[opendtv] Re: (No Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:30:37 -0400

At 7:51 PM -0400 10/24/04, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
>You certainly could hold an infrared-connected
>keyboard and mouse on your lap for real web
>browsing on your HDTV set, but to pretend that
>this will be how HDTVs and home theater
>installations will get used *predominantly* is
>just plain silly.
>

Yup. it is more likely that you will use a portable digital media 
appliance to deal with this stuff. It could be a laptop computer, or 
a small touch screen pad. But this misses the point.

We are not talking about writing e-mails and doing other personal 
productivity tasks on the big screen. The key will be in configuring 
your TV to be user friendly and personalized. You will create a 
graphical user interface that is optimized for the big screen; one 
that is customized for the resources available to that screen. One 
that is customized for the way you want to watch TV. It is just as 
likely that you will configure this display from a PC as from a 
remote control.

It's really not that difficult to get it right...

Regards
Craig
 
 
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