Hisense Series XT710 Television Lets You Change Channels By Gestures

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Okay, home theater buffs out there, for those of you who have ever looked at your various remote controls and said that that just looks way too much like work, there’s a great new solution out there for you. The folks out at Hisense are looking to release their new Series XT710 television, and this one is actually rather impressive, but may not win an audience so readily.

While on the surface, the Hisense Series XT710 is a relatively normal piece of television hardware, it doesn’t offer a remote control. And that by itself would be strange enough until you consider what they replace the remote with, namely, a 2D sensor backed up by eyeSight gesture recognition technology that allows the television to pick up on your gestures and head movements to change the channel. But that’s not all the 2D sensor will allow for; seeing as the television itself is running on Android (just which version, though, is somewhat unclear though it’s a safe bet it’s not actually Ice Cream Sandwich), you’ll also be able to play games and use various other apps on the television when you’re not paging through channels. Whether Android Marketplace access will come with this particular television is also somewhat unclear.

The Hisense Series XT710 has apparently already been released, but only in China, so further details about the television (resolution, ports available, even screen size) appear somewhat short on the ground. Still though, while it’s an interesting idea, I’m not sure it’s going to go over quite that well being as working a remote isn’t exactly an energy-intensive activity. And there’s the issue of the fact that Kinect is looking to have something similar go on with television, especially given Microsoft’s plans to expand into pay television.

But what do you guys think about the Hisense Series XT710? Think you might be interested in a television that changes channels with hand waves and head bobs? Or will it take a pretty impressive set of specs (or an impressively low price tag) to get you interested in this one? No matter what you think about it, we want to hear from you, so head on down to the comments section and tell us what you think!