Smart TV news

Roku released their affordable streaming boxes in the UK in early 2012. Roku now adds the popular UK streaming service BBC iPlayer

Samsung is facing resistance in South Korea. An Internet provider has blocked all data traffic to Samsung’s Smart TV products

Much has been said and written about Apple’s HDTV. Read the latest rumors about prototypes in the wild, concrete details, Siri, a consumer survey & gigabit WiFi

Amazon wants to challenge Netflix with a new video streaming service and is reportedly close to striking a deal with Viacom for content

Samsung has developed a new touch pad-enabled remote with a built-in microphone for voice commands. Learn more inside

The Genius recommendations system automatically recommends movies & TV shows based on what the user has seen in the past

Sky to launch internet TV service in the UK in the second half of 2012. It will be available through browsers and apps

Samsung also unveils the ES7500, ES6800 & ES6100 LED ranges. The ES7500 is almost similar to ES8000 with 3D, Smart TV & voice control

Smart Viera TVs offer content sharing with smartphones & tablets. Panasonic will also release a new remote control & a new remote app

Sharp has unveiled a new 60 & 70-inch 60LE945U & 70LE945U TVs with direct LED, local dimming, 3D, Quad Pixel Plus II, SmartCentral etc

Apple has sold a total of 4.2 million of the current Apple TV box, but Apple is still characterizing it as a “hobby”, providing no hints to a HDTV

LG unveiled their 84-inch Cinema 3DTV with 4K panel at CES. The massive 84-inch 3DTV will be available later in 2012

Samsung’s 2012 Smart TV platform will implement voice, gesture & face recognition. See how it works in this video demonstration

LG unveiled their partnership with Google & the Google TV platform at CES. The TV will launch later in 2012. We take a first-look

LG introduces dual-core processors, voice control, a new user interface, an updated Magic Remote and SmartShare 2.0

With the flagship player, BDP-S790, Sony prepares for the next step in display resolution, as BDP-S790 upscales to 4K resolution

Vizio introduces 9 new TVs in the E, R and M ranges, with features such as LED, Theater 3D, internet Apps, Google TV & much more

Samsung introduces voice & gesture control, face recognition, Evolution Kit, AllShare Play with 5GB cloud, new apps and more

According to Bloomberg, Google is now considering partnering with LG for a “Nexus” Google TV product

The NSZ-GS7 Network Player and NSZ-GP9 Blu-ray player will both arrive on shelves in North America & Europe in summer 2012

In 2012 Panasonic is introducing larger LED LCD models up to 55 inches in the beautiful DT50, WT50 and ET5 LED ranges

LG has unveiled the SP820 & SP520 Smart TV Upgrader boxes that turns every TV into a Smart TV - not just LG's own TVs

Panasonic has just announced their new 2012 plasma-TV line-up with VT50, GT50 and ST50, with a new fresh design & Smart TV

Even though Samsung is expected to release Google TVs in 2012, they continue work on their own Smart TV platform

If you want something smaller than a streaming box, Roku’s new HDMI streaming stick might be for you. The concept is simple

A group of developers have hacked the Apple TV box to run iPad apps. Apps are expected to be a core element of the coming Apple HDTV

Boxee - the company responsible for the Boxee media center software - has just issued version 1.5 for PC/Mac. This is the last version

Sony has prepared an extraordinary wedding in Las Vegas. The groom, "Sony Entertainment Network", will marry the bride, "Television"

LG has officially announced that their new Magic Motion remote control will implement voice recognition, a scroll wheel & gestures

Apple has not revealed any details but gives hints regarding iCloud integration, Siri, gestures, subscription TV and more