Archive for the ‘Smart TV’ Category
AMD SurRoundhouse Concept: Future Cure for the CE Industry Woes?
For a run of at least 30 years, the “classic” consumer electronics industry successfully transitioned from one technology to another. TVs are a good example. TVs went from big color tubes to rear projection to flat panels and HD projection …
Why do Products like the Google Nexus Q Launch?
At Google’s I/O developer conference in June, Google boldly announced the Nexus Q, a $299 streaming music sphere. Last week, Google stopped selling the Nexus Q and cancelled all consumer pre-orders, saying buyers would get the unit for free. It appeared …
NVIDIA GeForce Grid: Killing off Game Consoles?
Yesterday, NVIDIA launched VGX and the GeForce Grid, which, among many things, could render future game consoles obsolete. This may sound very far-fetched right now, but as I dig into the details of the capability of the …
How the Apple iTV is Accelerated by Samsung
(originally published at Forbes)
Back in September, I wrote an analysis on why Apple should build an HDTV. The premise was that there are huge experiential issues Apple could solve and they could strike a deal with the MSO’s and satellite companies. That was …
How Sony can beat Samsung and LG on Smart TV Interfaces
As I wrote last week, Samsung and LG are following Microsoft’s lead in future interfaces for the living room. Both Samsung and LG showed off future voice control and in Samsung’s case, far-field air gestures. Given what Samsung and LG …
Samsung & LG Validate Microsoft’s Living Room Interaction Model
Microsoft launched Kinect back in November 2010 in a move to change the man-to-machine interface between the consumer to their living room content. While incredibly risky, the gamble paid off in the fastest selling consumer device, ever. I saw the …
Voice Control Will Disrupt Living Room Electronics
In what seems to be a routine in high-tech journalism and social media now is to speculate on what Apple will do next. The latest and greatest rumor is that Apple will develop an HDTV set. I wrote back in …
Why Apple Should Build a TV
While I don’t believe it, to many, it appears that Apple has already won the smartphone and tablet wars, so the next logical conclusion is “what’s next”. Many articles about the Apple in the TV business rumors (not to be …
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