San Mateo-based software provider Fanhattan unveiled a pay-TV receiver Thursday that seeks to solve all of the problems that have been plaguing living rooms for so long. FanTV will combine live television, DVR and streaming all in one easy to use box.
"The easiest part of reinventing the TV experience was figuring out the problems we wanted to solve," Fanhattan wrote on their blog Thursday. "In the mix of hardware, apps and services, the core of the experience was lost: the actual entertainment. We think of it as the "Friday night fail" - sitting down after a long week to be entertained and quickly getting frustrated by the process of a) deciding what to watch and b) finding it across dozens of streaming services, on demand and live TV options, and c) negotiating a limited timespan before your significant other declares the effort hopeless. The loss - we end up settling for whatever is on rather than finding something we would love to watch."
FanTV sets out to provide people with a way to make watching TV simpler by bypassing all of the restrictions and grunt work that comes with trying to display the show or movie that you want to watch on your living room TV rather than a laptop screen or iPad.
In addition to the convenience of having all of your subscriptions in one place, FanTV offers its users one of the most convenient remote designs imaginable. The simply touch remote fits in the palm of the user's hand and allows them to swipe through the next generation interface of the FanTV.
"No need to turn on the lights and find your glasses prior to switching channels. Touch changed the way we interact with our phones and tablets, and we decided the time is right to bring touch to the biggest screen in your house," the blog post read.
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