Sony unveils Google-powered internet TVs
The eagerly awaited Sony Internet TV powered by Google TV is due to arrive in stores in the US on October 16, at a much lower price than originally rumored, The Independent informs.
Expectations are high for the connected TV and consumers are eager to find out if Sony's internet TV can live up to the hype.
Sony has also announced it will release a Blu-ray player powered by Google TV that enables consumers with a HDMI-ready TV to browse the web, stream videos from sites like YouTube, play Flash games, connect with friends on social networks, play Blu-ray discs and even show off photos on the biggest display in the house.
Sony's integrated internet TV is being marketed as the world's first internet TV. While there are other internet TVs already on the market (and even larger numbers of set-top boxes offering connections to the internet through the TV), few have provided a seamless internet-TV experience with access to the "full" world wide web.
Sony and Google are striving to break down the borders between browsing the internet and watching TV.
There is a bookmark feature and a range of pre-installed apps such as Netflix, Pandora, YouTube, Napster, Twitter, CNBC, and NBA as well as Sony's Video On Demand powered by Qriocity. In early 2011 users will also have access to third party apps in Google's Android Market.