Images can be viewed wirelessly on a networked TV or PC as well.
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Gaikai, like Onlive, seeks to bring access to multiple interfaces with minimal installation eg, TV, PC, Mac, or Android Pads or Phones (Cloud Gaming).
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On the other side, Samsung has much more cost advantage since Samsung produce vertically almost anything from CPU to SSD, RAM, touch screen, TV, PC, tablet and smartphone all under one roof.
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Performing as a Digital Media Server, the SE-208BW will be a keystone of home entertainment, providing a connection between mobile devices and TV or PC, and also a triangular connection among TVs, PCs and mobile devices.
And a new standard called D-CAS for downloadable conditional access, which Samsung was first to sign up with, will let any properly configured TV, PC or consumer electronics device link directly to local cable to grab services.
In the 90s Gateway introduced a line of Destination PCs that were designed for living room use, Microsoft later built some of the best TV and PC integration with their Media Center efforts, and even Apple has added a ten foot user experience to Mac OS with its Front Row UI.
The PC-TV-DVD combination has proved popular with college students whose parents saw fit to give them a PC to be productive but neglected to throw in a time-wasting TV and DVD player into the mix.
In such homes, Apple TV will test whether the challenge to bridge the PC and TV has been due to lack of design, lack of content, lack of appropriate shelf space or, in Apple's worst case, lack of interest.
The device will let consumers take TV shows recorded to their PC, Tivo or Replay TV box on the go with them.
Put it on the TV, the PC, the tablet, the phone.
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From a software perspective, a Media Center extender does only one thing: deliver the Windows Media Center experience to a TV without a PC attached to it.
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We also know that there will be a TV released probably in the first half of next year to represent the 4th screen for all users: phone, tablet, TV, and PC.
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It said that it was concerned that the regulator had calculated the fine based of the number of TV sets and PC monitors sold by LG Electronics in Europe rather than the sales of just cathode ray tubes.
Though others have tried to combine the TV and the PC-- Gateway 's (nyse: GTW - news - people ) Destination PCs come to mind--this machine doesn't seem to be aimed at replacing the TV you already have in the living room.
Further, on being pushed a bit, the techies on the Microsoft stand admitted that the Xbox360 didn't work terribly well wirelessly as an "extender" from the PC to the TV for high definition video, and that you'd be better off connecting your PC to your Xbox360 with?
Developers will not need to cross-compile or package applications differently for phone, tablet, PC and TV.
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Xbox is Microsoft's premier entertainment service for the TV, phone, PC and tablet.
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Sony and other consumer electronics makers can focus, say, on a pricier PC-TV that can download videos through phone lines.
Adobe is aiming to become the global standard for all rich media in the "three screen" world - PC, TV, and mobile.
Imagine that your PC and TV were blended into a single instrument with a big screen, a conventional remote control and a keyboard.
Built for multitasking, the new VAIO L Series All-in-One includes a TV Tuner with picture in picture functionality, allowing users to watch TV while on the PC.
You upgrade the main operating system in your home so that you can gain greater functionality and speed and more features for your phone, PC, TV, etc.
They can organize photos and enjoy slide shows on the big screen, and share memos, activity calendars and reminders anywhere they are via the phone, tablet, PC or TV.
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Agawi, formerly iSwifter, recently launched the 2.0 version of its cloud gaming platform and provides its partners with content streaming solutions for all devices, from mobile to PC to TV.
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Uniquely, on Ubuntu, developers can create a single application that works on the phone, tablet, PC and TV because it is the same system and all services work across all form factors.
With access to millions of music tracks1 from the cloud based streaming service, Music Unlimited from Sony Entertainment Network2, consumers can also easily view and share their content on TV, tablet and PC with DLNA wireless connectivity.
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