Category: TV

Google TV

Google Introduces Android TV, Its New Platform For Smart TV Apps And Navigation

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Ryan Lawler Google has spent many years trying to find its way onto the biggest screen in the house. Today at its I/O developer conference, the the company introduced yet another product that it hopes will accomplish that goal — a new Android TV operating system. Contrary to reports, Android TV isn’t a set-top box like Apple TV or Amazon Fire TV, but a software system that will be embedded into the smart…

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Android TV

Exclusive: this is Android TV

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As reported on The Verge. By Sean Hollister Google’s plans for the living room come into focus with a simple TV interface, apps, and games Every so often, some enterprising computer company will claim they’ve finally fixed the TV. They’ll talk about how they’ve turned a dumb terminal into a smart computing platform that extends your work and play to a gigantic screen. Then, we’ll watch as the idea flops because they fail to line up…

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Hardware Dev TV

Verizon FiOS Media Server arrives as Quantum TV DVR that records up to 12 channels at once

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As reported on Engadget. BY RICHARD LAWLER We double checked the calendar too, but no, it’s not an April Fools joke — Verizon’sFIOS Media Server is finally available in a few areas as a part of the new Quantum TV package. The VMS1100 upgrades the standard cable boxes used by Verizon and other providers by shoving six tuners and a 1TB hard drive into a box that then feeds TV to other smaller set-top boxes in the…

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TV

Millennials are watching video on tablets and computers more than TVs

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As reported on Engadget. BY EMILY PRICE Apparently kids these days prefer to watch shows and movies on things other than a TV. According to a new study by Deloitte, 56 percent of “training millennials” (people ages 14-24) are tuning in to their favorite shows on computers, smartphones, tablets and gaming devices rather than a television. The majority, 32 percent, are watching on their computers, while just 7 percent are keeping up with the Kardashians on their…

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Apple TV

Latest Apple TV rumors have it teaming up with Comcast for streaming

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As reported on Engadget. BY RICHARD LAWLER Rumors Apple will launch a new TV-connected device/service seemingly never die, and now the Wall Street Journal reports it’s in talks with Comcast (and that rumored discussions with Time Warner Cable over a “Project Jupiter” team-up stalled when TWC became a takeover target). With interesting timing, the rumors focus on an aspect of the deal that would give Apple’s device(s) streaming of live TV and cloud DVR recordings over a “managed connection”…

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Retail Sales TV

Sharp’s near-4K TVs are now available, starting at $2,500

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As reported on Engadget. BY EDGAR ALVAREZ Even though CES 2014 is long gone, some of the stuff announced there is just now starting to become available for purchase. Case in point: Sharp’s Quattron+ lineup, a series of 2014 AQUOS televisions featuring the latest and greatest, including a revamped SmartCentral platform. But that’s not what’s interesting here. Instead, it’s the Quattron+ technology, one that Sharp describes as being able to “accept a 4K signal and play it back at near-4K resolution, with an effective…

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TV

Flatscreen Looking Funny? Adjust These Settings Right Now

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As reported on Wired. BY TIM MOYNIHAN Photos by Jim Merithew/WIRED   You should be able to buy a new TV, plug it in, hook up a cable box, and be good to go. But no. Sometimes the settings get in the way. And these days, there are so many settings. If you don’t want to go through the sometimes-taxing process of calibrating your TV like a pro, you can still make a few quick adjustments…

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Entertainment TV

First trailer for new ‘Game of Thrones’ season promises more bloodshed

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As reported on The Verge. By Kwame Opam Last season of HBO’s Game of Thrones ended with a bang, but, as Jaime Lannister says, the war isn’t won yet. In the first trailer for the fourth season, the fighting continues and Westeros is plunged further into darkness. We’ll be watching when the season starts on April 6th.  

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H&M Super Bowl commercial will let you buy Beckham’s clothes through your Samsung TV

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As reported on The Verge. By Rich McCormick American owners of Samsung Smart TVs will be able to use their TV remotes to buy David Beckham’s clothes during the Super Bowl. Clothing retailer H&M will run a 30-second commercial for the soccer star’s Bodywear spring collection during FOX’s telecast of Super Bowl XLVIII, in which viewers with compatible TVs will be able to purchase items through their television using a “t-commerce platform.” That platform is provided by Delivery…

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Entertainment TV

Hundreds of ‘Breaking Bad’ props, including Walter White’s Aztek, are now on sale

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As reported on The Verge. By Aaron Souppouris How much would you pay for a piece of TV history? As the final episode of Breaking Bad draws ever closer, Sony Pictures has put hundreds of props from the show on auction. Bids start at $10 for trinkets like Jesse Pinkman’s DEA mug, all the way up to $5,000 for Hector Salamanca’s wheelchair, but expect the winning bids on the items to be far, far higher. After perusing the props…

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