CES 2012

Talking Dog Dominates Onkyo Reportage

Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 10, 2012

This is Mishka the talking dog saying "I love you" on YouTube. No kidding. If it's on the internet, you know it must be true. This was actually a demo of InstaPrevue, a feature being built into Onkyo's network-enabled a/v receivers. The cool part, aside from the talking dog, is that you can view picture insets showing the content of source components as opposed to prosaic text labels like HDMI1, HDMI2, or that classic of the genre, HDMI3. The talking dog (have we mentioned the talking dog?) was being streamed from an Android phone via MHL, or Mobile High-definition Link, another new Onkyo receiver feature. Onkyo was also talking up cloud storage capability for receivers via its partnership with MP3tunes. The first two gigabytes are free.

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Jarod's picture
Submitted by Jarod on January 11, 2012 - 10:14am

Thanks for making me chuckle Mark. Good stuff!

wingman1659's picture
Submitted by wingman1659 on January 11, 2012 - 12:21pm

Well I'd love to see maybe new model dates or MSRP's for these receivers. I want myself a shiny new TX-NR8(10?).

Mark Fleischmann's picture
Submitted by Mark Fleischmann on January 12, 2012 - 6:31pm
...for model numbers and prices and was told they're not yet available.
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