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Cello launches an Iplayer TV
BRITISH TV MAKER Cello has launched the Iviewer, a TV that can stream content from the Internet as well as regular terrestrial broadcasts.
Several set-top boxes and game consoles have added support for online video services such as Youtube and the BBC's Iplayer, but the Iviewer adds this functionality directly into the TV.
Users can connect the TV to their home network via a supplied Ethernet cable or via a optional WiFi dongle.
Once connected the Iviewer can access a wide range of online content including Disney Movies Preview, Movie Rush, Autocar Magazine, Sky Sports Boots and All, the CNN daily video podcast, Jamie's Ministry of Food, Delicious TV Veg, Revision 3 Diggnation and the Larry King video podcast.
More channels will be added in the future, with Cello hoping to bring Sky Player, Channel 4 on Demand and Lovefilm in the near future.
The Iviewer TV features information widgets. Currently there are three widgets providing weather information, which is localised based on your IP address, as well as news and sports from the BBC feed.
It can also stream content from PCs and DLNA media servers connected to the network, and Cello assures us that the Iviewer can handle just about every file format there is.
The Iviewer is available in 26-inch and 32-inch models. Both feature a built-in DVD drive, two HDMI sockets as well as two SCART connectors, VGA and a pair of USB ports, but while the 32-inch version is full HD, the 26-inch version is HD Ready, so it'll handle 720p and 1080i but not the full 1080p resolution.
The TVs will initially be sold by Marks and Spencer from mid-December under the M&S brand as part of an exclusive arrangement, costing £399 and £499 for the 26-inch and 32-inch models, respectively.
From around March 2010 the company hopes to start rolling out the Iviewer with its other partners, either under its own Cello and Neon brands or under partner brands as it is doing with M&S. µ
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@mike
failed flame?. no, it doesn't have a Freeview HD tuner. I already knew that before I posted.
So I ask again, what's the point of this device that is already obsolete before its even released?
Seriously, if it had a FreeviewHD tuner, I would have been first in the queue outside M&S
iViewer = Mirror no?
@splurge - Why not do your own research, so you can post it here. From the celloelectronics.com site: "Cello Electronics has launched the UK’s first Personal Video Recorder (PVR) Freeview TV that records..."
You could have found out the answer to your own question, and informed others, in the time you took to post your failed flame. :)
Also, lots of people have optical media. Throwing out all the movies we have just because we can use bandwidth and time to find them again is lame. Why do some people go around saying things like 'does anyone still use that thing I stopped using?'
does it have a FreeviewHD tuner?
can it stream H.264 Matroska files over a network?
if not, its about as much use as a chocolate fireguard
and what is the DVD drive for? is anybody still using optical discs these days?