Hoax or Not?: StreamTV fails to be released on scheduled date

Remember a month or so ago we reported on the mysterious ‘StreamTV’ family of products first showed up on Amazon promising 500GB HDD, “Super Blu-ray Player” and vague 3D capabilities. We have now reached their ‘release date’ of May 7 and… nothing has showed up, and honestly, we’re not expecting much really. It sounded a little strange to begin with, and we expressed our doubts then.

The news of Mitsubishi’s 2010 HDTV line with Stream TV we reported on seemed to be linked, but no news on that front either lately. I think its safe to say there’s little chance we’ll ever see whatever these units were planned to be. Hopefully, some company will fulfill the promises made by these models at some point.

Have 6K saved just in case?

Uncovered: StreamTV and Mitsubishi new model linked?

Following up on yesterday’s news: Have we discovered the mysterious “StreamTV”? Perhaps. Read on, courtesy of Engadget HD:

Sure most other manufacturers are new to this 3DTV thing but Mitsubishi is already on its fourth generation, announcing the new 638, 738 and 838 series DLP TVs. New for the 2010 lineup, and possibly giving some insight to those weird HDTVs that appeared on Amazon yesterday is “StreamTV” interactive media which appears to be a new (post Wal-mart acquisition?) branding for the VUDU Apps service we spotted during CES with Pandora, Flickr, Picasa and others built in.

If that sounds like a little too much then don’t worry, it’s not in the base 638 series televisions while the 738 models add StreamTV, an optional WiFi N adapter and video calibration options, and the top of the line 838 models offer Mitsubishi’s 16 speaker built-in iSP surround sound tech along with a few other minor adjustments as upgrades. We’re still waiting to find out when these ship (probably in the next month or so), but one thing that never changes is projection’s ability to go big for less money than its flat-panel competitors, ranging from $1,199 for the 60-inch WD-60638 to $4,499 for the 82-inch WD-8238 (don’t forget to add in the price of a special checkerboard compatible 3D Blu-ray player or an adapter to make everything work.)

Detective work is a hard gig indeed, but we believe we may have found the ‘missing link’ with this elusive StreamTV. We’ll update you as we hear more.

Hurry Up And Wait: StreamTV HDTVs with Blu-Ray and glass-less 3D?

Ever heard of StreamTV? We haven’t, and you probably haven’t either. Are they hooked up to another company, with a different nameplate? Who knows? But there they are.

A pair of entries just added today to Amazon.com reading like the picture are appearing, and we’re very curious, but our advice? Hurry up and wait.

Both the 42-inch 3D HDTV and its 37-inch bro, includes a built-in 500GB hard drive, Blu-ray player, and according to the listing “full browsing capabilities using Entertainment Portal.”

Oh BTW, it doesn’t require 3D glasses to view 3D on these sets. May 7th we’ll find out, but color us a bit skeptical about these units. Will they match up to Sammy’s 3D units? It’s anyone’s guess.