Amazon on Wednesday launched its long-awaited set-top box. Called Fire TV, the new device boasts more powerful hardware than its current competition, includes Amazon features like X-Ray and FreeTime, and supports Bluetooth game controllers, turning it into a powerful Android game console.
After years of rumors, Amazon is set to announce its own living room streaming device next week in New York. The device is expected to support video streaming from the company’s own Instant Video library and third party services and may even feature a Bluetooth controller for Android games.
HTPC firm Ceton turned heads earlier this year with the release of the first consumer-targeted, network-based, 6-tuner CableCARD device, the InfiniTV 6 ETH. In our review, we noted that the InfiniTV 6 ETH offered great flexibility, allowing whole households to simultaneously watch live and recorded television without reasonable fear of running into tuner limits. Now the company is out with an update to its PCI Express-based line, the InfiniTV 6 PCIe. This new model provides users with the same 6-tuner
2013 is quickly turning out to be the “year of 4K.” The ultra-high-resolution displays started the year priced in the tens of thousands of dollars but a series of developments have quickly redefined the market at a drastically lower price point. Now, Chinese electronics firm TCL is set to lower the 4K cost of entry again with the release of a 50-inch 4K TV for only $999. 4K (or “Ultra HD”) TVs and displays feature four times as many pixels
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After announcing it in June, budget television manufacturer Seiki has released its highly-affordable 39-inch 4K TV and the fine folks at PC Perspective have a first-look hands-on video. The 39-inch 16:9 panel carries a retail price of $699 and sports a resolution of 3840-by-2160. It features HDMI, VGA, and component input, along with analog audio ports for both input and output. You’ll need to use HDMI or Component for 4K, but all inputs also support lower resolutions such as 1080p
“Introducing 4K2K for Everyone.” That’s the line that Los Angeles-based value electronics manufacturer Seiki uses to market its new series of 4K resolution televisions. The company made headlines in April when it released a 50-inch 4K TV for about $1,400, less than a third of the cost of 4K products from competing manufacturers. Now Seiki hopes to attract an even larger audience with the announcement of a 39-inch 4K display for $699. “4K” refers to the resolution of the display,
As a growing number of consumers view content online, one of the biggest challenges facing the television industry is finding a reliable and universal method to measure this digital viewership. According to The Wall Street Journal, ratings giant Nielsen thinks it has the solution. The firm is expected to announce Tuesday that it is testing a new tool to measure online video streaming with help from several major networks, including NBC, FOX, ABC, Univision, Discovery, and A&E. The tool, called