Smart TVs: the next tech war is in the living room

January 13, 2012 | Source: Washington Post
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Smart TVs at CES 2012 (credit: Joseph Hunkins/Flickr)

At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the world’s top television manufacturers are proposing a whole new approach to television:

  • Samsung is working on integrating voice and motion control into its new TV sets, enabling users to speak commands to their TVs or change channels and other settings with just a wave.
  • Vizio has joined with cloud-service company OnLive to put streaming games on its Google televisions. All Google TV partners have added the OnLive Viewer app (which lets users manage their accounts and watch others play games) to their app ecosystems with the promise that gameplay will be close behind.
  • Sharp is augmenting its huge television lineup with access to apps from Netflix, Hulu and Facebook.