Linux Journal editor Don Marti previews Linux-powered HDTV and web-ready TV . . .

“Your next big-screen TV will have Linux in it. The only question is whose GUI environment and network services will run on top of Linux. A Santa Ana, California company called Ch.1, together with their licensee, Sylvania Computer Products, have big plans for an internet appliance in a TV that is combined with a home… services offering. To facilitate this, Ch.1 combined an HDTV (High Definition Television) display with software that doesn't reduce TV customers to second-class web surfers . . . “

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