[opendtv] Re: Adobe in Push to Spread Web Video to TV Sets
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:36:10 -0400
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
> Perhaps YOU should read the article again Bert. It announced
> the INTENT of Adobe to move Flash to the big screen in the
> family room. This is FAR form a done deal.
That's absurd, Craig.
I reported on the new Sony Vaio STB. Inside it's a standard PC, and
comes with Windows Vista OS. It supports Flash, and all the other
players, right now. It can be used on a "big screen" right now.
Or even more simply, I can plug my PC today into my large screen TV,
using the RGB connector if nothing else, and do the same thing the
well-executed Vaio can do. I think perhaps all of the flat panel TVs
have had RGB inputs, from day 1. So this is indeed old news, whether
you're viewing sitting up to a PC, or in the den.
> Microsoft has spent a small fortune trying to partner with the
> big media companies to own a piece of this. Those million, and
> millions were accepted eagerly by companies who knew that
> Microsoft could create enough FUD to seriously slow down the
> transition to the REAL digital media infrastructure for the next
> 50 years.
Well, I won't disagree for an instant that there's been a lot of FUD
generated over the years, from them and from others. The only problem is
the clueless head-nodders that allow FUD to slow them down. Companies
will always do what is in their perceived, typically short term,
self-interest. It is up to the decision makers to detect and reject FUD.
Which means these decision makers have to educate themselves, instead of
relying 100 percent on the information they get from viewgraph
presentations.
Bert
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