Smart Home (connected home, home networking) News

Sigma Designs to Showcase NeoVue™ - Wireless Display-to-Display Technology at CES 2010
Jan 7, 2010 – Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM) has announced the availability of the NeoVue™ transmitter/receiver platform designed to wirelessly transport audio/video (AV) and texts from notebooks or netbooks and display them in rich 1080p on a HDTV.
News categories: Sigma Designs, CES2025, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Sigma Designs and SoftAtHome Collaborate to Help Operators Accelerate Time to Market
Jan 7, 2010 – Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM) has announced a partnership with SoftAtHome to deliver the SoftAtHome Operating Platform for hybrid, terrestrial and IP set-top boxes (STBs) on the Sigma Designs' SMP8654 chipset.
News categories: SoftAtHome, Sigma Designs, CES2025, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming

DivX Plus™ HD Technology First to Market in Philips' 2010 Line of Blu-ray Disc® Players
Jan 6, 2010 – DivX (Nasdaq: DIVX) has announced that Philips (AEX: PHI; NYSE: PHG) will introduce the DivX Plus™ HD playback feature in its next generation of Blu-ray products to be launched in early 2010.
News categories: DivX, Philips, Blu-ray, CES2025, Media Player, Smart Home, USA

Sony Makes 3D Come to Life at Home With First 3D Capable BRAVIA HDTVs
Jan 6, 2010 – Sony Electronics (Tokyo: 6758; NYSE: SNE) has introduced its 2010 BRAVIA® LCD HDTV line featuring its first 3D HDTVs, a new innovative and stylish Monolithic Design Concept, and LED backlighting.
News categories: Sony Corp, CES2025, Metaverse, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming, USA

Curtain Rises on New Sony Blu-ray 3D Capable Models
Jan 6, 2010 – Sony (Tokyo: 6758; NYSE: SNE) has introduced its new Blu-ray Disc™ line featuring Blu-ray 3D™ playback, Wi-Fi® Internet connectivity, and instant streaming of online video content from the BRAVIA® Internet Video platform.
News categories: Sony Corp, Blu-ray, CES2025, Metaverse, Smart Home, Streaming, USA

Toshiba Unveils Powerful CELL TV™ for the USA
Jan 6, 2010 – Toshiba has announced that the company has developed groundbreaking home entertainment technology and is introducing the ZX900 Series CELL TV™ into the U.S. market. CELL TV is the focal demonstration of Toshiba's 2010 CES exhibit.
News categories: Toshiba, Digital TV, DVR, Metaverse, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming

AllGo Systems Partners with MIPS Technologies and Tensilica to Bring Android™ to Home Entertainment Devices
Jan 6, 2010 – AllGo Systems is working with MIPS Technologies and Tensilica to bring high-end media codec support with advanced multimedia features to MIPS-Based™ Android™ platforms for home entertainment and mobile consumer products based on Android.
News categories: AllGo Systems, CES2025, Media Player, Middleware, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, Smart Home, Streaming

LG Electronics Selects AMIMON for Its Wireless HDTV Product Line
Jan 6, 2010 – AMIMON has announced that the new wireless-ready high-definition televisions and wireless HDTV accessories launched by LG Electronics are based on AMIMON's wireless 1080p solution.
News categories: AMIMON, LG Electronics, CES2025, Semiconductor, Smart Home, Smart TV

DivX Launches New Internet TV Platform
Jan 6, 2010 – DivX (Nasdaq: DIVX) has announced the launch of DivX TV™, a comprehensive embedded Internet TV platform that provides access to a diverse line-up of online media content streamed directly to any connected device from any manufacturer.
News categories: DivX, Blu-ray, CES2025, Digital TV, Gaming, Media Player, Middleware, Mobile, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming