History of video games/Platforms/ST-3200
History[edit | edit source]
The system was developed by Sumitomo Electric Networks, Inc. and deployed by the telecom company NTT Pala for their Hikari TV streaming service.[1]
The full name of the device was the Stream Cruiser Smart TV 3200, and was commonly shortened to the ST-3200.[1] The system was launched as a rental unit only in June 2013.[2] This device offered one of the first shipped domestic cloud gaming consoles in Japan,[1] following the unreleased Taito WOWOW in the 1990's.
On September 1st, 2013 orders for the system began being accepted, with units being shipped on September 9th, 2013.[2] system was available in two bundles, a base bundle of console, controller, and remote costing 24,800 to 19,800 Japanese Yen, and another bundle adding a 2 terabyte external hard disk costing 34,800 to 29,800 Japanese Yen.[2] Setting up the system notably required a phone call and physical paperwork to be handled.[3]
Technology[edit | edit source]
The system was based on the STiH415 processor,[2] which included a dual core ARM A9 CPU clocked at 1 gigahertz.[4][5] The onboard computer ran Android 4.0 as an operating system.[2]
The system could record two video streams simultaneously by using an external storage device.[1]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ a b c d "Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. | Newsletter "SEI NEWS" Sumitomo Electric Networks Begins Shipment of Android-based Smart IP Set-Top Box to NTT Plala". web.archive.org. 19 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170919172024/https://global-sei.com/sn/2013/434/6a.html.
- ↑ a b c d e "NTTぷらら、「ひかりTV」用 Android 4.0 搭載クラウドゲーム対応セットトップボックス「ST-3200」を9月1日より発売". GPad. https://gpad.tv/tv/ntt-plala-hikaritv-st-3200/.
- ↑ "Hikari TV - Lundman Wiki". www.lundman.net. http://www.lundman.net/wiki/index.php/Hikari_TV.
- ↑ "STiH415 Overview — The Linux Kernel documentation". www.kernel.org. https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/arm/sti/stih415-overview.html.
- ↑ "Documentation/arm/sti/stih415-overview.txt - kernel/msm - Git at Google". android.googlesource.com. https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/msm/+/android-7.1.0_r0.2/Documentation/arm/sti/stih415-overview.txt?autodive=0%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F.