[opendtv] Re: PR: Majority of New HDTVs Powered By ATI

At 5:00 PM -0500 11/23/04, Mark Aitken wrote:
>We need a common interface "platform" so that folks can be about the
>business of "hookin' up" their prized possessions.
>
>IMHO...
>

Many of the pieces are already in place.

IEEE-1394
DVI
WiFi

And perhaps most important - a progressive display that can easily 
support both filtered and unfiltered  image sources and combine them 
in the interface they will use to drive their systems.

What is lacking at the moment is the will of manufacturers to take 
the plunge. At the moment, Mitsubishi is probably further along than 
the other CE companies. But companies like Apple may have the upper 
hand, as they have been developing the core technologies to make all 
of this work for more than a decade. One of the keys here is auto 
detection of sources as they come online or leave. The other is the 
ability to store the path to a source and recall it on demand via a 
simple command. E.G. if you select a program in your EPG the system 
should be intelligent enough to handle the signal routing. If the 
asset is "offline" (e.g. a DVD on the shelf) the system should tell 
you where to find it, open the tray on the DVD player, and route the 
signal.

I do, however, detect growing interest in these capabilities among consumers.

Regards
Craig
 
 
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