Skype Invades the Living Room on Up-Coming Sony Blu-ray Players
Skype Invades the Living Room on Up-Coming Sony Blu-ray Players
Posted 01/09/2011 at 2:53pm
| by Justin Kerr
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Skype video conferencing on the PC has been the reality for a while now, and their recent expansion into mobile devices has helped turned the software client into a household name. With few places left to expand it should be no surprise that the VOIP solution is coming to the living room, but this time you’ll find it packed into upcoming Sony Blu-Ray players.
At the Sony CES booth in Las Vegas they were showing demos of the interface which requires not just the player, but a separate proprietary camera accessory. Video quality will be limited to SD resolution at launch, and according to Sony representatives they have no plans at the current time to make the leap to HD.
With Video calling being a built in feature of Kinect, I’m a bit surprised Sony hasn’t tried to make this happen first on the PS3 first. I suppose we’ll have to wait and see if they end up changing their mind, it certainly wouldn’t be the first time.
(Image Credit: Ars Technica)
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alterseekers
January 11, 2011 at 12:46pm
That would be really awesome if Sony pushes through with that. Imagine, you can now enjoy communicating with your friends and relatives through Skype, in the comfort of your own living room . Most of these devices should be connected wirelessly via WiFi connection, and having a wireless rotuer in your home can really help. Anyway, speaking of wireless routers, if you're looking for a good one, I recommend you check out the Netgear Wireless Router for Video and Gaming. You can use this device to connect computers, gaming consoles, notebooks, or wireless printers, and also your networked home theater devices. You can also use this to stream video and music from a USB drive to media players and DLNA TV's, even without using a computer. Not that's one powerful wireless router for you. For more information about Netgear's Wireless Router for Video and Gaming, check out this site: http://bit.ly/bByST7. Enjoy!
SpunkySpine
January 10, 2011 at 1:20am
You're right. I have laptop on small rolling table in livingroom.
ps: Haven't used Skype yet though I think I'll give it a try soon.
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