Samsung makes Skype for new LED lit HDTVs official

Panasonic and LG won't be the only ones with Skype-enabled HDTVs, though we peeped it in the specs earlier, Samsung has officially announced its new 7000 and 8000 series televisions will also include access. Accessible through the embedded Samsung Apps service, it appears it will work with the new HD video processing webcams just like the others, so users can log in to or create an account with the remote then make video or voice calls away from the PC. We heard at CES those cameras could run as high as $200, check out the CES 2010 demo from Panasonic to see if couch videoconferencing is worth the additional expense.

[chispito Posted Feb 25th 2010 4:01PM]

I can use my laptop just fine from the couch. And watch TV while I'm doing it, I might add.

[kjb434 Posted Feb 25th 2010 4:27PM]

@chispito

That's what I was thinking.

[TC Posted Feb 25th 2010 5:26PM]

@chispito
Good for you, but I much prefer to get up really close to my TV and grin like an idiot while granny flips gang signs at my teenage son.

[Slappy Wag Posted Feb 26th 2010 12:39AM]

@chispito

I am just wondering when the government will call me into their office to tell me I was observed engaging in inappropriate behavior in front of my TV...

[Gabe GMFB Posted Feb 25th 2010 4:03PM]

Man get that kid some braces! lol

"New HD video processing" nice nice

[Yoda Posted Feb 25th 2010 4:10PM]

@Gabe GMFB
They can't afford braces, they just bought that TV.

[MaxL Posted Feb 25th 2010 6:33PM]

@Gabe GMFB

DENTAL PLAN

[ALBGunner04 Posted Feb 25th 2010 8:27PM]

@MaxL Lisa needs braces

[Hexydes Posted Feb 25th 2010 9:30PM]

@ALBGunner04

DENTAL PLAN

[alexz Posted Feb 25th 2010 10:40PM]

@Hexydes
they cant afford the DENTAL PLAN because they just bought that TV.

[Mr w00t Posted Feb 25th 2010 4:06PM]

I think this last couple of months out of eBay's hands saw more improvements than all the time it was under it. Talk about a wasted amount of time and dumb move... Skype is everywhere and back on the news.

And I am pretty sure that if eBay would have not bought the them before, Skype would now belong to Google.

[mtnDewFTW Posted Feb 25th 2010 4:15PM]

That picture doesn't make sense. Why is that grandma sitting there like she's in front of a computer?

Honestly, I really don't see why anyone would want to skype from their TV.

[MichaelDola Posted Feb 25th 2010 4:25PM]

@mtnDewFTW

Ha! You beat me to it... was gonna say the same thing!

[Dark Archon PSN Archonik XBL Dar Posted Feb 25th 2010 4:25PM]

@mtnDewFTW Check this picture out. The same people but the kid teleported to his granny. SKYPE TO SKYPE TELEPORTATION CONFIRMED IN THE LATEST VERSION!! http://c.skype.com/i/images/screenshots/download_41_gold_header.png

[RichardLawler Posted Feb 25th 2010 4:28PM]

@Dark Archon PSN Archonik XBL Dar

!!!!

[Zer0Kage Posted Feb 25th 2010 4:34PM]

@mtnDewFTW Couch conferencing. Have your family there on the couch having a Skype call with a relative (and his or her family) from another city.

Maybe even a board meeting?

Not entirely useful for me but it has a niche.

[Arkv2 Posted Feb 25th 2010 10:31PM]

@mtnDewFTW
My grandma (ironically) would. We've been doing this on PCs for ages; why did it took them so long?

[AlienSix Posted Feb 25th 2010 4:18PM]

Just smile and wave boys, just smile and wave.

[Dark Archon PSN Archonik XBL Dar Posted Feb 25th 2010 4:23PM]

Jesus Christ. Seriously. How is Skype still not available on the PS3. IT DOES have a camera with a built-in microphone which is meant to be seated right next to/in front of your TV. What's stopping you Sony?

[MaTdg Posted Feb 25th 2010 4:29PM]

Wow nice, I want the webcam that delivers that image-quality...

[furquanatique Posted Feb 25th 2010 4:30PM]

The future is now.

[alexz Posted Feb 25th 2010 10:41PM]

@furquanatique
reminds me of THX 1138

[Virus Cannon Posted Feb 25th 2010 4:45PM]

With Skype you can taunt your ex-wife anytime you want!!

[williamlau05 Posted Feb 25th 2010 4:51PM]

I thought that 'kid' was his wife

[DTJ Posted Feb 25th 2010 5:06PM]

I predict this will sweep the world as the videophone has.

[techlord Posted Feb 25th 2010 5:08PM]

Too bad China might ban this.......

[williamlau05 Posted Feb 25th 2010 7:23PM]

@techlord

Errr....no, why? So would India/Iran/Saudi Arabia, your point?

[xconan Posted Feb 25th 2010 8:29PM]

@williamlau05
why? with burqas you can't even see the actual face of the women? so even with skype it's the same...

[Deaf Posted Feb 25th 2010 5:15PM]

The deaf and signing community would absolutely LOVE this!

[joepublic Posted Feb 25th 2010 5:46PM]

one step closer to the telescreens in 1984.

[Ethan Posted Feb 25th 2010 5:53PM]

I knew Carey Mulligan looked like a boy.

[malibumac Posted Feb 25th 2010 6:42PM]

Hey, it's Justin Bieber!

[Jonas P Posted Feb 25th 2010 7:06PM]

I could actually use this with my family spread out all over the country. Would beat trying to get more than one person to huddle around a small pc/laptop...

[johnm Posted Feb 25th 2010 8:26PM]

I think it is kind of funny, the idea just 20 years ago that we could actually buy a flat screen HDTV that hands on the wall that could easily video conference around the world in high resolution was simply mind blowing. Now that it is here and more than we could have ever imagined 20 years ago it is so, anti-climatic.

[the33dude33 Posted Feb 25th 2010 10:10PM]

That guy's head is waaaay too big.

[alexz Posted Feb 25th 2010 10:44PM]

This ruins sitting on the couch in my underwear watching TV.

[endgadget Posted Feb 26th 2010 3:39AM]

@alexz
Are you sure? Isn't that going to be the most popular use-case?