Couch potatoes are in for a treat because the next generation of TVs is here (in the USA at least). TVs that blend all the traditional viewing pleasures with the convenience of the internet, as it relates to video, are the latest craze among television manufacturers. This is all thanks to Google TV, which is basically Google’s Android platform customised specifically to enhance the home entertainment experience. It’s been heralded as the best thing to hit TV since television was invented. But it’s also been criticised by reviewers who have found the user experience to be unrefined and at an almost pre-beta testing level.

Currently, Google TV is available on Sony Internet TV Blu-ray devices and Logitech Revue TVs, but Toshiba plans to muscle in on the action in early 2011.