Union of Internet with TV.. it's coming!

Smart TVs Expand On-Demand World

By JASON TURBOW

Published: December 2, 2010

“TRANSMISSION BOXES A significant number of Blu-ray players offer Internet connections through nonsmart televisions. By its very existence, of course, a Blu-ray player, which can now be had for less than $100, runs counter to the ethos behind streaming media. The future is not in physical products, but in information delivered seamlessly to the home”

…“What we’re doing here is bringing a Web browser to TV, allowing your TV to access the Internet while you watch shows,” said Salahuddin Choudhary, consumer product manager for Google TV. “This is what I think about when I think about where Internet TV is going.”

This appears to be a solid proposition. By many counts, Google is still working kinks out of its product, and the entire Web-meets-TV experience is not yet all it could be.

Which does not mean it isn’t coming.

“I should be able to watch TV and perform all sorts of activities,” Mr. Choudhary said. “We want you to be able to access any video you want, communicate with your device through speech, stream music, view photos. The sky really is the limit here.”

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TiVo to Offer Boxes That Go Beyond the Recorder

By BRAD STONE

Published: March 2, 2010

"... TiVo said it would soon begin selling a new set-top box, called TiVo Premiere. The new device, more slender than previous hardware from TiVo, will put regular program listings from cable and satellite on the same page as related material from the Web.

Connects to your cable service and replaces your cable box*

Works with cable and digital antenna. Does not work with satellite.

Full HD support (also works with standard-definition TVs)

Smaller, more energy efficient and more powerful than previous TiVo generations

Stay connected

The new TiVo® App for iPad let's you search, browse, discover and share without ever interrupting what you're watching

Schedule recordings remotely on the web or your mobile phone

Transfer recordings to your laptop, iPod, iPhone, PSP, or other mobile device†

Transfer your favorite recorded programs to your computer and burn them onto a DVD disc††"

Review the details

Now this is what we are looking for..beyond the recorder...

Where is our shopping list?

Web to TV: New Gadget With Glitches

Web to TV: New Gadget With Glitches
By DAVID POGUE
Published: December 1, 2010

..internet is your personal tivo


TiVo to Offer Boxes That Go Beyond the Recorder
By BRAD STONE
Published: March 2, 2010



TiVo to Offer Boxes That Go Beyond the Recorder
By BRAD STONE
Published: March 2, 2010


"new set-top box, called TiVo Premiere. The new device, more slender than previous hardware from TiVo, will put regular program listings from cable and satellite on the same page as related material from the Web.
"
The company charges additional monthly fees for the service, starting at $12.95.

'TiVo will sell the new devices on its Web site and through retailers, including Best Buy. RCN, a cable provider on the East Coast, will make TiVo Premiere boxes available to customers in New York City, Boston, Philadelphia and Washington."

Streamng Computer to TV

 September 7, 2010, 4:01 PM

 Streaming Your Entire Computer 

to a Television 

By NICK BILTON "Now Warpia offers a device that plugs 

directly into a laptop and lets you stream everything 

from the computer wirelessly

to a television or computer monitor."

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Also:  Streaming From Laptop to TV, 

Without Tripping Over Wires

NYT Business Day 8/9/10 has an article covering the subject of shows made for Web. An interesting reading. If we cannot view internet on tv maybe someday the tv will be replaced with shows on the web through our desktop. The downside is that my desktop does not contain the viewing area provided by our TV.

Of special note is "The promise of web video has risen and fallen over the last few years. What makes the current round of interest more compelling is the realization in the industry that the web video will not supplant television viewing anytime soon, just complement it."

So be it! But we believe that eventually web video will ultimately trump TV, when consumers catch on that the variety on the web is far greater than programming available through TV channels.

In the interim it may take broad selection of web video to entice the public. Let "complementing" begin!.

At least that is our opinion.

What's the hubbub with Hulu?”

Austin American-Statesman TechMonday section for August 2, 2010 article

“What's the hubbub with Hulu?” is worth reading if you have interests in viewing internet over your TV.

..” TV site's move from free to premium adds more devices, keeps the ads.”

Check out this article which on page B7, “Review: Netflix still arguably the best deal, but Hulu-watching on the go sure to impress”

Watching on the go is ok for some but we prefer watching internet on TV as the choices for standard broadcast channels leaves much to be desired and cannot match the variety found on YouTube or other web sites. We have watched Hulu from our laptops and found better choices than the regular TV lineup

Have a look at the article and see what samsung TV and Blu-Ray players have in common with hulu plus..

We ask, “Why is there lack of interest in viewing internet on TV?”

What do you think?

Chinese may prefer watching internet on TV

Booming Demand for TV on the Internet in China

By DAVID BARBOZA

Published: July 18, 2010

is worth a read to see China's trend for watching television via the internet.

Chinese have a reason to switch but so do we if we really examine the scope of viewing internet movies and news on TV.

In subscribing to Logitech listserve, we received a notice about the "future of TV is coming to your tv" which we have been looking forward to for some time. Read and learn!

Google TV: The Future of TV

and..

Logitech Revue with Google TV,

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About the same time we read in NYT 7/19/10 issue, Booming Demand for TV on the Internet in China." we received e-mail related to Google TV and Logitech hardware.

We can hardly wait until trend of watching internet on TV is recognized in the U.S..

When a country is behind the curve with other countries in cell phones and combination of computer/TV, we may expect the U.S. public to eventually discover the difference in cable tv with watching unlimited number of programs over the internet.

Seems like a no brainer to us!

Google Makes a TV Move

NYT business day article describes merging television with with the web. The article centers on "Google Makes a TV Move"

This article continues to describe ways to view the web on TV.

1. A Net- ready TV.
2. Sony's Blue-ray player.
3. Logitech set top box.

Although the idea of viewing internet sites is not new, in this case Google is behind this effort.

Good Luck Google! May we have the choice this year!

While you visit NYT site, I highly recommend NYT Technology page

Also noted was Google Unveils Google TV With Sony, Logitech, Intel as Partners
ARTICLE DATE: 05.20.10

and at Best Buy there is Google TV around the corner.

simplygoogle TV: