Logitech’s companion box renamed “Revue”
OK so we missed this one from a few weeks back so this might very well be very old news for a lot of you.
Remember that set-top companion box that Logitech was slated to manufacture under the Google TV project? There’s an official name for the device now – it’s now called the “Logitech Revue” (in subtext – “with Google TV”).
Why the name “Revue”? Here’s what Ashish Arora, VP and GM of the Digital Home Group at Logitech had to say in a blog posting:
“Logitech Revue does everything we’re known for and more. So it couldn’t just be the Harmony Box or Squeezebox TV or, even worse, the Logitech TV Hub (although believe me, we’ve discussed them all).
The meaning of Revue is a type of multi-act theatrical entertainment that combined music, dance and sketches – wildly popular between 1910 and 1930.
Logitech Revue is a companion box and controller that brings the experience of Google TV to your TV screen. It combines everything on the Web, cable or satellite content, apps, video calling and more that will be wildly popular between 2010 and 2030, until we reinvent interaction again.”
Expect the Revue to hit the market sometime this fall. In the meantime you can sign up for more information by heading over to http://www.logitech.com/en-us/1005/7099?WT.mc_id=global_pr-googletv_redirect_052010
