Monday, January 06, 2014

Roku TVs from China's Hisence and TCL to Allow Streaming Without a Box - Digits - WSJ

Roku goes embedded
"“We’ve tried to rethink how TVs operate,” says Anthony Wood, Roku’s chief executive.
That means making Roku’s home screen and content navigation system central to managing users’ interactions with all video content, removing what Wood describes as all the complicated settings, menus and features that characterize most Internet-connected TVs. There is also a simplified remote control Roku designs that has 20 buttons, which Wood estimates is half the number on traditional remotes.
Yes, Roku TVs can still get conventional programming from sources like cable services. “It does have a tuner,” Wood says. “We would like to get rid of it, but retailers don’t think they can sell them without it.”"
Roku TVs from China's Hisence and TCL to Allow Streaming Without a Box - Digits - WSJ

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