Skype ’s an amazing way of keeping in touch with Friend and family , but if there ’s more than one of you at either goal of the conversation , using a laptop computer or tablet kinda sucks . Here ’s how to make it a more communal experience using your bog - received TV .
Previously , there have been two master options . Your first : Samsung , Sony and Panasonic all makeSkype - ready boob tube . you may just secure a entanglement River Cam in , plonk it down atop the television and chat away . That does means getting a young boob tube , though .
The second , and probably easiest , option : plug away a small-scale computer in to your tv set , manipulate up the web cam in a suitable stance , and you ’re right to go . This of course trust on you having a spare estimator , but hey , I ’m wager you do . You read Giz , you must .
There is , however , now a third option , which is respectable and does n’t involve buying a new TV : TelyHD .
The equipment officially launch a little before CES , but it’snow on sale . It looks like a Kinect , but it ’s really an Android - powered web cam that plugs into any live TV with an HDMI port . Plug the gimmick in to the TV , and it boot into Andorid and , specifically , a Skype app . It plunk up your WiFi , too , so no need to bunk more cables to it .
The only problem is that it presently cost $ 249 — which is expensive for what you get . Still , it ’s a clean mind , and with any luck it , or a competition , will drop in price real before long . Personally , I ’d stick with the computer selection for now , though . [ Tely LabsandSkype ]
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