Samsung's See'N'Search set-top box automagically connects internet, TV
Samsung -- not satisfied with people using their TVs and set top boxes to, y'know, watch TV -- has announced its See'N'Search set-top box. Separate from its Media Center Extender and RSS-enabled HDTVs, this box pores over channel guide info and closed caption metadata to find and suggest accompanying video or websites from the internets to go with your episode of Bold & the Beautiful. This is better than actually getting up and using a computer to find Youtube spoofs, because it's automatic, and accessible via the remote's "More Info" button, which can then send said info to a phone or PC via Wi-Fi. With a press release short on details of how this tech will get out of Samsung's R&D center and into our home theater, we're not throwing out our HTPCs just yet.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Flashpoint @ Feb 13th 2008 9:50PM
I'm starting to feel like the news channels are only there to tell you what you should go to YOUTUBE to see in unedited, full length.
I rarely watch the news anymore because news channels have become so biased in how they report the news. I like Youtube because I can see the event happen and just form an opinion on it without having some journalist tell suggest how I should feel.
I'm glad they are making set top boxes that have internet access - now I don't have to use my computer or PS3.
Loon Carter @ Feb 14th 2008 1:22AM
See'N'Search... sounds like an immensely fun children's toy.
mithun @ Feb 15th 2008 2:12PM
More information on SeeNSearch can be found here.
http://www.sisa.samsung.com/innovation/seensearch/index.htm