Watch online videos on TV - the Sony Way

     Continuing on the topic of watching online videos on TV - yesterday Sony announced at CES in Las Vegas, the first of its kind TV feature called "BRAVIA Internet Video Link".
     This feature is expected to debut in most its new television sets and will allow access to internet video content (including HD content), from various providers such as AOL, Yahoo, Grouper as well as Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony BMG music.
     Sony's new internet video-ready tv will have the ability to receive streaming broadband video via a small optional module that can be easily attached to the back of the tv set. This module links the TV directly to the user's broadband internet service provider via an ethernet connection. The user can navigate through the video content using Sony's Xross Media Bar user interface.
     Slingcatcher (see two posts down) and Sony BRAVIA will not be the only two hardware options in the future; Netgear too announced a WiFi set-top box called Digital Entertainer HD, which will direct Streaming videos from the web to the TV. For more details click here.