The Vizio Co-Star is a $99 Google TV

Google TV is an interesting beast. By letting third party hardware manufacturers use their specs, they're adopting a PC-like model not unlike their Android strategy. As the technology improves, we're bound to see better interfaces, better applications and lower prices. Vizio has made a quick step off the starting gun and is launching their first Google TV candidate, the Co-Star - and it's only $99.

Google TV is an interesting beast. By letting third party hardware manufacturers use their specs, they’re adopting a PC-like model not unlike their Android strategy. As the technology improves, we’re bound to see better interfaces, better applications and lower prices. Vizio has made a quick step off the starting gun and is launching their first Google TV candidate, the Co-Star – and it’s only $99.

At that price, any consumer would be forgiven for assuming it’d be the Robin to other, fully featured Batman Google TVs, but that’s not the case.

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