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Google entering the hardware business? Surprising as it might sound, this could be possible as the search giant is reportedly planning to develop a wireless home entertainment system.
This will apparently allow users to stream music wirelessly throughout the home to web-connected devices and "Google-made speakers," ... |
10 February 2012
15:01 GMT |
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Since ASUS wants to be known as a supplier of multimedia devices in addition to PCs and computer-related products, the company has announced the O!Play TV Pro.
This is a set-top box, STB for short, which intends to turn any HDTV (high-definition TV) into a smart TV, of sorts.
The built-in DVB-T digital tuner is th... |
10 February 2012
13:41 GMT |
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After it announced in January this year the UK release of streaming media players, Roku has now started shipping these boxes towards its customers, complete with support for a new BBC iPlayer video channel.
iPlayer can be considered the UK equivalent of Netflix and allows its customers to catch up on recent BBC ... |
10 February 2012
09:14 GMT |
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TiVo Inc. has been saying that there would come a time when its service would be integrated (again) with DIRECTV and, sure enough, the plans have finally become reality.
Long story short, the TiVo HD DVR from DIRECTV is available in the United States, as evident from this page on the DIRECTV website.
"We are pleas... |
9 February 2012
08:55 GMT |
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Streaming media is great, but it relies on special equipment, like the DVDO Air Wireless HD device.
Essentially, this is a product composed of a wireless transmitter, a wireless receiver and a receiver-mounting clip for easy positioning on a wall or the top of an HDTV.
It streams 1080p video in 2D or 3D and 7.1 cha... |
1 February 2012
11:02 GMT |
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Samsung has made the official introduction of two Blu-ray Players, one for people who like compact items and another for those who want more functionality.
The BD-ES6000 is the small one, only slightly larger than an actual disk, while the BD-E6500 has dual HDMI inputs and built-in Wi-Fi, leading to a larger form fa... |
11 January 2012
13:51 GMT |
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The FFmpeg package, a complete solution to record, convert and stream audio and video, has just been updated in Ubuntu 10.10 and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS . A few security issues with FFmpeg that affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and Ubuntu 10.10 were dealt with by various developers. More specifically, FFmpeg could be made to c... |
6 January 2012
07:50 GMT |
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Google has been working hard to increase the adoption rate of its Google TV platform and at this year’s CES the company together with LG, Marvell , MediaTek , Samsung, Sony and Vizio will present a wide selection of products running this software.Google has announced its partners in a post on the Google TV offi... |
6 January 2012
05:55 GMT |
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The rumors regarding Google’s plans to ditch Intel’s processors in favor of ARM-based chips for its Google TV platform have turned out to be true as the search giant has just sent out a press release to announce this change. For its next generation Google TV devices, the Menlo Park, California company has... |
5 January 2012
09:16 GMT |
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The FFmpeg pacakge, a complete solution to record, convert and stream audio and video, is now at version 0.9.1. FFmpeg 0.9.1 is the latest stable version in the 0.9 branch. The updates implemented in this release includes all changes from ffmpeg-mt, libav 0.7.2, and libav master of 2011-12-11.Highlights of Ffmpeg 0.9... |
5 January 2012
07:25 GMT |
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In addition to the sound bar and the two multimedia players that Samsung has on track for this year's CES, the company has also created a pair of audio docks.
Audio docking stations are the sort of auxiliary devices that give voice to those consumer electronics devices that don't have one of their own.
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4 January 2012
16:11 GMT |
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Samsung has begun officially announcing the devices it will have on display during the 2012 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show.
Even though CES hasn't started and won't start for another week, companies are eagerly setting the stage.
Among other things, this means that Samsung saw no reason to refr... |
4 January 2012
15:41 GMT |
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People in possession of a personal computer may or may not use the Boxee video streaming services regularly, but those who do may be in for a surprise.
The surprise is not necessarily pleasant but not exactly bad either.
The good news is that the Windows, Mac and Ubuntu apps just received the latest update, versi... |
27 December 2011
18:41 GMT |
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This might just the the first unibody media player anyone's ever made and it belongs to Cowon, a Korean company that doesn't even make the ”world's greatest” consumer electronics manufacturer list.
Cowon didn't make an official announcement but the Z2 did pass through the FCC (Federal... |
27 December 2011
10:17 GMT |
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Acer may have launched a special, new 3D monitor, but that is definitely not the only 3D item that the company made public. In fact, the company devoted an entirely different press release just to make it known that the H9500BD projector was locked and loaded as well. It should already be up for sale too, in Nort... |
29 November 2011
18:41 GMT |
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The Google TV platform hasn't exactly impressed anyone (quite the opposite, actually), but this didn't prevent Samsung from deciding to go ahead with the project anyway.
Maybe it's betting on the supposed improvements of the next-generation platform, which is said to be simpler to use and more rich i... |
22 November 2011
03:25 GMT |
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Google TV stumbled once and now did it again, or at least Logitech did in trying to market the Revue box.
Unfortunately for the little electronic, it just didn't manage to cut it, probably because of how its software wasn't even out of beta at launch, which makes one wonder why it was even let out of the ... |
12 November 2011
06:28 GMT |
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The world is turning into one of wireless connectivity, so IOGEAR decided this was a good time for the Wireless 3D Digital Kit (GW3DHDKIT) to make its appearance.
Composed of a transmitter and receiver, it can link to two HDMI devices at once and stream their content to even displays from other rooms.
Housed in a ... |
9 November 2011
16:51 GMT |
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A couple of months ago, Logitech promised us that it's working together with Google to bring the second version of the Google TV platform to its Revue set-top box, and it now seems like this update is just a few weeks away.Initially, Logitech said that the Google TV 2.0 update will go live by the end of the summ... |
21 October 2011
06:11 GMT |
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Seagate may be best known for its “pure” storage products, but its product line includes much more than that, like the GoFlex Cinema multimedia drive.
The GoFlex Cinema from Seagate is what one might call a hard disk drive with media player capabilities.
Some might make the leap to multimedia pla... |
12 October 2011
05:55 GMT |
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Blu-ray players are more or less the most advanced form of media players to date, especially when they have HDDs as well, and while Pioneer's newest creations don't have this built-in storage, they do have everything else.
Pioneer seems to be doing something similar to what it did back in September, whe... |
12 October 2011
03:31 GMT |
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Multimedia is one of those things that the common household usually can't do without, especially when big families are factored in, and TiVo is eager to have its new DVR fulfill all the expectations of prospective customers.
There are many things that the new digital video recorder (DVR) from TiVo brags abo... |
10 October 2011
09:50 GMT |
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Smellit is probably one of the weirdest computing concepts to ever come in being in man's mind, but it might just add that last bit of immersion that even 3D can't give to films and games.
Right now, people can see and hear virtual realities and, in some cases, feel it (thanks to steering wheels in race... |
10 October 2011
05:54 GMT |
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Blu-ray players have been developed before, but Toshiba definitely went beyond the confines of the blueprints when it built the Regza Blu-ray DBR-M190. In trying to keep ahead of solid state drives and maintain their spot on the mainstream, hard disk drives have been boosting platter capacities almost frantically. ... |
4 October 2011
08:13 GMT |
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Not long ago, we saw how the pay-TV market is still very much alive and kicking, and it looks like Trident and Kaon Media are determined to keep promoting such services, and others, what with the latter's new set-top box. As some users may or may not know, the IBC 2011 trade show is an event that is taking pla... |
12 September 2011
05:28 GMT |
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One might have expected the advent of web-based multimedia to more sharply impact TV services, but it looks like the overall industry is still going strong, according to analysts.Users have heard much about how the tablet segment has been threatening the overall notebook market.By all accounts, the fact that slates ... |
10 September 2011
06:32 GMT |
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Pioneer is showing its own assets on the multimedia front, although its own new products are going to show their worth in the US instead of Europe, where ASUS released its own, newest device.Though the PC market seems to be getting the most attention when it comes to consumer technology, consumer electronics aren�... |
9 September 2011
11:00 GMT |
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ASUS is showing its hand on more than one market segment, as a certain consumer electronic, not just laptops, are making their way to stores, or at least are expected to do so at some point during this month.
ASUS is most definitely not sitting by and letting the first half of September go by without substantial ... |
9 September 2011
10:31 GMT |
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When getting their homes outfitted with multimedia elements, users can go for complete solutions like HTPCs, or they can invest in multiple, smaller things, like the ones from Belkin, so as to distribute things better across the house and get away with less costs, should they not want too great an array of features.... |
8 September 2011
07:21 GMT |
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HTPCs are usually unassuming personal computers, but the one invented by ASRock is no doubt going to break through some expectations, what with the sort of high-end performance it can achieve under certain circumstances.
Home-theater personal computers are the sort of PC that users with no inclination towards gam... |
7 September 2011
05:54 GMT |
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Creative may have the more compact media player of the day, but it looks like Samsung is aiming for versatility and wide compatibility with its new so-called media hub.Samsung has definitely brought a whole collections of items for display at this year's IFA trade show, taking place in Berlin, Germany. ... |
2 September 2011
08:46 GMT |
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Genius is not about to let the start of September go by without making some move on the consumer market, so it went ahead and presented the HS-905 BT Bluetooth device.Bluetooth connectivity is, nowadays, something that is never absent form a PC, be it a desktop or notebook.Likewise, many consumer electronics, especi... |
1 September 2011
09:59 GMT |
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Since technology tends to want to do away with cables, Netgear decided to create a pair of devices that can establish wireless connections between PCs and consumer electronics of various types.Intel's Wireless Display (WiDi) technology is one of, if not the best-known technology that can stream video content fo... |
31 August 2011
09:54 GMT |
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3D glasses usually carry out the relatively simple task of synchronizing two sets of images relayed by a display, but Vuzix deals in something more than that, namely eyewear with built-in display capabilities.The 3D display mode has advanced substantially this year, with models even experimenting with glasses-free d... |
13 August 2011
05:48 GMT |
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Multimedia devices, like every other technological product, have seen some improvements of their own, though the latest such product from TiVo doesn't possess quite all the features one might wish for.It looks like the anniversary of the PC did not even get close to distracting the IT industry from going about ... |
13 August 2011
05:10 GMT |
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Eager to grab a slice of what is still a relatively small market segment, Research in Motion (RIM) developed what is known as the BlackBeryy media Box, or BlackBerry Cyclone media hub.Media hubs might not be nearly as new an invention as TVs and multimedia players, but they definitely have been getting attention, es... |
15 July 2011
05:45 GMT |
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Sony seems to be on a roll, as its release of a DVD writer was just one of the actions it took over the past couple of days, the outfit having also built what it calls its latest HiFi system.Multimedia devices really have become very versatile compared to a decade ago when most things were specialized on one or two ... |
15 July 2011
04:35 GMT |
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One issue that portable and small entertainment devices usually have to deal with is humidity, whether from rain or perspiration, so Sony decided to make its newest walkman water-resistant.Nowadays, there are so many things that can play the part of multimedia companion that one can consider it staggering.Even highl... |
14 July 2011
10:36 GMT |
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While IT and entertainment players are fueling the hype surrounding 3D, and it looks like consumers really have been buying Blu-ray 3D disks even despite the fairly low number of films available in that format.Blu-ray disks are, for all intents and purposes, the most capacious of optical media storage solutions to d... |
13 July 2011
04:47 GMT |
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With storage and multimedia solutions evolving, it is inevitable that some inventions will eventually get so outdated that they won't be anything more than museum pieces, something that walkmans, or some types of them, seem well on the way towards becoming.
The consumer market has been making liberal use of ... |
9 July 2011
03:42 GMT |
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Smart TVs may have managed to stand out thanks to their expansive feature sets but, in the end, content still defines their appeal and marketing viability, so a pair of companies decided to jointly work towards developing this business facet.Over the past year or so, tablets aren't the only new product type tha... |
4 July 2011
07:49 GMT |
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Motorola may be best known for its mobile devices, but there is nothing stopping it from showing its cards on the multimedia market, in this instance a set-top box with upgradeable features.
HDTVs have been gaining PC-like capabilities like web connectivity and even their own storage devices, be they of the optic... |
28 June 2011
07:55 GMT |
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It appears that a certain technology known as Intel Wireless HD is not the only one of its kind to grace the IT industry with its presence, as Philips seems to have devised a solution of its own.Philips has long been a supplier of all sorts of multimedia devices, as well as accessories and companion products for the... |
22 June 2011
10:34 GMT |
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It appears that Sigma is in no way satisfied with the current state of the set-top box market, and this doesn't refer to the feature set as much as to the actual size of those things, hence the HPAV 8670/2110 reference design.Set-top boxes are one of those multimedia electronics that quite a few people around t... |
22 June 2011
05:21 GMT |
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Toshiba may have recently made a move on the mobile PC market, but this doesn't mean it can't offer an all-in-one system around the same time as well, this being exactly what happened, as shown by a press release.It looks like Toshiba really took the concept of all-in-one PC and went to the logical extreme... |
21 June 2011
09:10 GMT |
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With a certain wireless streaming technology getting steadily more widespread, although it still is in its beginning stages, Belkin figured it may as well offer an adapter specifically designed for it.When enjoying multimedia, one needs not just the content and the broadcast system, or a PC with all the files, but a... |
21 June 2011
08:40 GMT |
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It looks like innovations really is taking all sorts of shapes when it comes to the consumer electronics market, having perhaps assumed its most unusual approach in the hands of pay-TV company DirecTV.There are many things that remote controls can do, especially universal ones that can manage not just a TV, set-top ... |
21 June 2011
08:14 GMT |
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It appears that even Amazon is not immune to the tablet fever, having supposedly decided to release what it calls the Hollywood 10-inch color e-reader, which will probably have all, or at least most, traits expected of a slate, plus a price possibly lower than what tablets go for nowadays.
Amazon has already bene... |
16 June 2011
02:58 GMT |
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By now, one shouldn't be surprised to learn that Intel wants to get its chips inside every possible electronic out there, so the news about a set-top box based on its technology might not come as such a shock.
When it comes to the so-called TV experience, it is easy to see that the quality of the services, a... |
15 June 2011
02:56 GMT |
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Motorola may be mostly known for its activities on the mobile electronics market, but this doesn't mean it doesn't have or doesn't want to have a stake in other areas, such as, in this case, the multimedia segment.When it comes to live streaming of multimedia, especially TV broadcasts, set-top boxes a... |
14 June 2011
07:29 GMT |
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