[opendtv] Re: Adobe in Push to Spread Web Video to TV Sets
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:31:14 -0400
At 10:36 AM -0400 4/22/09, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
Perhaps YOU should read the article again Bert. It announced
the INTENT of Adobe to move Flash to the big screen in the
family room. This is FAR form a done deal.
That's absurd, Craig.
No Bert it is a statement of fact. They have a few design wins, but
they are just another company trying to unlock the puzzle of how to
get the CE industry to support a more open platform for the big
screen in the family room. I would add, that if a truly open platform
does evolve, Flash is just another application that such a platform
could support.
But we are still far from that day.
I reported on the new Sony Vaio STB. Inside it's a standard PC, and
comes with Windows Vista OS. It supports Flash, and all the other
players, right now. It can be used on a "big screen" right now.
Now that's absurd! Not that it exists, but that it is running Vista...
;-)
Or even more simply, I can plug my PC today into my large screen TV,
using the RGB connector if nothing else, and do the same thing the
well-executed Vaio can do. I think perhaps all of the flat panel TVs
have had RGB inputs, from day 1. So this is indeed old news, whether
you're viewing sitting up to a PC, or in the den.
BFD. I can do the same with my Macbook. This is NOT the same thing as
making Web access a standard feature of a big screen TV, not that I
support that concept. As you are aware I prefer to keep the Display a
display and let the consumer choose the device(s) that feed it.
And you are also aware that I do not think that hooking a PC up to a
TV is the best solution.
I expect there will be many announcements in the next six months
about alternatives. The real goal here is to make the TV a robust
client on a home network so that it can share media resources and do
useful tasks via the network. The best news is that it looks like the
user interface may come together via mobile/handheld devices.
I noticed that "Remote" was in the top twenty free app downloads for
the iPhone and iPod Touch as Apple passed the billion download mark
yesterday. This program only works with Networked PCs/macs and Apple
TV, but provides a good glimpse of where things are heading.
Well, I won't disagree for an instant that there's been a lot of FUD
generated over the years, from them and from others. The only problem is
the clueless head-nodders that allow FUD to slow them down. Companies
will always do what is in their perceived, typically short term,
self-interest. It is up to the decision makers to detect and reject FUD.
Which means these decision makers have to educate themselves, instead of
relying 100 percent on the information they get from viewgraph
presentations.
Who are the decision makers you are referrring to?
Consumers or the companies that are dragging their heels to slow the
real digital convergence?
Regards
Craig
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