Samsung’s New Connected TVs to Stream Live Content to Galaxy Tabs and Smartphones

By keith, on February 25th, 2011%

Samsung reportedly told Pocket-lint that owners of its latest Smart TVs will be able to stream live TV shows to a compatible tablet or mobile phone. Both the newly announced Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Samsung Galaxy S II will be able to make use of the televisions’ second tuner, effectively turning them into second sets to watch around the home

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Presenting at SmartTV Global Summit 2010 in Seoul

By keith, on November 11th, 2010%

I’ll be presenting “Future of TV-based Entertainment” at the SmartTV Global Summit 2010 next week.

For many years, the broadcasters determined what content was available and when on the TV. The last few years has seen an explosion of alternate sources of entertainment — IPTV that enables virtually an unlimited number of “channels” and whole-home DVR, personal content, on-line content, social networking, video calls, etc. The downside was that accessing all these capabilities required moving between the TV (with multiple set-top boxes) and the computer. Today, the industry is rapidly enabling the easy access of all the different kinds of content and features through the TV, along with new, innovative ways to find what you are looking for.

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Aurora Preps Box to Block Hollywood’s Pirates

By keith, on September 29th, 2010%

Aurora CineStreem has taken aim at DVD screener pirates with what the company calls a “Aurora CineStreem Professional Set-Top Box,” a small set-top powered by Sigma Designs SMP8652 with five layers of encryption to prevent pirates ripping the encrypted content – which isn’t stored on a physical disk, but streamed in an encrypted format from a remote server.

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HDI Dune Announces Four New Media Players and Home Automation Technology

By keith, on September 23rd, 2010%

HDI Dune unveils HDI Dune Pro, Dune HD Max, Dune HD Smart, and Dune HD Lite 53D for North American Market, featuring upgrade options for comprehensive home automation and control. They use the Sigma Designs SMP8642 and SMP8653 media processors and Z-Wave for the home control technology, starting a trend of home control features being included in all kinds of CE equipment.

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HDI Dune Blu-ray Player with Home Control Features

By keith, on September 3rd, 2010%

HDI Dune announced HDI Dune Pro, the company’s new upscale high-definition media center and the first product to feature HDI Dune Home Technology—a Connected Home Services platform, developed in conjunction with 4Home, that allows home monitoring, media management, and control of all networked cameras, thermostats, lights, etc. from the television.

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