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Happy Friday

Slow news day in the Connected Consumer space – not unexpected for a mid-July Friday. For some interesting reads, check out Chris’s take on Starz entering deal with Comcast for their online On Demand efforts, and then head over to this piece on Sharp’s efforts to push LED backlit LCD as an alternative to straight LCD and OLED. No doubt, there is alot of excitement about OLED, but be clear this technology is a ways off from replacing the cheap and big LCDs showing up on the market at your local big-box store.

Have a great weekend and we’ll see you back here next week.

Connected Consumer Links for this Week

  1. Sharp Sees HDTV’s Future Mapped Out

    Nice piece on Sharp's efforts to push LED backlit LCDs. These are LCDs, friends, not as disruptive as OLED, but will be here much sooner and at much lower cost.

    Submitted by Michael Wolf

  2. Dell’Oro Group: 802.11n the Only ‘Bright Spot’ in WLAN Market for 1Q 2009

    Older piece, but a good overview of recent wireless networking market activity with data from Dell 'Oro. 802.11n is ramping up, but not as fast as I would have expected.

    Submitted by Michael Wolf

  3. Netflix Streaming Coming To Sony TVs, Not Yet The PS3

    Yawn, another day another Netflix hardware partnership. They're ubiquitious at this point, which is good for them but hardly a hardware differentiator. That said, Sony, add it to the PS3 already.

    Submitted by Michael Wolf

  4. Starz Joins Comcast OnDemand Online

    Online authenticated streaming is becoming the way of the world, it seems. Starz announced they're part of Comcast's OnDemand trial, beating HBO to the punch.

    Submitted by Michael Wolf

  5. What Features Should the New Apple TV Have?

    Om did a follow up to my Weekly Update, asking readers what new features they would want on a new Apple TV. Great readin in the comments, and I think much of what people want echoes my piece for what I predict Apple will have.

    Submitted by Michael Wolf

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