Don’t Like What’s on TV? This Set Will Find Something on the PC

The NY Times ^ | August 24, 2006 | JOHN BIGGS

[summer]

Hewlett-Packard’s latest high-definition TV has a few tricks up its sleeve. The MediaSmart looks like a standard 37-inch liquid-crystal-display set, but is actually a multimedia hub with wireless connectivity for streaming videos and photos from a PC...

[summer]

I bet all television sets will someday be like this...

[summer]

FYI.

[stainlessbanner]

Connects to a Windows PC? Streams video and photos from a PC - nothing new here.

[summer]

Hi definition tv's are all like this now? I don't think so.

[summer]

But maybe I'm wrong!

[aft_lizard]

SO where are the wireless integrated hi definition TV's? I think you are confusing DVI and VGA hookups for what this TV can do.

[aft_lizard]

You arent wrong.

[BigSkyFreeper]

My HDTV LCD TV looks like that. Has a HDMI connection on the back to hook up to a PC.

[stainlessbanner]

Wireless connection is convenient, but I don't see anything special here. Still need a PC to pull media from.

What am I missing?

[Prophet in the wilderness]

And make coffee or get a beer out of the refrigerator too.

[Dallas59]

Mine does it...Sharp 26 inch LCD HDTV Monitor/TV (brag posting)

[martin_fierro]

On the other extreme:

[lesser_satan]

bump

[dfwgator]

Connects to a Windows PC? Streams video and photos from a PC - nothing new here.

Cool, more ways to get a Blue Screen of Death.

[stainlessbanner]

I was just reading about a new linux-based home appliance: the Glaucus. never used one, but the idea is cool.

"The Glaucus multipurpose appliance from Digital Glu combines home automation features, multimedia storage, Internet firewall/router, content filtering, and other tasks within a single compact, lightweight device. It's based on a 1 GHz Via Eden processor and the Linux Appliance Software of Point Clark Networks as well as PCN's Device Manager and Device Web Services network infrastructure products, which provide edge-device services including entertainment distribution, content filter updates, system monitoring, dynamic DNS, and more."