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My wife has been asking me for some time now to dump cable in favor of Internet-based TV. Even though I’ve been using media extenders like the Apple TV to watch my own server-based video library and Internet-based TV for years, I’ve been reluctant to make the move. Why? Because, even now it’s a pain [...] Say you’re watching TV and an ad for Chevy’s Silverado pickup catches your eye. Come this fall, viewers using Google’s new interactive television technology will be able to type the object of their desire into an onscreen search box and launch a YouTube video or surf over to Chevy’s website. Advertisers foresee a new medium [...] When the rumor went around that Apple would be releasing a new iPhone-OS based Apple TV, there was a lot of excitement. I didn’t really buy into the new Apple TV hype. Now, we know it’s not coming, or if it is, it’s not going to amount to much. We know this because Steve Jobs [...] Todd Spangler of Multichannel News argues that Google TV may be making the same mistake with cable companies and customers that TiVo did back in its early days. Which is to say, 1) “The new device is external to the cable/satellite set-top box and controls it using an IR blaster (i.e., it’s a non-integrated kludge [...] According to EnGadget, the next Apple TV will be based on the “iPhone 4, meaning it will get the same internals, down to that A4 CPU and a limited amount of flash storage — 16GB to be exact” and cost only $99. This media extender will serve only as a bridge between you and Internet [...] Harry McCracken of Technologizer, wonders that if Engadget is right about a new iPhone OS-based Apple TV is in the works whether that also means that the “next-generation Apple TV would run apps. But if it runs iPhone OS, it feels kind of inevitable that it would–if not at first, at least eventually. Stock iPhone [...] Barbara Krasnoff finds a lot to like about the new firmware for the Roku video player . From what I can see, I agree with her completely. The bottom line is that Roku has made it much easier to search and pick videos right from the set-top interface than ever before. For more details, read [...] Google TV has generated a lot of excitement for being based on Google’s Android operating system and Chrome Web browser. Consumers need the tools to access their favorite TV programs and Websites, which is where Logitech fits in. The peripheral maker is providing the companion box to control the service and remote controls to talk [...] |
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