Syabas Popbox Revealed

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Syabas is aiming for the mainstream with their new Popbox Digital Media set-top box. The popbox is cheaper than most other digital boxes on the market, and features Netflix support and a great user interface, making it dangerous in the digital streaming market.

The Popbox will have such online channels like Netflix, Facebook, Twitter and Major League Baseball. The Syabas user interface has been overhauled for the new box, and now features automatic IMDB and AllMusic lookup for movies and music. Unfortunately, the Popbox will lose the BitTorrent support found on earlier models.

The Popbox hardware itself has been slimmed down from previous generations, and Syabas promises that the box will be silent. It is still HD capable, and for memory expansion, two USB ports and a SD slot are included (unfortunately, the Popbox loses the internal hard drive slot found on earlier Syabas models).

The Syabas Popbox will be unveiled to the press at CES on January 5th, with an expected retail price of $130, which is considerably lower than similarly featured products from Roku, who is likely the market leader at this point.