Western Digital announced its new WD TV Live Plus HD media player ($149.99), which delivers thousands of TV episodes and movies for Netflix members to watch instantly. According to the statement, in addition to Netflix, the WD TV Live Plus HD media player also enables users to stream personalized Internet content from YouTube, Flickr, Pandora, …
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ViewSonic and Sigma Designs announced that ViewSonic’s new VMP74 and VMP75 Media Players are based on Sigma’s SMP8650 series media processor System-on-Chip (SoC) products. According to the statement, ViewSonic’s new media players allow consumers to surf the web, watch television programs from around the world and tap into online video sources.
Toshiba America Consumer Products, L.L.C. announced the availability of its latest Blu-ray Disc (BD) players, the BDX2500 ($179.99) and BDX2700 ($249.99).
MvixUSA, Inc. announced the launch of its flagship HDHome HTPC system. According to the statement, the device delivers a convergence across high definition home entertainment, gaming and home computing into a single, compact unit along with storage space for high definition media files. Built along traditional HTPC architecture, Mvix HDHome integrates the latest Windows 7 …
Microsoft Corp. and Netflix Inc. announced that Netflix has selected Microsoft PlayReady technology and the Protected Interoperable File Format (PIFF) for use in new Netflix ready devices and applications.
Google announced at the Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco that leading industry players are working on Google TV — an open platform that adds the power of the web to the television viewing experience.
Denon Electronics announced two new 3D-ready universal Blu-ray Disc (BD) players. According to the statement, the new models include the DBP-2011UDCI ($799 available Aug.) and DBP-1611UD ($399 available June). Both units offer a broad range of features including BD-Live, Netflix and YouTube streaming, DVD-Audio and SACD playback as well as 3D capability (via fall firmware …
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Netflix, Inc. announced the results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2010. According to the statement, Netflix earned $32.3 million ($0.59/share), compared with $22.4 million ($0.37/share) in the same period in 2009. First quarter revenue increase to $493.7 million, up from $394.1 million in the previous year.
Seagate announced that its FreeAgent Theater+ HD media player now delivers easy access to content from Netflix Inc. and other providers such as YouTube, vTuner and Mediafly. According to the statement, customers of these services will have access to an even larger pool of both user-generated and licensed Internet-based media on their TV using the …
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Irdeto announced that Netflix, Inc. has licensed Irdeto’s Cloakware Embedded Security as part of its suite of content protection tools for the tens of thousands of TV episodes and movies it streams instantly to its members.
The Diffusion Group (TDG) announced that that one-third of U.S. broadband households now use a game console that is connected to the Internet. According to the statement, Sony’s PS3 tops the list with 78% of consoles being connected to the Internet, followed by Microsoft’s Xbox 360 at 73%, and Nintendo’s Wii at 54%.