The IMJ Corporation
out of Tokyo has introduced
an HDMI Wi-Fi stick called MGS that promises to turn almost any television
with an HDMI port into a smart TV. Once connected, the tiny device runs the
Android operating system on your television, and can be controlled with an
Android smartphone. It supports multiple video codecs, as well as digital
rights management technology, and can reportedly stream Internet video, music,
games, and numerous mobile applications to the larger television screen.
IMJ isn’t the first
company to announce an HDMI streaming stick. Most notably, Roku
introduced its own similar device back in January, and today the company
says it already
has deals in place with several hardware manufacturers including Hitachi,
Mitsubishi Electric, and Best Buy’s Insignia brand, among others. However, at
least on paper, IMJ’s MGS stick sounds like a more flexible solution. The Roku
stick needs a “Roku-ready” TV, and provides access to Roku-specific applications.
The MGS device (again, in theory) works with nearly any TV sporting an HDMI
port, and opens up access to a much broader range of applications in the
Android ecosystem.
While we have little
to go on with MGS beyond a press release and a few specifications, the new
product did recently get a vote of confidence from the Cable standards group
known as CableLabs. IMJ Corporation was chosen as the company with the product
most likely to succeed at the CableLabs Summer Conference last week.
The IMJ website says
the new HDMI Wi-Fi stick and related software development kit will be available
this summer, and will sell at a price point between $50 and $90. That’s a pretty
cheap upgrade for your living-room flat screen.
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