[opendtv] Re: [oldvtrs] So Much for HDTV]

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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