Among LG’s CES announcements from earlier this month were two devices that make clear that the Korean consumer electronics company has seen the future of living room entertainment and has decided it lives on the web.
The first devices, which made the bigger splash, is a line of HDTVs that include Netflix Watch Instantly streaming built directly into the TV. With it, Netflix subscribers will be able to navigate with their remote control through Netflix’s library and start streaming movies right away.
No word on price yet, but the TVs should hit the streets in the spring.
The second device announced is a Blu-ray player that adds support for streaming video from YouTube and CinemaNow. This expands LG’s line of players that integrate with the web – it already offers a Netflix-integrated Blu-ray player. No word on price or availability here.
With these announcements and its previous products, LG is leading the charge into the future of living room entertainment. More and more, I suspect that content delivered over the web will make its way to TVs and entertainment centers. As it does, I suspect we’ll see more than just video on these screens – photos, cartoons, and more seem very likely (and are already offered by devices such as the Apple TV).
On InformationAppliance: LG Brings Web to TV with Two Devices | Digital Picture Frames wrote at January 13th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
[...] Today on InformationAppliance.com: If the future of living-room entertainment is on the web, LG is ready to meet the future. The consumer electronics giant unveiled two new devices that tie the web and your TV/Blu-ray player closer than ever, paving the way for a true web-living room convergence … read more [...]