Google Inc (GOOG) Just Dove into the Digital TV Pool

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If you are on a Windows machine, for example, and you have Netflix on your browser so you can watch “Numb3rs,”, with the Chromecast plug hooked into the home Wi-fi network and the TV, what appears on the browser can be shown on the TV for better sound and perhaps picture quality. And if the laptop or desktop goes into sleep mode, the content that is streamed to the TV will continue streaming, uninterrupted. Oh, and an additional benefit? The playback of the content can be controlled from the original device, so there would be no requirement to use the TV remote. Users can also stream music from Pandora, Spotify or Google Play, as well as movies and TV shows. The device is said to begin selling Sunday, July 28.

What are your thoughts? Would you be interested in something like this from Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)? If you are an investor like fund manager Julian Robertson (see his full equity portfolio), would you be interested in this $35 widget as a reason for investment? How many sales would you predict of this device in this quarter? Let us get your feedback in the comments section below.

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