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Alexander Wiese
Publisher
alex@tavmag.com y HQ in Munich, German

Dear Readers,
For a long time Linux was the favorite operating system for digital TV receivers. But for the past 2-3 years we here at TELE-audiovision have been hearing about Android systems for digital receivers, except that up until now weve only had the opportunity to present just a few of these Android-based receivers. And in the meantime weve been asking ourselves if these Android-based digital receivers will ever take hold in this marketplace. And then just recently a new type of operating system based on the Xbox began to surface. In this issue of TELE-audiovision we are introducing just such a receiver that impressed us so much that we even gave it our TELE-audiovision Innovation Award. It was already clear in which direction Android For the programmers theres a lot of room for improvement here and also in making the menu navigation more user friendly. It doesnt really matter what operating system is actually in the receiver. development was going: the complete integration of all available media into one single receiver. Now it seems to us that the Xbox system is especially well suited for this task but this statement has a limitation: it just looks that way at the moment. It can change again very quickly. The lifespan of software, not to mention the hardware, is very short in an age where new technologies are always being introduced. Flexible software solutions in a case Alexander Wiese Editor-in-Chief TELE-audiovision International On what criteria should the manufacturers and ultimately the end users base their decisions on? The answer to this question would seem to be impossible: it all depends on what the manufacturer wants to offer the end user and what it is they actually want. Predicting this is becoming more and more difficult although one thing is for sure: the end user wants the operation/menu navigation of the device to be as intuitive and ergonomically sensible as possible. like this are always the best answer but this is also true for all operating systems.

TELE-satellite was established in 1981 and today is the oldest, largest and most-read digital tv trade magazine in the world. TELE-satellite is seen by more than 350,000 digital tv professionals around the world and is available both in printed form and online.

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