The little streaming media box that could is getting ready to make the transition to the next level! With this play, Roku is hoping to capture a lot more of the consumer market; can they make that dream a reality? 

What is Roku TV? 
Roku teams up with TV OEM TCL (The Creative Life) to bake their roku experience right into the TV. Everything you love about the Roku streaming boxes will be native to these TV's. All the content channels, super easy and responsive user interface, cross platform search and even a special icon for input modes to the TV. The band will include 6 TVs ranging from size 32-55.




Why should you care about Roku TV? 
By baking in the Roku OS, the need for the physical Roku box is removed, therefore making these TVs a powerful brand on their own. Also, this would make them the most powerful and first TRUE smart TV. With Roku's famed universal search available on the TV's, it will make finding the content consumers know and love a breeze, while making it even easier to discover new content. 

How much will they cost and when will it be available? 
Still no word on how much they will cost, but with such a wide selection of sizes, you can expect there to be something in there for everyone. We can look forward to getting our hands on of these the 2nd half of 2014. 


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TTL 88- Roku TV, The First Real Smart TV [podcast]

What is Playstaion Now?

PlayStation Now is Sony's Gaikai technology rebranded and re-tuned. It offers streaming game capabilities to PS certified devices like PS Vita, Sony TVs and even Sony Tablets and phones. PlayStation now will also work on the PS4, which solves some of  the backward computability complaints gamers were having. The games themselves will be served from the cloud, then pushed down to the device, requiring only a good connection to the server, as opposed to hardware to run the game. 



How much will Playstation Now cost When will it be available?

As of right now, there is no word from Sony, but based on their chatter around the service, it is looking as if it will be separate from PlayStation Plus as an additional service. I am not sure what they will charge, but I think a service like this is easily worth $50-$70 a year. Sony is shooting to launch the service this summer.



What are it's limitations?

The core of the PS Now is heavily dependent on your bandwidth, Sony recommends a 5mbps connection, which is on par with the average speed in America. Because it requires a broadband connection, you can expect people like myself who commute on the train to be out of luck, as there will be no "cache" mode. Also, people looking to game on their mobile phones, tablets and even PS Vitas with a 3G or 4G connection will have to deal with managing their data cap, as carrier's 2-5GB cap can go pretty quickly if you're streaming gameplay pretty often. Although the ability to stream a ton of PS1-PS3 games are nice, on a PS Vita, the absence of a second row of shoulder buttons will be an issue for some, although, the Vita does this by emulating those buttons on the Pad at the back of the device. Also, larger displays, people who have reported there are some artifacts, while on smaller screens like the Vita, everything looks nice. 


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TTL 89: PlayStation Now FTW!

What is Tegra K1?

The Tegra K1 is the follow up to Nvidia's wildly popular mobile GPU platform, Tegra 4. This time around, they opted not to call it Tegra 5 and gave it some pretty impressive spec updates. The Platform will feature a 192 cuda-core processor clocked at 2.3ghz and 2.5ghz for the 64bit version. 



What is special about it?

According to Nvidia, the Tegra K1 will produce desktop class gpu performance. Although the community was quick to lash out and put it in perspective, this is still impressive. In perspective, the performance on the K1 would be similar to a really low class desktop with a gpu. Still, this is a huge step for mobile gaming. No for the first time, developers will have access to many advance gaming features like real time lighting directly on a mobile device. 

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TTL 90: Is Nvidia's New Tegra K1 All Hype?

The Lenovo Thinkpad 8  is Lenovo's second 8 inch Windows 8.1 tablet release, this time around it gets a nice spec bump. It features a 8.3 inch display boasting a 1920 x 1200 resolution which makes it full 1080P, an atom quad core processor, 2GB of Ram, 128GB of storage, Micro USB 3.0, LTE and two cameras. Lenovo has also developed a smart cover, similar to the one seen on the iPad Mini, but the Thinkpad 8’s smart cover has a neat trick; when folded over, the top of the cover be folded again to reveal the camera! Also available will be a dock and keyboard. 

 Lenovo really took some time to offer up a nice design on this one, even down to the illuminated "i" in the ThinkPad logo. The full HD display, micro usb 3.0 port and LTE capabilities are all killer features. Not to mention, it runs full blown Windows 8.1, so you get desktop class productivity and performance from an 8 inch tablet. Starting at $400, it comes in at $100 more expensive than the popular Dell venue Pro 8 without a stylus. 

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