HDTV Almanac - Look, Ma! No Box!

Started by alfredpoor • Jan 19, 2012 • 3 posts

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#1 Jan 19, 2012 at 11:11 pm

One of the most curious developments to come out of CES 2012 for the television industry was the announcement from DIRECTV and Samsung. The two companies are going to partner by building set-top box functionality into a line of Samsung Smart TVs. This becomes curiouser when you add the fact that Verizon and LG made [...]

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#2 Jan 20, 2012 at 4:39 am

> The Samsung sets will connect to a DIRECTV DVR set-top box, so that they can access recordings and live programming directly without the need for a separate box. <

Huh? :shock:

#3 Jan 20, 2012 at 10:33 pm

Sorry about that; it does lose something in translation, doesn't it.

What I meant is that the television is able to connect with the DVR/set top box using your home network, and does not need a set top box of its own.

Better?

Alfred