LG, meet Google TV, and the rest of us, meet LG's Google Android-powered high-definition television a couple days before the company rolls it out in full regalia at CES 2012. That's a shot of it up top, and yes, I think the interface looks a little unwieldy, too.
This $249 wide-angle wireless Webcam lets you make big-screen video calls from the comfort of your living room.
I love the idea of dumping cable TV in favor of the wealth of video that’s now available online. I’ve been thinking about it for years. I just haven’t done it. Mostly because much of the TV I watch is live news, usually on all-news channels–something which is still primarily the domain of cable. But [...]
The entertainment industry’s been pretty lethargic about bringing big-screen, high-definition video calling to living rooms en masse. It’s been left to video game hardware manufacturers via set-top boxes to do the job, be they video chats with up to six people using Sony’s PlayStation 3, or Video Kinect using Microsoft’s motion-sensing Xbox 360 camera.
A home without a TV isn’t quite as unheard of as it used to be.
Remember how underwhelmed (or confused) you were when Apple first announced Apple TV (formerly iTV) way back in, oh, 2006? If this latest batch of Apple rumors holds true, and Apple really is entering the HDTV market, we can expect shiny new (aluminum bodied?) flatscreens in consumer living rooms by the end of 2011.
Let’s buy a new TV this holiday season—you and me. I need a new one desperately. But there are so many options: How big of a screen do you need? 720p or 1080p? Plasma, LCD, or LED?
When you think of TiVo you think of recording television shows, right? In a move that seems odd at first but begins to make more and more sense as you sit on a pier bench gazing out over the vast ocean, alone with your thoughts, this recently announced Best Buy/TiVo partnership might just work.
Another TV development drops in a week that promises to be chalk full of ‘em.
