TAIPEI Apple Inc. is working with component suppliers in Asia to test several TV-set designs, people familiar with the situation said, suggesting the U.S. company is moving closer to expanding its offerings for the living room.
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With an elegant, user-friendly interface, unparalleled speed and performance and a broad content line-up, the DivX TV platform is easy to implement and can be supported on virtually any kind of Internet-connected consumer electronics device, including digital televisions, blu-ray players, gaming consoles, pay-tv operators set-top devices, multimedia storage devices, and even mobile phones.
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The Peerless drive, for instance, which uses big cartridges that hold up to 20 gigabytes of data, might be useful for in-car digital audio players or as a removable drive for storing video in a TiVo -like TV set-top box.
Apple updated its poor-selling Apple TV set-top box, iPod Touch music player and the iPhone, and built out Apple's lineup of notebook computers with a new, lightweight laptop.
The software will be used in non-PC devices like TV set-top boxes, digital cameras and DVD players.
In 2011, Logitech announced that it experienced more returns than sales for its Google TV-based set top box, the Logitech Revue.
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Since the iPhone and iPad can wirelessly stream content to a TV attached to an Apple TV set-top box, why not extend this capability, muses Barclays analyst Ben Reitzes.
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The fight over a precious piece of turf in the Digital Age -- the top of an American tv set -- is about to get a lot rougher.
"Digital TV uses the same picture quality as a current TV set - it's just the receiver that will be different, " said Which? in its April report.
With it, the console's touch-screen GamePad controller becomes a remote control for your TV and set-top box.
To do this, you will need an ATSC tuner (ether built-in to the TV or a set-top box style) and an antenna.
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Samsung also announced that it would make a Google TV set and a set-top box, both of which can run Adobe's software but not Hulu's.
The problem is the other half, Motorola Mobility, a maker of mobile phones and TV set-top boxes.
Gabe Gagliano predicts a March reboot of the Apple TV box-top set.
By the end of the first quarter, Apple is expected to release the next iteration of its Apple TV set-top box.
Chambers insisted the overall video business was "gaining momentum, " yet sales of Cisco's TV set-top boxes were off 29% from a year before.
That process is already possible through its Apple TV set-top box, but it is cumbersome and some media companies, such as Time Warner Inc.
Meanwhile, the Apple TV set-top box and widescreen iPod Touch have begun nibbling at the edges of the television market, long dominated by Japanese brands.
For remote controls and game controllers, this enables the MotionEngine to run on the controller, on a USB dongle, or directly on a TV or set-top box system-on-a-chip (SoC).
Like the TV set-top box, phone launches in Hong Kong and Taiwan have been in the pipeline for months, suggesting that Xiaomi is fairly cautious, or possibly overstretched.
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As I noted earlier, Apple (AAPL) this morning said that this week it will top the 1 million unit mark for sales of its new generation Apple TV set-top box.
Another person familiar with the talks said the types of new services Apple and the media companies are discussing could be done with Apple's existing technologies, which include its Apple TV set-top box.
Hence, MII will certainly lobby China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom (the three Chinese mobile carriers) to push handset suppliers like Lenovo and Huawei (plus other OEMs for new tablets, auto apps, TV set-top boxes) to adopt new Chinese mobile platforms.
You know, it's easy, after a hard day's work, to just put your kid in front of the TV set -- you're tired, don't want to fuss with them -- instead of reading to them, but that's a sacrifice we must joyfully accept.
Rear-seat passengers can watch high-resolution TV monitors set into the seatbacks facing them, as they relax in airline-style recliner seats.
In April, the company expanded its product line by adding Xiaomi TV, a set-top box similar to Apple TV.
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For the first time ever, U-verse TV customers have the flexibility to set up their TV virtually wherever they want it - anywhere, in any room, on any wall.
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In the future, we'll all be able to surf and shop on the Web via television-but where will the interactive technology reside: in the set-top box or in the TV set itself?
With a stunning 8-inch screen, the RCA Mobile TV Tablet is both a portable TV set and a fully functional high-definition Android touchscreen tablet with Wi-Fi, dual cameras, and GPS functionality.
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Say you want to just sit right in front of your TV and use your set-top-box (STB) to play games on your TV.
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