Slowly but surely, Google TV is starting to look like a legitimate connected TV platform. Still, some gaps remain.
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Boxee Gets Reborn as a Digital Video Recorder for Broadcast TV
After years of being undercut by cheaper streaming TV boxes, Boxee is changing course.
The company has discontinued its Boxee Box, a $180 device that streamed Internet sources such as Netflix and Pandora to televisions. In its …
Review: The Return of the Slingbox
In the beginning–before Hulu, before Netflix Watch Instantly, even before the official launch of YouTube–there was Sling Media’s Slingbox.
The ingenious “place-shifting” box let you re-route the TV signal that would normally …
Who Cares About Neil Young’s Ultra-High Quality Music Standard?
Neil Young claims he’s going to change the way we listen to digital music by pairing a new iPod-competitive Pono music player (I see “Ponyo” — how about you?) with an audiophile-caliber music download service. The claims are …
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Sony’s Super-Slim PlayStation 3: One Step Forward, One Step Back
Last week Sony released a surprise three-quel PlayStation 3 — an even slimmer, lighter rendition of its six-year-old games console. It then dropped that into a new bundle, raised the price by $20 and declared it “the ultimate …
Pono: Can High-Quality Audio Sell Neil Young’s Portable Music Player?
Having conquered rock and roll, Neil Young is setting his sights on consumer electronics with Pono, a portable music player and accompanying high-quality audio service coming next year.
Who Needs a PlayStation 4 When You Can Have a ‘PS3 Slimmer’?
If you woke to the news yesterday morning wondering why Sony chose the Tokyo Game Show to out a new slimmer-than-slim PlayStation 3, well, just do the math: The PS3 outsells the Xbox 360 in Japan roughly six to one, whereas …
Vizio Co-Star: Google TV for Cheap, but Not for Everyone
No matter the potential of Google TV, until now the hardware has just been too expensive compared to other set-top boxes such as Apple TV and Roku. The new Vizio Co-Star, priced at $100, is one of the cheapest Google TV devices …
TVii for the Wii U: Nintendo’s Bold Move Beyond Gaming
We already knew that Nintendo’s Wii U would have streaming apps for Netflix, Hulu and YouTube, but on Thursday, Nintendo announced something more ambitious for its next gaming console, called TVii.
TVii is Nintendo’s attempt …
11 Things I’d Like to Know About Nintendo’s Wii U
So we know when it’ll be here and how much it’ll cost, but Nintendo’s Wii U preview event yesterday left several important questions unanswered — most conspicuous of all, the list of day-one launch games.
In case you missed …
Wii U Out November 18, Priced Up to $350, ‘Nintendo TVii’ Unveiled
It was getting close, with autumn knocking, but Nintendo this morning finally announced a release date and pricing for its imminent Wii-quel, the Wii U. The set-top video games system will officially hit shelves in the U.S. on …
