{"id":2741,"date":"2013-06-26T13:00:19","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T17:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=2741"},"modified":"2013-06-26T13:00:19","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T17:00:19","slug":"intel-secretly-testing-set-top-box-with-more-than-2000-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2013\/06\/26\/intel-secretly-testing-set-top-box-with-more-than-2000-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Intel secretly testing set-top box with more than 2,000 employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techspot.com\/news\/53029-intel-secretly-testing-set-top-box-with-more-than-2000-employees.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/2013-06-25-image-8.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve known for some time now that Intel is working on a streaming set-top box but we are now hearing that it\u2019s being tested exclusively by more than 2,000 Intel employees in the wild. These prototype units will be vastly different on the hardware side of things compared to what the chip maker will launch later this year, however.<br \/>\nBlack Box Project test units are reportedly being doled out to employees in Arizona, Northern California and Oregon according to people familiar with the subject. The software used on these in-home units is an outdated version of the user interface although it will share many similarities with the final version such as the look and feel as well as navigation features.<br \/>\nThe hardware, on the other hand, will be totally different. Sources also say that the content available on the box is not representative in any way, shape or form of what will eventually be available at launch.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s clear based on this trial run alone that Intel is serious about the set-top market. A successful \u201cbeta\u201d test could give the chip maker all sorts of useful metrics like usage habits, logistics, quality and stability of the product and how the back-end will handle heavy loads.<br \/>\nEven with the hardware and software in place, Intel will still need to lock up some key content deals if they plan to be successful \u2013 something that\u2019s reportedly eluded Apple for years. Does Intel have the pull to make it happen?<br \/>\nvia <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techspot.com\/news\/53029-intel-secretly-testing-set-top-box-with-more-than-2000-employees.html\" target=\"_blank\">Intel secretly testing set-top box with more than 2,000 employees &#8211; TechSpot<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve known for some time now that Intel is working on a streaming set-top box but we are now hearing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hardware","category-technology"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/papNkV-Id","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9886,"url":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2024\/12\/08\/12gb-vram-10-faster-than-4060-and-only-249-intel-arc-battlemage-is-going-to-be-nuts\/","url_meta":{"origin":2741,"position":0},"title":"12GB VRAM, 10% faster than 4060 and only $249?? 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