Judges Special RecognitionUtilizing the same WebKit rendering engine used by Google Chrome and Apple Safari, Espial TV Browser, pre-integrated on set-top boxes, offers a user-friendly interface, open Web browsing and OTT video. What one Diamonds judge called "very versatile" and efficient, the Espial TV Browser is Web-video ready with built-in Adobe Flash and supports HTML5 and the latest W3C Web and interactive TV standards.
HTML5, with features such as CSS3D, WebGL and new APIs, allows developers to write applications and web sites once to be used across connected devices, including IP set-top boxes. They no longer have to be written specifically for every operating system, chipset or environment.The browser is portable across chipsets and devices, and a software kit eases integration with middleware media players, video plug-ins and JavaScript extensions. The Espial TV Browser is market proven, having already been deployed in tier 1 connected devices, namely Hitachi and Sharp smart TVs in Japan, China and North America; set-top boxes in Japan and China; and Media Streamers in Europe.www.espial.comReturn to the BTR Diamond Technology Reviews Elite.
