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Google TV gains new Android IPTV rivals | ||
At Computex last week, Logitech demonstrated its Android Harmony Link app for remote control of Google TV, says Phandroid. Meanwhile, Chinese consumer electronics giant TCL demonstrated an Android-powered alternative to Google TV, and Expert Reviews offers its praise for People of Lava's Android-powered Scandinavia TV. | На прошлой неделе на конференции Computex компания Logitech продемонстрировала свое приложение для Android под названием Harmony Link, которое превращает телефон в пульт для Google TV (сообщает Phandroid). Тем временем, китайский гигант в области потребительской электроники ТCL продемонстрировал альтернативу Google TV на платформе Android, а Expert Reviews расхвалил People of Lava's, скандинавское телевидение на Android. | |
Linux-based IPTV set-top boxes (STBs) have been around for several years. Some, such as the Myka Ion, offer full web access over the TV in addition to access to video-on-demand sites. | IPTV - телеприставки (устройства, позволяющее преобразовать интернет-сигнал в телевизионное изображение) на Linux существуют уже несколько лет. Некоторые, например, Myka Ion, предоставляют полноценный доступ к Интернету через телевизор, в дополнение к доступу к сайтам, предоставляющим видео по запросу | |
Meanwhile, Android is now being viewed as more than just a smartphone operating system. Numerous companies have been working on IP STBs and digital TVs with Android-based interfaces, allowing users to have more control over the TV viewing experience. | При этом теперь Андроид видится как нечто большее, чем просто операционная система для смартфонов. Многочисленные компании разрабатывают IP-телеприставки и цифровые телевизоры с интерфейсом на Андроиде, предоставляющие пользователям более разносторонний контроль телепросмотра | |
Most notably, Google's Android and Chrome browser-based Google TV intends to use Android not only as a conduit to online media and web access, but as a way to search and sort broadcast content. The Intel Atom-powered Google TV STBs and TVs, for example, will offer integrated search for content across TV, DVR, and the web when they debut later this year. | ||
Yet, Google TV is far from a slam-dunk, according to a recent survey of negative analyst comments by our sister site eWEEK (see link at the end of the story). Citing the "ghosts of WebTV," the story notes that the integration promised by Google may not be as easy as it thinks, nor go far enough to truly integrate TV and the web. | ||
Meanwhile, several Android-driven IPTV contenders have recently popped into view, including People of Lava's Scandinavia Window to the World TV, which was announced in April and has now received a favorable review from Expert Reviews. (See later in this story for further details.) | ||
Google TV will also see competition from semiconductor core vendor MIPS, which is a major player in STBs, is working hard with partner semiconductor vendors like Sigma Designs to incorporate Android interfaces in a range of MIPS-based STBs and TVs. By next January's CES, Android STBs and TVs should be numerous, just like the Android tablets that stole the show at Computex. |
