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The most interesting part to me is the inclusion of what seems to be an IR receiver on the front of the box (Pictured). We can only speculate what this is for, but with the makeup of Inputs and corresponding outputs on the back of the device and with the inclusion of a IR receiver as well as a IR transmitter, my hope would be that the SBPRO might as some point be used as a pair for transmit and receive - possibly producing the true Set Top Box receiver senario we all hope for.

Maybe the SBPRO will be able to control a SB Classic, AV or Tuner used as an encoder(remember the PRO has the tuner output also so it could be used to extend an RF connected device as well ;-) and we get to a world where the SBPRO becomes a receiver device for locating in any home AV cabinet....

Another option is that maybe the IR receiver can be used to capture IR codes in a future software release - allowing for true customized control of a device connected to the SBPRO.

We will have to wait and see, but the future looks interesting for the SBPRO as best I can tell...

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