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Playing Blu-ray movies on the go on a laptop or in the living room on an HTPC with a Blu-ray drive doesn't have to be difficult, but if you want true HD video quality and the experience of navigating disc extras and menus, you'll need a Blu-ray media player that's up to the task.

On Tuesday, Microsoft is launching a new app for Windows Phone handsets to help Xbox 360 owners navigate their game console.

The timing is in conjunction with the company's living room push to bring more music and video content to the Xbox 360 console.

How about that for some big news on a Monday morning? The $12.5 billion deal for Motorola Mobility has huge implications across the mobile and living room markets and could signal a stronger position for Android as it fends off patent infringement claims from Google rivals.

Most of us are familiar with LCD technology. You probably have an LCD monitor in front of you right now. There may be an LCD TV sitting in your living room, or bedroom, at this very second.

You know that LCD screens come with a power cord. You plug it in and your screen comes to life.

Google TV is coming -- and judging by the new Google TV website, it's coming soon. Via the medium of shiny, black, stylish imagery, the site goes a long way to answering any and all questions you might have about the service.

For sitting-in-the-living-room TV watchers it sounds really cool. If you sit at your computer all day, however, the feature list feels a little mundane.

Over the years we've seen Apple try to make their way to the living room.

Boxee, the popular home theater PC program, has received another serious blow in its quest to become a living room mainstay, as the release of its much-anticipated Boxee Box has been pushed back to November of this year.

In fact, the delay might prove fatal to Boxee’s set-top hardware.

I've reviewed, paid for and installed vast numbers of PC speakers over the years. Most have been faint shadows of their living room cousins.

Then there are the Audioengine A5's.

Got a broadband connection and a networked Xbox 360 or PS3? You can watch Web-based video on your living room television set without an HTPC.