VBox Communication established in 2001 and received strategic investment from Optibase. In Jan 9, 2002 VBox Communications acquired from BroadLogic its Satellite Express and DTV product lines adding DVB core to VBox's IP VBox TV Gateway technology was first used in its XLV Professionalproduct line unveiled at the Satellite 2006 Show in Washington DC, targeting the hospitality, digital signage and enterprise markets. The VBox Home TV Gateway is based on VBox's 6th generation XLV Professional product line, It was debut at the Mobile World Congress, ShowStoppers event in Barcelona, Spain on February 23, 2014 and was first reviewed by cnet UK
Live TV - Stream multiple broadcasts live TV channels simultaneously over the home network without using the internet or data plan
Remote Access - Watch live TV and manage the VBox TV Gateway from anywhere in the world
Whole World PVR - Record live or scheduled TV to a USB attached storage or a NAS
Multi-Device - Connect to any UPnP player device or application devices such as iPad, iPhone, tablet, smartphone, Smart TV and applications such as Kodi, VLC
Multi-Room - Distribute live TV over IP network avoiding complex TV installations and reception issues
Timeshift - Pause and rewind live TV using the Kodi VBox PVR add-on
Quality - Full broadcast quality up to UHD with 3D and surround sound
Recording of live or scheduled TV program is available from any of the free VBox apps, the recordings are stored on an external storage and can be played from any device. Supported recording devices:
Network storage - Windows Shared folder or NAS. Supported file systems - Windows File system
Simultaneous streaming of different channels
VBox guarantee a single channel per tuner, however, in reality, the tuner locks on a transponder or MUX and can stream all the available channels in that bouquet up to about 40Mbit/s
Configuration
The VBox Home TV Gateway is a Linux-based TV DVB to IP server and a web serverthe web server is used to configure the device, change settings, see device status and to connect to developer API. To access the Home TV Gateways's web page:
On Windows - Right click on the device icon in Windows network folder
UPnP - Any UPnP device or application can discover the device and play live or recorded TV programs
m3u - The device generates a link to an m3u channel playlist for connectivity with supported applications such as, Kodi IPTV Simple PVR add-on, VLC, DVBLogic
XMLTV - The device generates a link to an EPG XML TV program file for integration with 3rd party applications
Web browser - A web browser with the VLC web plugin can connect directly to the device to watch and record live or scheduled TV and see the EPG
Kodi - VBox PVR add-on, provided as part of Kodi Isengard and provides live TV, EPG, timeshift, remote access, external EPG source
MythTV - VBox is supported from MythTV version 0.2.28
Tvheadend - Is supported using m3u or manually using Conf -> DVB Inputs -> Network -> Add IPTV Add each channel as a mux for IPTV
VBox applications: iOS, Android, Android for the big screen, Firefox add-on, VBox@TV PVR
