Star Wars Lightsaber Remote Control

Most television remote controls are rectangular and flattish. Taito diverges from standard design conventions and shapes their remote control into a light saber which measures 20cm or 7.87″ in length. The general controls found on a regular remote are featured on the saber as follows:

Channel selection (up and down)
Volume control (up and down)
Power On/Off rectangular pushbutton switch

LG Netflix Set-top Box Streams Movies To Your TV

The set-top box will have the same set of movies that are available through Watch Instantly, currently around 6,000 titles. Movies will be streamed to the box, not stored on the device.

LG does not have an exclusive deal with Netflix, so we can expect to see other companies to include this feature (Microsoft’s Xbox? PS3?). No other partners have been announced at this time, but Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said that he wants to see a wide variety of partners using the technology.

The pricing for the box has not been set, but I would expect it to cost less than $200 ($99 might be a good introductory price).