A cheap high-performance "Google TV" adoption TV, Sony and Toshiba etc. will also be released

By adopting an OS based on Google's mobile phone OS "Android", in addition to ordinary TV programs, in addition to video distribution services such as YouTube, browsing, web services such as Twitter, "Android Market" It is possible to use downloaded applicationsHigh-performance, inexpensive "Sony Internet TV" which adopted the "Google TV" platform for the first time in the worldWas announced on October 13th of Japan time, it was revealed that Toshiba is expected to be released as well.

Toshiba is familiar with LCD TV "REGZA" which gathered high popularity from users by attaching a USB external HDD before connecting to another company, so that adoption of the "Google TV" platform It will be quite interesting if it is realized.

Please note that the image above is for "Sony Internet TV".

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Toshiba, Vizio Are Said to Unveil Google TV Products in January - Bloomberg

According to this article, it seems that several parties have revealed that Toshiba and Vizio are planning to announce LCD TV adopting "Google TV" platform.

The announcement of both companies is expected to be made at the 2011 International CES, a consumer electronics industry trade fair to be held in Las Vegas next January, and Samsung Electronics also acknowledges that it is developing a television adopting this platform He said that.

On "Google TV"All four American television networks "NBC" "CBS" "ABC" "Fox Broadcasting" refuse to provide content and block accessThere is a problem with content providers such as, and it is not necessarily smoothly deployed, but it is thought that going for Google companies to enter the manufacturers.

The reason why manufacturers enter the "Google TV" is to distribute the content through Google TV as it will ensure a new revenue source for manufacturers who suffer from a decline in product prices, Sony said, "Only hardware products It is not only to reveal that it is an idea to establish a model that can make profits even with software,Consult with Google to introduce it to the Japanese marketWe are doing.