Intel's Web TV set-top box will use a motion-tracking remote control, it's been confirmed, with the chip firm turning to LG-favorite Hillcrest Labs for the tech. The new Intel Media Server Reference Design (MSRD), set to go on sale in April as the company tries to tempt content providers and OEMs to its Atom CE5300 multimedia chipset, will use Hillcrest's Freespace Motion Engine for navigating menus by waving a remote in mid-air.
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Intel MSRD set-top box detailed: motion-remote and second-screen grunt
TiVo Mini shares the Premiere love whole-home for $100
TiVo has finally launched the TiVo Mini, its compact streaming box that funnels shows from your 4-tuner Premiere to other TVs in the home. Running over either wired ethernet or MoCA networks - with no WiFi option, at least at this stage - the TiVo Mini comes in at $99.99 (with a service fee sting) and basically takes over one of the Premiere's tuners, prioritizing it for another room.
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Sonos PLAYBAR Review
Movie and TV audio for music lovers: that’s how Sonos describes its new PLAYBAR, the first product from the whole-home audio company to tackle sound that comes with moving pictures, rather than audio for its own sake. Speaker-bars aren’t a new concept, but Sonos is aiming to bring some of its near-legendary ease of use to the segment; and, since this is a Sonos speaker after all, it works as a node in your streaming music system too. Perfect extension of the core brand, or a distracting dilution? Read on for the full SlashGear review.
Elon Musk shows off “any song, any time” Easter Egg in Tesla’s Model S
I can't honestly say that I recall the Tesla Model S being an Internet connected vehicle. The Model S is apparently connected to the Internet while in operation. At least that's the idea given by company CEO Elon Musk as he shows off a feature of the Model S to Bloomberg that I've never seen. Musk promises the vehicle will play any song you ask for at any time.
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Wheels on 4G fire: Inside the LTE dash in GM’s connected car
GM’s plans to make 4G LTE standard across its range by 2014 is an ambitious one, even more so when you realize it’s not just a case of slotting a mobile hotspot into the glove compartment and calling it a day. There’s a reason GM chose to announce at a smart mobile-centric show like MWC, infotainment chief Phil Abram told us, rather than at, say, the North American Auto Show or even a more generic tech show like CES. SlashGear sat down in a specially-created concept car to see what GM has in mind for its motorized bubble of connectivity.
Samsung HomeSync Android media box hands-on
Samsung can't help itself, spraying Android over every possible device, and the latest to get the Google treatment is the HomeSync. A media streaming set-top box - though not a Google TV box - the HomeSync is more a way to further integrate Samsung's phones and tablets into your digital life, rather than a standalone gadget in its own right. In fact, your Samsung handset is what controls the whole thing.
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Here’s how Intel’s Web TV viewer-tracking works
Intel's decision to track viewers of its upcoming Web TV service using a camera-equipped set-top-box, tracking living room demographics and better tailoring commercials, left privacy advocates worried, and we've stumbled across a live demo at Mobile World Congress. The proof-of-concept, part of Vodafone's Connected City installation, shows just how the Intel-powered system uses a webcam - mounted above the TV - to identify not only faces but direction of gaze, with real-time statistics that feed into a playlist. Check out a video demo after the cut.
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Cambridge Audio Minx Air 100 Review
Does the world need another AirPlay speaker? Cambridge Audio thinks so, and the new Minx series of streaming media players is the result: the Minx Air 100, on the SlashGear test bench today, and its doubly-powerful Air 200 sibling. It’s not hard to see where Cambridge Audio got their style inspiration from for the Air 100, either: it looks a whole lot like a Sonos PLAY:3, though the functionality is different. Rather than focus on multi-room use, the Air 100 instead positions itself as an individual hub for all gadgets musical, whether that’s AirPlay, Bluetooth, internet radio, or something more old-school. Read on for our full review.
Intel pushes sofa monitoring with Web TV camera plans
Intel’s freshly-revealed Web TV service will use advanced viewer monitoring systems, including a camera integrated into the set-top box to actively watch and identify those in front of the TV, to shape its service, the chip giant has confirmed. While the personalization system will have an optional shutter for those particularly camera-shy, new Intel Media chief Erik Huggers conceded, the on-demand project will nonetheless rely considerably on the viewer-tracking potential, helping advertisers craft more appropriate content and recommending more relevant shows depending on who’s watching what.
A&E offers iPhone users some of its most popular shows for free
If you're a fan of some of the popular shows that A&E as such as Duck Dynasty, Storage Wars and others who happens to own an iPhone you are in luck. A&E has updated its iOS apps this week with new content. The new content brings full-length episodes and movies to iPhone users at no charge.
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Sonos PLAYBAR hands-on: Your TV audio gets clever
Streaming music specialist Sonos has been hinting at home theater expansion for years now, but it’s taken until today for the fruits of that ambition to arrive: the Sonos PLAYBAR, aiming for a spot under your TV. Promising the traditional Sonos ease of setup and use, but with a dual-personality catering both for TV and movie audio, and for music, the PLAYBAR hooks up as another zone in your home entertainment network and packs nine speakers as well as playing nicely with other PLAY models. We caught up with Sonos to find out why the PLAYBAR was special.
WD TV Play wants you to forget your Apple TV, please
Western Digital has outed its latest home media streamer, the WD TV Play, a compact set-top box that packs in Netflix, YouTube, Spotify and more, but also unlocks content on the home network. Seventy bucks gets you DLNA support in addition to the more typical web-based streaming options, meaning if you have a NAS or other shared drive somewhere on your network, stuffed full of music, photos, and video, you can funnel them over to your TV too.
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