GoogleTV is Significant
Posted on May 21, 2010
Yesterday Google, Sony, Intel, Logitech, DishNetworks, Adobe, and BestBuy announced a collaborative effort permitting consumers to conveniently access the Internet at their TV screens while simultaneously integrating with conventional television programming. Importantly, the CEOs of each participating company appeared on the stage as Google TV was officially introduced.
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As software GoogleTV may be incorporated into hardware products from most any reputable manufacturer. Yesterday’s participants are only the early examples. Logitech will make an appliance that will transform any modern TV into GoogleTV. Sony will include it in new models of TVs and Blu-ray players. DISH, a satellite TV service, will install it on subscriber DVRs.
Regular subscribers know for over a year Inside Digital Media has repeatedly emphasized that the natural evolution of television is toward just such a concept. One example is this post about our February ’09 Third Generation Television market research report – 15 months ago.
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A Year Ahead of Google
Posted on March 19, 2010
On Wednesday, The New York Times reported a secret initiative termed GoogleTV that is a collaborative effort among Google, Intel, Sony, and Logitech. Essentially the plan is to provide an appliance enabling televisions to also function as browser-or-app-centric viewing screens for an abundance of Internet content and applications. As regular subscribers know, for over a year we have repeatedly emphasized that the natural evolution of television is toward just such a product. One example is this post about our February ’09 Third Generation Television market research report.
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Two points about GoogleTV as reported are particularly important. Read more…
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Browser-Centric TV Sets
Posted on March 2, 2009
If you would like to learn about a company that makes browser-centric semiconductor chips enabling televisions to visit any Website and display any Internet Video, this interview is for you.
Our guest today is Gordie Campbell who is the CEO of Personal Web Systems. During a 30-year career he pioneered many technological innovations including the first Ethernet chip, the first electronically erasable microcomputer, the first PC-on-a-chip, and the invention of the chipset upon which today’s PCs are based. Read more…
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Apple and Digital Living Room
Posted on February 13, 2009
If you would like to learn how Apple might take center-stage in the digital living room, this audio is for you.
Following our February 4th post about how the Mac Mini might be modified to provide Internet-Video-to-the-TV, there’s been a flurry of speculation about the company’s potential to enter the TV set business in a couple of years. The idea is that Apple would enter the category with a game changing product concept much like it did in the cell phone business with the iPhone. It’s not a bad idea. Read more…
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Sound and Fury at Consumer Electronics Show
Posted on January 22, 2009
The annual Consumer Electronics Show has achieved such high-profile recognition that exhibitors are tempted to promote modest improvements as breakthrough advances. The sound and fury over “Internet-Connected TVs” at this year’s show is a good example. Upon examination it is clear that if the product announcements signify anything at all it is that the difference between a “Walled Garden” and a “Walled Prison” can be indistinguishable, as Napoleon III discovered. But that’s another story, and a good one. Read more…
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Your Music: Always Available Online
Posted on December 8, 2008
If you would like to learn about how the Internet Cloud can provide you with an “always-on” connection to your music library along with a sharply reduced cost to add to the collection and try-out new music on demand, this interview is for you.
Our guest today is Geoff Ralston who is the CEO of lala.com. His website will let you (1) maintain your music library in the Internet Cloud, (2) add selections to your library at negligible cost, (3) try-out new music on-demand at little cost, and (3) avoid advertising. Read more…
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How to get Internet Video to the Television
Posted on September 15, 2008
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If you would like to learn how to get Internet video to your television by using TiVo and/or Amazon.com, this show is for you.
It is increasingly evident that there is a huge latent demand for getting Internet video to the television. It has been an elusive goal for the past eight years, or so. Now it appears as if significant progress is being made. It’s not from a single major product introduction, but instead from a number of innovations from a variety of manufactures and websites. Examples include Netflix, Sony Bravia, Amazon.com, Apple TV, and TiVo. In this video we demonstrate how it is done with TiVo and Amazon.com. Read more…
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Why Blu-ray Beat HD-DVD
Posted on March 4, 2008
Summary: If you are curious to know why Blu-Ray won the standards battle against HD-DVD for High Definition DVDs, this interview is for you.
Subject: Our guest today is Steve Lang who operates the MadMaxMedia.com blog. Steve believes that the decision by Sony to include a Blu-Ray player in the Play Station 3 gave Blu-Ray the edge. While Microsoft’s X-Box could double as an HD-DVD movie player, the consumer was required to purchase an added external drive.
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