Internet TV and Widget enabled televisions are the present trend in display industry. However it sounds crazy to change the television according to the present trend. With the credit crunch high, many of Britons are postponing their plans to go for the latest high-end televisions, and are settling with the mid-budget versions. Now Toshiba has come with a magical wand that can turn your rugged Cinderella into a beautiful princess – Net Player.
Net Player is an innovative product from Toshiba that can accomplish data streaming from PC and hard disks without any hassle. Moreover it is the first device other than television to support Intel Yahoo Widget TV Platform, thereby allowing any flatscreen to display widget services in the screen. This device sports wi-fi connectivity, Ethernet connectivity and DLNA compliance and Microsoft Windows Media Extender compliance to make it a connoisseur in data streaming. With the help of “Net Player” you can transfer multimedia contents directly to your television directly.
DLNA compliance of this device helps the users to share and transfer videos or photos or data to any of the DLNA enabled gadget, and both wired or wireless interoperability is also assured with the help of DLNA compatibility. Microsoft Windows Media Center Extender can be configured through a network link to the PC with operating systems like Windows Vista Home Edition (Premium/Ultimate), Microsoft Windows XP Media Center edition, etc and the computer’s media center can be streamed to the extender device. This let the user enjoy photos, videos or music on their television.
Toshiba always meet the ultimate on-demand requirement of the industry, and net player is one such product. It is also told that the net player also features quick access to news, picassa web albums, youtube, flickr, and weather snippets too. This device also runs off with Intel Media Processor C3100 Chip like other TV devices. The best part is that this device comes with an integrated DVD player too. The anticipated price of this device is around £ 200, and is expected to hit UK market soon. More like a slim DVD player, this device has elegant looks.
