Vizio this week announced several new partners that will bring Internet apps to the company's Web-enabled HDTVs.
New apps include: eBay, Facebook, Radiotime, Revision 3, Rallypoint Services, Showtime, Twitter, and Vudu.
The widgets essentially let you access these services from your TV. Update your Twitter feed or Facebook status or monitor your eBay bids without leaving your couch.
"Consumers are placing high value on connected televisions that open up new content applications," Kurt Scherf, vice president and principal analyst at Parks Associates, said in a statement. "Our recent research has identified a likely target of 2.5 million North American broadband households that are ready to purchase an Internet-connected TV."
Vizio offers three, 55-inch Internet-enabled TVs from its XVT line that range in price from $1999.99 to $2199.99.
Other available apps include Accedo Broadband, Amazon, Blockbuster, Flickr, Netflix, Rhapsody and Pandora.
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June 30, 2009 1:35 PM
really intrigued by how the VIA feature and all the apps will work on the vizio tv itself. The remote looks insane! A full keyboard... imagine what you could do with it!