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Jeffrey talks to Mark of LuckyGoldstar, sorry, LG about their foray into connected devices and smart TVs during 2011. Mark reckons that there are four key principles for smart TVs. first, premium content providers and LG has over 20 including NetFlix, Vudu, Hulu, Amazon, NHL, NBA; second, apps and LG will be launching its online apps store with over 200
Mario Cisneros talks about Igugu TV (www.igugu.com), a hardware and software combination that turns your existing Windows-based computer into a TV set top box enabling you to easily get over-the-top television content from your computer to your flat panel television. Igugu has three kit offerings, including $99 dollars for the remote control unit and software, $129 for the remote control
Today I received the new Netgear NeoTV which launched recently. This is the latest in Netgear's living room strategy of products to allow users to view their picture and video, stored on any PC on the network, through their TV, and also listen to music fro any PC through their A/V receiver. This box holds a lot of potential from
I’ve been experimenting for some time with connecting computers to televisions, along with a variety of other set-top boxes. I’m now at a point where I’ve begun to draw a few conclusions. Are we there yet? The short answer is no. We’ve still got a long way to go. After living a while with Apps on an Android smartphone, along
We’ve been hearing quite a lot about Internet-delivered video content lately. Trends sometimes seem to advance slowly over a long period of time but then tumultuous market shifts seem to happen overnight. Blockbuster just filed for bankruptcy. Blockbuster was unable to reconfigure their business structure to compete effectively with Netflix. It seems that Netflix has won the ongoing war. Streaming
For those still looking for a set-top box, the Popbox is now slated for release on July 23rd. This is another promising release, coming on the heels of Roku, but well ahead of Boxee. In terms of partners, it may be a little light. While pulling in some new and interesting ones, there are a few old faithfuls still missing
Our relationship had always been so full of promise and fun. Being gone so much of the time due to my job was certainly a strain. Even so, when I was around, I didn’t make many demands. Something was coming between us. Lately I’ve been looking elsewhere and slowly began finding satisfaction on the Internet. The thought of divorce has