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A Litl Settop Box

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A Litl Settop Box

Litl plans to take on Google and Apple's TV offerings with its internet-TV settop box

With a planned early 2011 launch, it carries the same Linux-based OS as litl's Webbook (a device whose key feature is literally bending backwards).

The OS supports Adobe Flash 10.1, and its SDK was released at this year's Flash and the City developers' conference.

Few details are out-- the box comes with a touchscreen remote allowing multitouch gesture control. It has HDMI and composite-out connections as well Continue reading...

WHDI Streaming Through a Stick

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WHDI Streaming Through a Stick

Amimon reveals its WHDI Stick pair, a small HD transmitter and a receiver. Once the transmitter is plugged into the PC, it transmits to either receiver (plugged into TV's HDMI port) or to any WHDI enabled set.

Amimon says the device is the smallest WHDI compliant product to date.

WHDI security and HDCP 2.0 copy protection allow users to stream copy-protected content from their PCs,in uncompressed 1080p/60Hz HD with less than 1 millisecond latency.

The stick will hit the market in 2011.

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Eminent iTRIO for Wireless HD TV

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 Eminent iTRIO for Wireless HD TV

Eminent's wireless HD sender EM7100 iTRIO connects devices like a Blu-ray player or HD media player to the TV at full HD image quality up to 1080p.

The kit does more than simply replace an HDMI cable, though.

The transmitter has two HDMI ports, plus Scart and VGA inputs. It means you can connect four devices and use the credit card-style remote to switch between them. A VGA to component adaptor is bundled, so you can connect devices that use this standard such as older Xbox 360 consoles and Continue reading...

20% of TVs in Europe Will be Net-Ready

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20% of TVs in Europe Will be Net-Ready

More than 20% of flat panel TVs shipped in Europe this year will be able to connect to the internet, says Futuresource Consulting.

By the end of 2010, the installed base of connected TVs will increase to 15 million devices, nearly 10% of the total number of flat panel TVs in use.

The next step for manufacturers, says Futuresource, will be to add more compelling video services, including paid-for movie streaming that will create revenue-sharing opportunities with content owners, aggregators Continue reading...

Significant Coaxial Cable-based Home Networks

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The Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) announces the results of a study into coaxial infrastructure in homes in the UK, France, Netherlands and Poland: there is a significant addressable market for coaxial cable-based home networking in these countries.
Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA)Results from the UK and France were very similar, with 56% and 55%, respectively, of respondents stating they had two or more coaxial outlets in their home, while more than a quarter of respondents in both countries indicated they have three or more.

In Poland, the results were even stronger, with 71% of respondents stating that they have two or more coaxial outlets and 36 per cent having three or more. The Netherlands recorded 45 per cent of households as having two or more outlets and 15 per cent having three or more. The four countries were chosen because of their competitive pay-TV environments, increasing penetration of HDTVs and DVRs, number of TVs per household and the high daily TV viewing hours.

"This survey helps us gain an understanding of the potential for MoCA," said Charles Cerino, President of MoCA. "The high percentage of homes having two or more coaxial outlets in these countries means that there is a significant addressable market opportunity for service providers wanting to offer advanced high bandwidth services with high reliability and without adding any new wires."

"The picture we get in the countries surveyed is that there are more outlets per home than had been presumed by the industry and that many consumers are willing to add extra coax drops as needed to enable a better TV experience throughout their home." says Stephen Froehlich, Senior Analyst, Consumer Electronics at IMS Research, who oversaw the research.

The online survey was carried out by IMS Research in February 2010 targeting respondents in the UK, France, The Netherlands and Poland. The sample size was statistically significant at 95% confidence level. These results cannot be extrapolated across other parts of Europe, and that additional research is needed.

MoCA is willing to work with operators in Europe that may be interested in replicating this study in their footprint.

Soon It’s All About TV

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Soon It’s All About TV

NY Times reports Google and Intel will team up with Sony to develop Google TV to bring the web into the living room through next gen TVs and set-top boxes.

Think social networks and other apps for smartphones that could be brought to television through the use of Android.

Based on Android, Google has allegedly built a prototype STB that runs on Intel’s Atom, but the technology may be incorporated directly into TVs or other devices.

The three companies have already named Logitech to make peripheral Continue reading...

Why Apple Will Enter the TV Market

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Why Apple Will Enter the TV Market

Wall Street market analyst Piper Jaffray wrote a report saying the next market for Apple should be the $31 billion TV market.

As TVs become fully IP connected in the next 2-4 years, they think Apple is well-positioned. With its 100,000+ applications, powerful user interfaces, and design skills, could Apple do for TV what it did for MP3 players and cellphones?

The larger perspective is that all makers are migrating across all devices and the TV is the Mt. Everest of devices, the big peak to Continue reading...

Marvell Introduces Plug Computing

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Marvell Introduces Plug Computing

At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Marvell showed a Plug Computer small enough to plug directly into a wall socket, designed to draw so little power that it can be left on all of the time. Unlike other embedded devices in the home, it contains a GHertz class processor.

 

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Cisco to Launch Home Stereo at CES, Really

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With sales direct to consumers at only 2% of Cisco’s $40 billion business, Cisco wants to add yet another box or two to the home network. Cisco will introduce at CES a line of home entertainment products, including its own wireless digital stereo.

The appeal of the residential market is obvious. HP has updated its MediaSmart Server, a home network appliance for data distribution and backup, and something similar is may be coming from Apple.

Cisco, rich with $27 billion in cash in a recession, Continue reading...

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