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GOOGLE TV
SAN FRANCISCO - The first Google TV device, the $ 300 Logitech Revue, premiered here to mixed reviews. The product scored kudos for integrating broadcast and Web video on any HDMI-capable HDTV and for supporting personal media playback and 720progressive videoconferencing. But its $300 price tag - plus another $149 for an HDTV camera - will dampen sales, analysts said.
The Revue integrates the functionality of Logitech's Harmony Remote universal A/V controllers, which cost as much as $200 and are not widely used. Meanwhile, Roku and Apple are selling set-tops that bring Web content to the TV for as little as $99. The Logitech offering will also compete with a growing array of TVs, game consoles and Blu-ray players that bring Web content...