Motorola's EVr-8401 Enhances TV Viewing

By Veronica Hendricks
iApplianceWeb
(11/28/01, 11:10:19 PM EDT)

Motorola Broadband Communications Sector's new EVr-8401 Enhanced TV Viewer, a wireless, touch-screen, hand-held device that helps redefine the TV-viewing experience, has been released at the Western Cable Show 2001. The EVr-8401 Enhanced TV Viewer (EVr-8401) wirelessly connects to either a Motorola DCT5000 family advanced interactive digital set-top terminal's cable modem or a stand-alone cable modem for an "always-on," high-speed connection.

When wirelessly connected to high-speed data cable service, the EVr-8401 offers users a second screen for accessing Internet content relating to the TV programming they are watching. Users are able to view content from the Internet on the EVr-8401 while they continue watching the TV programming, uninterrupted and in full-screen video.

The EVr-8401's wireless broadband connection also provides portability. Users are able to pass the EVr-8401 from viewer-to-viewer to share information, as well as move from room-to-room and television-to-television without disrupted service.

The EVr-8401's interactive programming, Internet, email, chat, and instant messaging applications are accessible through a remote IR keyboard, touch-screen keyboard, or on-screen handwriting recognition. EVr-8401 users can also play MP3 audio from the Web, link simultaneously to the Website of the television program being watched, and tune channels via the remote-control function on a Motorola DCT2000 or DCT5000 family digital set-top terminal or other consumer electronic product, such as a TV or VCR. In addition to its second screen and remote control functionalities, the EVr-8401 can be used as a portable device to access the Internet, email, and other online services from anywhere in and around the home.

After being launched to broadband network operators at the Western Cable Show 2001, the EVr-8401 will be introduced to consumers at CES January 8-11, 2002 in Las Vegas.

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