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Logitech Revue (Google TV) Review

admin — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 21:46:14 +0000

More: www.amazon.com At a press conference today, Logitech revealed the full details of its upcoming Logitech Revue with Google TV, a set-top box that aims to integrate all of your content–from your cable box to YouTube–to a single unified interface. The Revue is set to come out at the end of October with a $300 list price, and preorders begin today. The Revue will be one of the first products, along with Sony’s forthcoming TV, to integrate the new Google TV platform. Here’s a preview of what it can do. Google TV software The highlight of the device is, of course, Google TV. The basic pitch for Google TV is the ability to search all of your TV content through a search bar similar to Google.com. The bar overlays whatever screen you’re on and combs through online video sources as well as live TV from your cable/satellite box to find content (currently, Google TV only searches DVR programs for Dish DVRs, although a Logitech representative told us he expects compatibility with non-Dish DVRs to roll out over time). The idea is that you don’t need to know whether the video originates from Netflix, your cable box, YouTube, or a random Web site–Google just finds it. For launch, the Revue/Google TV software has support for several streaming-media services, including YouTube, Amazon VOD, Netflix, Pandora, and Napster. Google announced partnerships with TBS, TNT, CNN, and HBO, which take the form of customized Web sites and, in the case of HBO, access to HBO Go’s service for …

Sony NSZ-GT1 Blu-Ray Player with Google TV Review

admin — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 03:31:30 +0000

Sony NSZ-GT1 Blu-Ray Player with Google TV Review
Google TV launched to high expectations a couple of months back. Users have slowly come to terms with the capabilities of the software as well as the underlying hardware platform. Without doubt, the Logitech Revue was the flagship product for Google TV at launch. However, many of its users are finding it hard to justify a dedicated device for just the functionality provided by Google TV. A …

Review: CLO’s ‘S’Wonderful’ a welcome for cabaret audiences

admin — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 06:29:12 +0000

Review: CLO’s ‘S’Wonderful’ a welcome for cabaret audiences
An energetic cast of five young performers sing and dance in a brand-new musical revue of George and Ira Gershwin’s songs in “‘S Wonderful,” having its world premiere at the Cabaret at Theater Square, Downtown, through Sept. 5