[opendtv] Re: Commentary: Is Internet TV yet another would-be wedding?

Much of the problem with Internet TV is most of the prime content is controlled by folks that don't really want Internet TV yet. 

- Tom


Kon Wilms wrote:

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 7:57 AM, Manfredi, Albert E
<albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Very timely article. I'll stick with my previous comments on the
subject, i.e. that Internet TV can work fine as long as it's TV, and not
the sort of heavily interactive experience people prefer doing, and have
become accustomed doing, sitting up to a PC, with keyboard, and
typically alone.

"In contrast, the Widget Channel uses a thin bar along the bottom as a
default. It's not about browsing -- it's about pushing content."


A thin bar with pushed content? This is something new? Yawn!

The problem with internet television on a television is not the fact
that it is interactive -- it's the fact that the input mechanisms
(mouse and keyboard) are antiquated. We need gesture control for one
thing. Until the CE industry realizes this, they will just continue to
flounder and push nonsense like 'push widgets' as newfangled
technologies.

Cheers
Kon
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