HDTV
Roku players begin shipping in the UK, will arrive with the BBC iPlayer channel
The Roku set-top box has officially begun shipping for those in the UK market. And nicely done, they will arrive with the BBC iPlayer channel. More specifically, the Roku players will arrive with more than 40 streaming channels including a few that are region specific. Some of the others that will join the BBC iPlayer more »
Boxee Live TV Tuner starts shipping on Monday
The Boxee Live TV Tuner is about ready to start shipping. Boxee has announced that the $49 USB stick will start shipping on Monday, January 23. After Monday if you order the Boxee Live TV Tuner, it should ship out to you within the same week. With the shipment starting now it means that soon more »
CES 2012: LG’s collection of new TVs
Going into CES 2012, the big news was about LG’s new 55-inch 3D OLED TV. That TV was there, and it was beautiful, but that wasn’t the only TV LG had to show off at CES. LG continued to push it’s 3DTVs at CES this year, with the entrance to it’s booth being a giant more »
CES 2012: A look at the TVs Samsung had on display
While we might get more excited over ultrabooks or smartphones, companies at CES always have a huge collection of TVs on display. Samsungmay have spent more effort behind promoting the Galaxy Note at CES, but it also had a ton of TVs to show off. Samsung had TVs ranging from the super-thin OLED 3DTV to more »
CES 2012: A look at Panasonic’s TVs
While LG and Samsung had some hype over their 3D OLED displays that were on display at CES, that doesn’t mean they were the only ones that had TVS to show off. Panasonic also brought its full range of new TVs to show off. Panasonic’s big push for CES seemed to be eco-friendliness, with a more »
CES 2012: Lenovo offers the first smart TV running Ice Cream Sandwich
Google has a few partners at CES this year that are showing off Google TV devices, but Lenovo has something a bit different: a TV that runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The K91, as Lenovo puts it, is the first TV in the world to run ICS. The Lenovo K91 uses a Qualcomm 8060 more »
LG, Sony, and Vizio to show Google TVs at CES with Samsung’s coming later in the year
With CES coming next week Google wants to remind everyone that GoogleTV still exists. not only is it still out there, but we’ll see TVs with Google TV at the show this year. Google took to its Google TV blog to talk about it’s partners for the project. Among those are the three that will more »
LG reveals their first Google TV ahead of CES
Coming a few days ahead of CES 2012, LG Electronics has officially unveiled their Google TV. The television will be dubbed the LG Smart TV with Google TV and according to the details that have been released thus far — it will be available in two series at launch. And as to when, so far more »
The Roku Streaming Stick stuffs a Smart TV into a very small package
Roku is taking its streaming platform one step further by introducing what it’s calling the Streaming Stick. The Streaming Stick is Roku’s solution to the traditional Smart TV. Roku argues that Smart TVs have an update cycle that requires customers to purchase a brand new set far more often than they would like. With the more »
Some “recently manufactured” Logitech Revue Google TV set-top boxes have shipped with “corrupted firmware”
It looks like some of the newer Logitech Revue units have managed to ship with firmware issues. Or as was confirmed by the folks at Logitech; “There appears to be corrupted firmware on some of the recently manufactured Revues which is causing the Authentication error.” In short, if you got a Logitech Revue recently and more »
