last100 » Verismo http://www.last100.com Tracking the digital lifestyle Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:24:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 “the PoD”, the $99 Internet-to-TV set-top box http://www.last100.com/2008/06/04/the-pod-the-99-internet-to-tv-set-top-box/ http://www.last100.com/2008/06/04/the-pod-the-99-internet-to-tv-set-top-box/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:20:48 +0000 Steve O'Hear http://www.last100.com/?p=1944 Another set-top box aiming to bridge the gap between the Internet and our televisions is due to hit the market later this summer — at a sweet price point of $99.

The work of startup Verismo Networks, “the PoD” (Apple legal department look away) will deliver a range of online video content to the living room TV, both through official partnerships — starting with YouTube, video search engine vTap, and BitTorrent — along with the box’s ability to support Windows DRM-based services such as Amazon UnBox and Cinema Now, without the need for a PC the company claims. The latter sounds a little too good to be true but we’ll hold our judgement until “the PoD” actually goes on sale.

Our friends over at NewTeeVee got a sneak preview of the tiny looking device at this week’s Under the Radar conference in Mountain View, Calif., and published a short demo and Q&A with Verismo Networks CEO Prakash Bhalerao. Full video after the jump…

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