Introduction

Patriot has over 25 years of experience in the field of DRAM and flash memory. Being headquartered in the United States they promise leading quality without compromise for quality. As with most memory manufacturers in recent years, Patriot is actively diversifying their line-up to offer other products and thus loosening their dependency on the volatile memory market. The Patriot Box Office Core or PBO Core on our test bench today, is a compact media player with a slew of features while being very efficient.



Patriot Box Office Core Features:

• Supports Full HD-video playback up to 1080p
• Supports Dolby Digital and DTS surround sound
• Expandable internal storage via 2.5" SATA SSD/HDD
• Supports video playback via UPnP networking streaming
• Browse and shared videos, photos and music from Patriot Box Office Core attached network devices/PCs, USB Flash Drives and USB external storage
• Music - WMA, MP3, Real Audio (Ra), EAV, OGG, ACC, FLAC
• Graphics - JPEG, BMP, PNG
• Video - [MPEG-1] MPG/MPEG/DAT, [MPEG-2] MPG/MPEG/VOB/ISO/TS/TP/M2TS, [MPEG-4] MP4/AVI/MOV, WMV9, FLA, [H.264/AVC] MKV/TS/AVI/MOV/M2TS, [DviX 3/4/5/6, Xvid] AVI/MKV, [Real Video 8/9/10] RM/RMVB
• Supports Internet Media Services (IMS) Flickr, Stocks, Video News, Video Podcasts, Weather, Picasa, RSS (+20 video feeds) and custom RSS feeds
• New improved user interface for easier use and album artwork feature during music search and playback
• Increased HDTV compatibility
• New compatibility with home made media connected via USB optical device
• New Patriot Box Office Core firmware and features are backward compatible with legacy units