[opendtv] Re: Cable cord cutting: not ready for prime time
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 08:53:59 -0500
At 4:30 PM -0600 2/1/11, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
That's one for Craig to watch, especially. Note: people want to
vegge out when they watch TV. They don't want their TV experience to
become a PC experience. They don't even necessarily want to choose
from a menu. They want live streams of familiar stuff they can just
watch.
Millions of Netflix subscribers veg out every day...
The video brings out two important issues:
1. Much of the most desirable content is not available Over-the-top.
2. The user experience for most of the devices tested is far from
being simple for those in a "vegetative" state.
Perhaps the term Bottom Feeders was both harsh and incorrect. Maybe
the reality is that people just want to turn off their brains when
they sit down to watch TV...
Even without depending on any of those limited Internet TV schemes,
like Apple TV and the rest, the user interface for Internet TV can
be very easy, actually. Turns out, once you've set up your favorite
sites in the browser, all the TV sites I use can be browsed with the
mouse alone. It's very easy. You boot up, type in your password
assuming you have set one up, and then put the remote keyboard off
to a side. The rest is done with the mouse - no more cumbersome than
a typical TV remote. Just slide the mouse on the couch next to you.
Interesting observation Bert. One that is not entirely consistent
with the video.
In many areas of our lives we have come to expect that the new
"digital experience" can be far easier than the old processes that
are being replaced.
For example, Netflix is doing well because it is much easier to hit a
few buttons and watch a stream than it was to get in the car and
drive to Blockbuster to rent a movie.
We use bookmarks, shortcuts and macros to simplify many things when
using a computer or smart mobile device. So the real issue is
developing devices and interfaces that properly integrate every
possible service and connection, AND a GUI that does not require a
keyboard and mouse to watch TV.
Regards
Craig
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