By using a controller device called the WACI NX you could turn on the TV, turn on the XBOX, switch to the correct input on the TV, and send the PLAY command to XBMC all in 1 button press on your PSP.
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Or we might play out in the yard and play ball with the kids, or lay on the sofa and watch TV or play cards or play dominoes.
For TV's with data-sharing standard DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) compatibility, the SE-208BW features DLNA Apps, such as Allshare, which enables users to view drive content through the TV menu to play multimedia files on CDs and DVDs.
This leaves the door wide open for other options for the consumer to play games on the TV, but also for operators who are looking for new revenue streams.
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Each game in the Wii U Virtual Console library has been developed to include off-TV play on the Wii U GamePad controller, customizable controls, Miiverse community support and the ability to instantly save game progress.
With another technology we call Fling, the TV can receive and play videos which you find on the Web.
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And while the TV and news reports play up the crowds and the earlier store openings, and consumers weathering the weather, traffic is up, but increases in sales not so much.
Covington said Mr. Hurd told its investigators that evening the two watched the Minnesota Vikings play the Green Bay Packers on TV, first in the hotel bar and later together in his hotel room.
Should Junior want to catch up on his favorite flick while you're on a Breaking Bad marathon, the reverse will also work: the video can play on the controller while the TV is at most used to show what's playing, and more likely switched over to your DVR.
But the video iPod couldn't easily play the shows on a TV set, and by early 2006 Apple designers were working on prototypes of a box that could: iTV.
Up to four players play on the TV, each getting a 3D view at their Mii running through a maze.
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While you can't really play using the TV, someone else can follow along, which highlights the first new Wii U idea: gaming as a spectator sport.
It happens seemingly every game of the NCAA tournament, most of the season, for that matter: Officials blow their whistles, huddle, then head over to the TV monitors to review a play.
More than 400, 000 players took to the virtual greens of the Olympic Club in San Francisco in June to play along with the pros on TV.
On this couch, sharing just the one remote control, an entire family would watch TV, play video games, or surf the internet together.
From today, Sky customers will be able to take even more control of their main TV experience through the app, using it to change channels as well as pause, play and rewind TV with a swipe or tap of their fingers on the screen of their iPad.
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Amazon Cloud Player on Roku provides customers with the ability to play their music from the cloud directly on their TV or through a stereo system connected to their TV.
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The hashtag is a play on "omnishambles, " from the BBC TV series "The Thick of It, " a satire of British government.
Wintsch believes that real moms and the ones that play them on TV are undergoing a critical transformation.
"I would often play the movies on TV and mute it, and watching the action onscreen, improvise new songs, " he said, adding he's interested in a career in writing musical scores for movies.
Still, despite having the Nexus Q and the Ouya as the new kids on the Android TV block, and perhaps as distractions, Google TV stills seems to be the company's best play for the television.
Soon Apple turned to video, and in October 2005 it unwrapped the first new iPod that could play TV shows as well as songs.
"It's kind of fun if you have a long day of school to sit down on the couch and play videogames or watch TV, " he says.
And there is no reason that Apple will not make an actual TV as well, but the big play for market share will come from the peripheral.
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With the TV connect users will be able to play games, stream videos, video chat in HD, email friends or surf the web all from their big screen TV.
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Take some steps to prevent a repeat performance: Install a lock on your bedroom door, encourage kids to knock, play soft music or the TV for white noise at night, and schedule "private parent time" when your child knows not to disturb you.
"Iron Maiden has never relied on radio play or TV or the conventional forms of media that a lot of music bands rely on, " says Sam Dunn, a documentary filmmaker and Maiden fan who's making a film of the group's "Somewhere Back in Time" tour.
The growing popularity of big-screen, high-definition TV sets -- which can play either format, depending on the player you buy to go with it -- suggests that consumers are eager to watch cutting-edge, super-crisp movies.
For reasons not mentioned, the HBO Go app doesn't play nicely with every Smart TV, with access available on all 2010 and 2011 models with the exception of several from last year (listed after the break).
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