[opendtv] Re: [oldvtrs] So Much for HDTV]
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:51:59 -0400
At 4:37 PM -0400 8/21/08, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
I know that Craig likes to believe that DTV should be just like a
computer. But even Craig has to admit that when he goes to a web site,
he is not able to rearrange the way a particular web page looks. He
might be able to open multiple web sites simultaneously, and he might be
able to overlap them to varying degrees, but the web page designer
doesn't allow him to change the location of all of the onjects he, the
designer, incorporated into his web pages.
Why should TV be any different?
What has the configuration of a web site got to do with it. This is
more analogous to tuning to a TV channel than using a computer.
Now let me respond in a different way.
A web page is actually a fairly good example of local composition in
the receiver; and it is worth noting that more and more we are seeing
TVs with web browsing capabilities.
If these capabilities can be added easily to a TV, then by inference,
broadcasters could begin to offer capabilities that take advantage of
the image processing engines in such TVs.
There are two aspects of local composition that are relevant here:
1. The ability to add on screen "applets/widgets" that are useful to
the viewer - imagine having a task bar/dock for your TV - pop it up
and you could have direct links to your favorite channels, web pages,
and widgets. The MAc Mini and Apple TV already support much of this
as does Windows Media Center.
2. The ability to use the image processing power in the TV to augment
and enhance traditioal broadcasts and other sources of streaming
video. This is the kind of stuff we have been discussing, such as
rendering the logo bug in the receiver.
It's time to start thinking of that BIG, hi resolution, progressive
scan display in the family room as more than a dumb terminal for
people who want to veg out on the pabulum from the broadcast
networks...
Regards
Craig
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