Sony adds RSS to televisions

Sony’s latest HDTVs will support an optional component capable of streaming Internet video and downloading content defined using RSS syndication. The BRAVIA Internet Video Link is a small optional module attached to the back of your High-Definition Television (HDTV) and connected to your home broadband network over Ethernet. Price and availability are still unannounced, but the first televisions supporting the new module will be available this Spring.

The BRAVIA Internet Video Link operates independently without the need for a separate gateway computer on your network. It uses the Xross Media Bar (XMB) interface already present on a PlayStation Portable (PSP) to browse feed lists, individual items, and their individual enclosures.

Your television (TV) now subscribes to RSS. Crazy!

Gizmodo has some hands-on pictures of the BRAVIA Internet Video Link and its interface.