
Many have tried to be that
other box that sits under your TV. You know, the DVD player, the cable box, the TiVo, the consoles are all well and good, but somebody somehow needs to solve they mystery of getting web and PC content onto your TV, and Kodak might be on the cusp of cracking it. Kodak's new Kodak Theatre HD Player is a simple, slick little box with multiple flash card slots, a USB port, and all the requisite home theater outputs like HDMI, component and all that. The unit can naturally shuffle through photos like there's no tomorrow, and includes wireless access to pull stuff off of Flickr feeds or your PC's hard drive, but there's also 720p video playback, online radio and what have you. The real clincher is that you won't be interacting with all this via a clunky d-pad remote, but instead there's an amazingly great gyroscopic mouse that makes the whole thing a joy to use. The $300 price tag might turn some people off when this lands in September, especially with no built-in storage, but we still think Kodak might have a winner on its hands.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Justin @ Jul 10th 2008 9:59AM
I still wonder why anyone would buy a $300 media extender when they can get a gaming console for roughly the same amount that does the same thing plus plays 1080p high definition movies.
Galley @ Jul 10th 2008 10:28AM
You can now control Apple TV with your iPhone or iPod Touch with the new remote application.
Bryn @ Jul 10th 2008 12:01PM
Does it display RAW photos? And is just a plain slideshow or does it do fancy things like PS3 (curling dropping photos)?
Mike @ Jul 11th 2008 12:45PM
Can it record tv shows on say a flash card?