Whilst it’s fair to say that Google TV has not been the resounding success the company would have hoped (just ask Logitech), the platform has received at boost at CES 2012 with a number of major CE manufacturers pledging support.
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Netflix Launches £5.99 per Month Video Streaming in the UK
US Video Streaming giant Netflix today took the wraps off it’s long-rumoured service for the UK and Ireland, offering instant and unlimited access to a wide range of entertainment titles for £5.99/6.99 EUR per month. The launch, backed by a 1 month free trial puts the company in head to head competition with Amazon’s LoveFilm service, which itself announced 2m subscribers this morning.
CES 2012: Samsung InTouch Skype HD Camera Brings Web Apps to Dumb TVs
That flatscreen you bought a few years ago is starting to look a little crusty now all of these Connected TV’s are hitting the market, right? Well, if you’re looking for an upgrade, Samsung’s new InTouch Skype HD Camera not only brings 720p web video chat to your screen, it also packs a few of those apps you’ve been eyeing enviously.
Verizon Seeks Move to a Media Server and Client Model for Distributed Entertainment
US communications giant Verizon last week released a YouTube video exploring the history of its set top box hardware development over the last six years. The company’s innovation gurus detail the advances made in moving to a greener, Energy Star compliant design for efficiency, but also signalled a future move to a distribution model powered by a media server in the home. Sound familiar?
The IOGEAR GW3DHDKIT: Making Your TV a Wireless Device
If you want to mount your TV on a wall, cutting the cord between your TV and the rest of your Home Entertainment devices presents a challenge. This is where IOGEAR comes in.
Add-in: TV4Home
Do you have a WHS v1 or 2011? Do you use MediaPortal? If so, Alexander Köplinger may just have the add-in for you to record TV to and stream TV from your WHS using MediaPortal.
Iomega Looks to TV & Telcos to Drive Consumer Storage Strategy
At CES last week I caught up with Iomega UK’s Country Manager, Andy Connor and the European Product Manager, George Mellissargos. As you’ll be aware, Iomega launched the new Iomega TV with Boxee at CES alongside new a software platform for their network attached storage range. We used our meeting at the show to discuss the trends that Iomega are seeing in the home and small business storage market, and the implications for the company’s product range going forward.
LG Smart TV & Media Link – Hands On
Back in August last year we brought you the first glimpse of LG’s new Smart TV platform (then branded as NetCast), with an integrated media streaming application powered by Plex. Fast forward five months, and a refined version of the platform was on show last week at CES 2011 in Las Vegas.
Haier Windows Embedded Connected TV – Hands On
Whilst Microsoft were demonstrating their new Windows Embedded Standard 7 media devices in private this week at CES, Haier had their prototype Windows Embedded Connected TV on show at their booth. At this point, no information is available on release dates, territories and pricing and from first looks it definitely appeared that there’s more development work required to get Windows running on the TV hardware with the kind of stability you need from a CE device.
Viewsonic Boxee TV – Hands On
Earlier this week Viewsonic and Boxee announced a partnership to bring the Boxee media platform directly to the TV, no set top box required. We headed over to the show floor today to get hands on with the product and talked to representatives from both Boxee and Viewsonic on what we can expect from the collaboration later in the year.
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