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Google recently unveiled Chromecast, which looks like it could really shake up the internet TV market or even the wider TV broadcasting market
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmpOis2UEJg
Chromecast is a little dongle with an associated app that will wirelessly stream media from phones, tablets and PCs to any TV with an HDMI port. That means you can watch Netflix or YouTube videos on your TV while controlling the action with your phone/tablet/PC (and you can even switch between different devices midway through). All for $35 too. Looks great to us and such a better direction than Google TV.
We wrote about Google TV here on our blog 3 years ago and it’s interesting looking back at our opinions then and what has transpired since (particularly the failure of Google TV to take off). (more…)
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You may have heard about Google’s latest venture in its quest for world domination – Google TV.
If you haven’t, check out Google’s introduction. It integrates the web and TV programmes on your television using an interface that looks suspiciously like the old Windows Media Centre.
It got me thinking about how home entertainment is going to look in the not-too-distant future. Are we really going to gather round our all-singing all-dancing televisions to watch TV-on-demand and the best the web has to offer? Read the full article
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