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There are a couple of NDI hardware encoder boxes (Newtek Connect Spark and BirdDog Studio), but I'm not sure there are any hardware NDI decoders out there yet.
There was some discussion on the VMix forums about using an Android media player box for this purpose, but evidently the NDI SDK does not support NDI decoding on ARM processors, it is only supported on x86:
https://forums.vmix.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=47022
But you could probably use something like an Intel NUC or other small form factor PC with an x86 processor and HDMI output for this purpose. There are also some Intel Atom-based media players that have Ethernet jacks and HDMI outputs available for $150 or so. I'm not sure if these are powerful enough for NDI decoding though. The Intel NUC line has versions with Core i3, i5, and i7 processors that I'm sure could do the job (although they are a bit larger and more expensive than the Atom-based units).
If you are looking for a more off-the-shelf solution, DVEO sells a few small NDI decoder boxes. The Mini D-Streamer NDI which is basically a small form factor computer with an Intel Celeron processor should work:
https://dveo.com/pdf/Mini-D-Streamer-ND ... asheet.pdf
https://dveo.com/broadcast-systems/NewTek-NDI.html