TV Gadgets & Equipment

TV Gadgets & Equipment

Google Launches Chromecast, a $35 Dongle That Streams Content From Mobile To TV

Google recently unveiled Chromecast, a $35 dongle that is able to stream content from mobile devices to your television. This is...
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Hulu Plus & Netflix Now On Nintendo Wii U | GamePad Offers Second Screen Experience

Nintendo launched the Wii U, its new home games console, in North America on Sunday (Nov. 18). Netflix and Hulu Plus...
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TV More Popular Than PC For Watching Online Video | Smart Sets, Set-Top Boxes Take Over

Online video has grown rapidly in popularity over the last few years, going from something only tech-savvy geeks knew about to...
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YouView Misses London 2012 Olympics | BT Vision CEO Claims Delays Are “No Big Deal”

YouView has been delayed once more, and this latest missed target means the set-top box and related platform won’t be out...
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YouView Begins Public Trials In Selected Homes | BBC-Led Internet Set-Top Box Almost Ready

YouView is almost ready to be launched onto the public, a public that is unlikely to have even ever heard of...
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New Apple TV Rumors Abound – Foxconn Preparing To Manufacture Apple Television Set

If you believe the old adage that there is no smoke without first then the it’s a case of when rather...
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New Apple TV Unveiled Alongside New iPad 3 | Not Much Has Changed, Except The Marketing

It looks exactly the same, it does pretty much the same things as it did before, and even under the hood...
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Comcast Unveils Streampix – A New Streaming Video Subscription Service For Cable Customers

The U.S. cable companies really don’t get it, do they. Their business is facing the biggest threat since it began, with...
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Boxee Desktop Client Is No More As Boxee Tries To Tempt Us All Into Buying Boxee Box Instead

In a sign of things to come, Boxee has killed its desktop app in order to throw all its time, effort,...
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Netflix Lands In The UK & Ireland To Do Battle With Lovefilm | Will Either Actually Succeed?

After years of speculation and months of planning, Netflix has finally landed in Europe, launching in the U.K. and Ireland at...
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Roku Streaming Stick Brings Web Video Content To Both Dumb and Smart TVs With MHL Ports

Roku sees a future when we will all have a Roku Streaming Stick plugged into the back of our televisions. It...
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Supply Chain Sources Suggest Multiple Apple Television Sets (iTV) Will Arrive In 2012

Another day, another set of Apple television set rumors. 2012 is either going to be the year Apple finally unveils its...
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Apple TV Plans Revealed, Rumor By Rumor

It’s well known that Apple has been planning to develop a television set for some time now. Or at least it...
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Will Google TV Ultimately Win The Battle Of The Set-Top Boxes Or Is Eric Schmidt Wrong?

Google TV hasn’t yet been the joyous disruptor of big media and cable it was hyped up to be. But then...
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New Xbox Live Upgrade Brings TV and Movies Galore To Xbox 360 As Microsoft Eyes Future

If you have your Xbox 360 hooked up to the Internet, and why wouldn’t you, quite frankly, then it will update...
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U.S. TV Shows Arrive On PS3 PSN In The U.K. But Pricing, Range Of Content Is Still An Issue

British PS3 owners can now enjoy a range of U.S. television shows that have been added to the U.K. PSN Store....
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Roku Heading For U.K. and Canada In 2012 | Low-Cost Streaming Set-Top Boxes On Way

Roku is heading international, with its set-top boxes becoming available to buy outside of the U.S. for the first time in...
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Sony Considering Internet TV Offering To Rival Cable, But Will Media Companies Take The Bait

They way we consume media, be it television, movies, music, games, or news is changing. Rapidly. All thanks to the Internet....
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Logitech Bails On Google TV, Cites Failure Of Revue Set-Top Box As Reason For Profit Drop

Google TV is still waiting in the wings trying to find its market. Google will hang in there waiting for consumers...
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Games Consoles Most Popular Platform For Online Video Viewing On Television Sets In U.S.

In the U.S., and probably elsewhere in the world in the territories where gaming is popular, games consoles are the primary...
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Steve Jobs Eyeing Apple Television Set Before Death | Integrated iCloud Apple TV Possible

Steve Jobs revealed some vague future plans for Apple before he passed away from pancreatic cancer earlier this month. Including a...
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Xbox 360 Becomes Cable Box As Microsoft Turns Its Games Console Into An Entertainment Hub

Microsoft wants the Xbox 360 to be the only set-top box you need to have sat next to your TV. And...
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New Kindle Fire Tablet Will Do Wonders For Amazon Instant Video And Content Consumption

With the unveiling of its first tablet, the Kindle Fire, Amazon has done more than just deal a serious blow to...
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Google TV Coming To The U.K. As Eric Schmidt Promises More Partners, Brighter U.S. Future

Google TV isn’t going to be one of those many products or services Google kills off quietly after a failed trial....
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Rumor: Microsoft Planning Xbox Live Diamond Subcription Television Service At E3 Expo 2011

Microsoft could be about to announce a new IPTV service specifically for Xbox 360 owners. Named Xbox LIVE Diamond it sounds...
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Google TV UI Update For Android 3.1 Unveiled At Google I/O, Android Market Apps Included

Google TV 2.0 is well on its way. And the first screenshots of the improved user interface and the Android Market...
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Google TV 2.0 On Way | What Needs To Change?

It looks like Google is preparing to revamp and reboot Google TV. And it’s really no surprise as v1.0 hasn’t managed...
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Dish and EchoStar Settle With TiVo, Agree To Pay $500 Million To Cover All Patent Litigation

A case which has been running since all the way back in 2004, when the television business looked very different than...
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Roku Box Now Available At Retail | Best Buy Stocking Roku XD With Netflix, Hulu Plus Etc.

Roku may not have the name or advertising budget of the likes of Apple or Google, but it has a good...
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BSkyB Hates YouView / BSkyB Loves YouView

Well here’s a turn up for the books. BSkyB, one of the BBC fiercest critics and a former protester against YouView,...
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