There are plenty of TV sets that come with apps that let you stream media from Netflix, Pandora, and other online media sites. Some even come with Google TV built-in. But LG is planning something a bit different for its next smart TV. LG is reportedly getting ready to showcase its first television powered by […]
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WebOS comeback: LG to showcase webOS TVs at CES 2014
No company has offered a new device designed to run webOS since HPÂ discontinued its webOS phones and tablets in 2011. But now LG is getting ready to introduce the first new devices in years that run the operating system originally developed by Palm. LG acquired the remnants of webOS from HP earlier this year, and […]
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Vizio Co-Star LT is an $80 internet media streaming box
The Vizo Co-Star LTÂ is an $80 box that you can plug into your TV to stream movies, TV shows, music and other internet content to your TV. It supports dozens of apps including Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Instant VIdeo, YouTube, Vudu, and iHeart Radio. In other words it’s a lot like the original Vizio Co-Star, […]
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Sceptre makes TVs smarter, louder with Android-powered SoundBar SB301524W
There are plenty of cheap Android boxes that let you run apps, surf the web, and stream internet video on a TV. But most tend to use HDMI output for the audio, which means they pretty much use your TV’s speakers for sound. Spectre has another solution: They’ve basically built an Android 4.0 mini PC […]
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webOS isn’t (entirely) dead… LG’s buying it to use for smart TVs
About 18 months after HP pulled the plug on all of its phones and tablets running webOS, it looks like the operating system might have found a new home. HP has spent much of the last year converting webOS into an open source project and ostensibly looking for partners that might license it for use […]
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Samsung Evolution Kit will turn last year’s Smart TVs into this year’s models
Samsung’s upcoming “Evolution Kit” that you can plug into the back of a 2012 model Samsung Smart TV to effectively turn it into a 2013 model. The kit features CPU and graphics upgrades which should improve performance of apps, web browsing, and other activities. In other words, the Kit sounds an awful lot like the […]
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LG could launch a smart TV powered by Open webOS
Now that HP has released an open source version of the webOS operating system, it’s available for pretty much anyone to mold to fit their needs. So far that’s mostly meant that we’ve seen independent developers port the operating system to run on Android phones and tablets. But Korean electronics giant LG could be planning […]
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Equiso Smart TV: $69 Android powered PC-on-a-stick
A company called Equiso is throwing its hat in the Android-powered Smart TV/mini PC space. Equiso is running a Kickstarter campaign to raise at least $100,000 to produce and distribute a device it calls the Equiso Smart TV. If you pledge $69 you get a little stick-sized device that looks like a USB flash drive. […]