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DISH Bolsters Senior Leadership Team
07 March 2013 5:30 PM | No CommentsENGLEWOOD, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–To address its strategic imperative to enhance the overall customer experience, DISH (NASDAQ: DISH) – one of the nation’s leading pay-TV providers – today announced two key executive changes....
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Introducing Roku 3: the Fastest, Most Powerful Roku Player to Date
06 March 2013 8:00 AM | No CommentsSARATOGA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today Roku® is making it easier and quicker than ever to access more than 750 channels of the best movies, TV shows, sports, music and games with the new...
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Skyworks Expands Suite of 802.11ac Solutions
28 February 2013 7:00 AM | No CommentsBARCELONA, Spain–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: SWKS), an innovator of high performance analog semiconductors enabling a broad range of end markets, today expanded its wireless portfolio with the introduction of highly...
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Analogix Releases Single-Cable SlimPort HDTV Connector
25 February 2013 2:04 PM | No CommentsSANTA CLARA, Calif. & BARCELONA, Spain–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mobile World Congress 2013 — Analogix Semiconductor®, a leader in DisplayPort-based interconnect devices, has just added a SlimPort HDTV cable to their feature line of...
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Shifting up to 15% of TV Ad Spend to Online Builds More Effective Reach at a Lower Cost, According to New Research from IAB
25 February 2013 10:00 AM | No CommentsPHOENIX–(BUSINESS WIRE)–With brand marketers always looking to get the most out of their advertising budgets, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) today released “A Comprehensive...
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SetTopBox Archive
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Kinect tech destined for TV-embedded greatness in 2011, HTPC integration later this year
Posted on June 23, 2010 | No CommentsFrom Tel Aviv unknown to Xbox gaming wunderkind, PrimeSense has already had quite a run, but the camera-control tech that powers Kinect is destined for new applications before long. VP Adi Berenson tells us the company's already signed deals to put PrimeSense inside HTPCs by the end of the year, and has at least one cable company ready to launch a gesture-controlled set top box by summer 2011. The end goal is to provide natural human control over TV-based media consumption, said Berenson, who's working to get cameras in TVs themselves sometime late next year.
Like Kinect, these solutions will have a pair of 640 x 480 camera sensors to measure user position in 3D space, but don't expect them to have motorized tilt functionality or voice recognition -- PrimeSense said it won't be able to make those available for manufacturers, as they're all Microsoft ideas. The gesture recognition has reportedly evolved, though, and we're eager to check that out soon. See what it used to look like in our GDC 2010 preview.Kinect tech destined for TV-embedded greatness in 2011, HTPC integration later this year originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Jun 2010 03:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Marshal’s new media drive is no laughing matter, plays Blu-ray and DVD ISOs
Posted on June 22, 2010 | No CommentsYes, it's just a hard drive that plays 1080p content, but this one can connect to your PS3; according to some machine translated Japanese, Marshal's new "Media Joker" can also act as an external hard drive for your Sony game console or a Toshiba REGZA TV. While you won't be able to install games on the up-to-2TB hard drive that you'll provide yourself, the black box can notably play Blu-ray ISOs -- though that, the company carefully cautions, will surely void your warranty. The case admirably provides most all ports you could want, including component, composite, both flavors of S/PDIF, HDMI 1.3, LAN, an SD card slot and a pair of USB sockets, and supports a host of audiovisual formats, the full list available at the more coverage link. Find it retailing for ¥16,800 (about $184) this Saturday in some neon-lit corner of Japan.
Marshal's new media drive is no laughing matter, plays Blu-ray and DVD ISOs originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Western Digital announces WD TV Live Plus HD with Netflix streaming
Posted on June 9, 2010 | No Comments
We have even more news from Western Digital regarding its WD TV line (and this time around it doesn't involve bricking your set-top box with a firmware update). Besides the usual suspects (including Pandora, Live365, and YouTube), the WD TV Live Plus HD is shipping with Netflix. Get ready to browse titles, manage your Instant Queue, and stream your favorite episodes of Degrassi: The Next Generation on your HDTV -- in addition to accessing your sizable collection of legally purchased digital media via the device's USB connection and / or Windows 7 "Play To" functionality. Available now for $150. PR after the break.Continue reading Western Digital announces WD TV Live Plus HD with Netflix streaming
Western Digital announces WD TV Live Plus HD with Netflix streaming originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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DirecTV software update locks up HD DVRs nationwide — Update: Fixed
Posted on June 8, 2010 | No Commentsdigg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/DirecTV_software_update_locks_up_HD_DVRs_nationwide'; It looks like one of DirecTV's astronauts had more trouble flipping switches than their DISH counterparts, after a software or guide data update last night knocked out HD DVRs all over -- and not for the first time. Currently the only advice needed to get back in working order is to reset the box twice (there's a red button on the front, underneath the flap) within a thirty minute period (the official website indicates you can wait as little as 15 seconds between resets) and all should be well, but good luck getting through to customer service to get that message right now. Countdown to an apology starts... now.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Update: According to DirecTV's website, a "transmission glitch" was to blame and it has automatically reset affected receivers from its end, so no further red button pushing should be necessary. [Thanks, Blake!]Continue reading DirecTV software update locks up HD DVRs nationwide -- Update: Fixed
DirecTV software update locks up HD DVRs nationwide -- Update: Fixed originally appeared on Engadget HD on Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Steve Jobs on TV: ‘no one wants to buy a box’
Posted on June 1, 2010 | No Commentsdigg_url = 'http://digg.com/gadgets/Steve_Jobs_on_TV_no_one_wants_to_buy_a_box_Engadget'; Well isn't that a breath of fresh air. With no apologies given to its long-standing policy, Apple CEO Steve Jobs provided a pretty honest and thorough assessment of what's wrong with the TV set-top box market. "No one wants to buy a box -- ask TiVo, ask Roku, ask us... ask Google in a few months" (in the spirit of competition, of course). In Jobs' opinion, "the only way that's going to change is if you tear up the [box], give it a new UI, and get it in front of consumers in a way they're going to want it." Frankly, we're pretty happy how quick and succinct he was able to respond in a Q &A session, seems like he's been mulling it over -- and given what we heard about Apple TV's future plans, we're not surprised. All the pertinent quotes, care of our liveblog, after the break.
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Steve Jobs on TV: 'no one wants to buy a box' originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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