Browsing the web using your jumbo LCD TV is a favorite way to incorporate the Internet into your living room couch these days as well as streaming videos easily snapped up and updating your Facebook account while lying down sideways. Users now want regular programming with that kind of searching power and connectivity to the internet. This is usually done by connecting a computer to the LCD TV and using a wireless mouse and keyboard.
Since Google announced the Google TV platform last May 20, 2010, it has been an anticipated event when the whole Internet-in-your-living-room idea gets streamlined.
Google TV is available with the upcoming Sony Internet TV and to be released in Logitech Revue set top boxes. These will act as the computers with Google TV as the OS. For peripherals, you’ll be able to use your smartphone to control everything. This will be available to both Android and iOS users through a dedicated app.
An exciting development for Google TV is Logitech’s new product offering of HD conferencing aside from the already available Logitech C910 webcam that was recently granted SkypeHD compatibility. Back-to-the-Future style video calls in HD through your TV, Webcam, and smartphone just got real.
Here’s a very simplified explanation of how Google TV works:
With the web literally under your fingertips, Idiot boxes are getting over-tech upgrades.
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