Sony has unveiled the first HD television based on Google TV, the search giant's fledgling effort to marry broadcast TV with the interwebs.
The Sony Internet TV is available in 24-inch, 32-inch, 40-inch, and 46-inch models, and prices range from $599.99 to $1,399.99.
Last week, Logitech took the wraps off a $299.99 Google TV settop box, but the Sony has integrated Google's Android-based platform with the television itself. The company has also introduced a $399.99 BluRay disc player based on the platform, which can be used in tandem with existing TVs.
Google TV puts a Chrome web browser atop an Android incarnation that's been ported to a Intel Atom system-on-a-chip designed specifically for consumer electronics devices. The idea is to meld the interwebs with your television, offering a single interface for organising, searching and viewing broadcast TV - as well as stuff across the net. "It's about how to make the web and TV better," Google's Rishi Chandra said when unveiling the service at the company's annual developer conference in San Francisco. "It's where TV meets web, and web meets TV."...
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