We Have A Winner

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It looks like we finally have a winner in the connected TV battle. Vizio is strong out of the gate with Wireless N and a QWERTY slider based remote it its higher end TVs. Take that remote pictured below and add a laser tracked optical ball and you have the perfect media center remote :).

The connectivity looks pretty good with all the usual suspects and they are in talk with Hulu!

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Not there, you notice is Hulu. BUT, Vizio says they’re in "deep talks" with them. So Hulu, directly integrated into your TV, looks likely. The connected platform runs on Yahoo widgets and Adobe Flash Lite, and you can develop your own widgets with Yahoo’s SDK. It’ll start in two TVs this fall, eventually expanding to Vizio’s entire XVT line. Not all of the services were up and running, but overall, it looked and performed well—easy to use, and not intrusive