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WebOS has made its second big debut at CES, but this time it's not on a smartphone
like it was in 2009, rather televisions from LG.
We had a chance to check them out and the demos were impressive.
The WebOS interface on the TV makes sense of
all the different types of content and inputs on your television.
There is no more wondering which input to use or
which service has the best content.
The interface is controlled by a small handheld device called the "Magic
Remote".
You use it like a handheld mouse to select what you want on the screen,
from the launcher.
Which is a left to right scrollable carousel of icons.
Those are basically your inputs.
Regular cable, Netflix, Hulu and so on.
The LG store is where you download any apps or games you
want to add to the TV.
The store will also recommend any live or on demand television that's popular.
From the store you can tune in to cable or on demand shows from Netflix Amazon and other services.
Setting up the TV is supposed to be easy as well,
LG created what it calls a Bean Bird to walk new users through the setup process.
Overall the interface seemed responsive and quick, but
these were just demos at CES. So it'll be interesting to see how it fares in the wild.
LG isn't the only company with hopes of aggregating TV based content though.
Microsoft has a similar idea with its Xbox One
which integrates live and on demand content too.
WebOS will power 70% of LG's 2014 smart TV lineup,
but pricing wasn't available.
At CES 2014 in Las Vegas, Nick Barber, IDG News Service
English subtitle transcribe and time sync by Daniel "3ICE"Berezvai.