader / USB storage support
Additional Requirements Video codecs: MPEG-2, H.264, WM9, DIVX, XVID / Audio codecs: MP2, MP3, AAC, AAC-HE, WMA
Protocol Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b , IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n (draft)
Connectivity 2 x USB 2.0, Analogue Audio Out, Composite Video Output, Optical SPDIF Digital Output
Colour Black
HD 160
Additional Information Wi-Fi b/g/n (with optional USB accessory) / Processor: MIPS 300MHz

Product Summary

Blob Box

TVBlob Blob box

Price at launch

£262.40

For

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It's an entertainment PC, so it's good for surfing the web on the telly

Against

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Erm, it's an entertainment PC so that means half of the functions don't work as well as they should, the content's poor and the user experience is marginal at best

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