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Tiny device pumps the Internet to your TV and stereo

by SCOTT BUDMAN / KNTV

KING5.com

Posted on August 27, 2010 at 11:31 AM

Imagine a very near future where you won't need boxes or new wires to bring content from the internet to your TV set.

Or, for that matter, finally being able to get all the music from the internet, including Pandora and Sirius Satellite radio, to your stereo system.

It's on the way from a company based in Oakland, California called Orb Networks.

"All the content's out there," Orb CEO Joe Costello says.   "You can take all of that internet content, Hulu, etc., and boom, put it on the TV."

Like Apple TV and Roku, Orb wants to help you put it there.

No new wires, not even a box, just a thin coaster you hook to your TV or stereo, and bring the content over.

The stereo version is out now, costing $89.

The TV version is due in September, and will probably cost about $120.
 

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monicapellar said on August 27, 2010 at 4:42 PM

These 2 devices, although cool, are un-necessary purchases. This is the kind of product that becomes obsolete quickly. You can stream TV and Radio online through your computer very easily with a service at SeeTVPC.com. I usually watch TV on it, but I think it has something like 2,000 radio stations available worldwide.

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