[opendtv] Re: Here’s Comcast’s Version of Apple TV
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 22:28:06 +0000
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
> So what happens when some new content creator sets up shop and
> offers the hottest new show on TV…errr the Internet?
What happens is, the zombies you're talking about, those that become brain-dead
when they think "TV watching," will probably have to go back to Best Buy to
have the good salesman type in the URL for them. Of course, the rest will take
out the keyboard sort of like they scan their DTVs for new TV channels. Every
so often.
Plus, the other part you're missing is, good TV content portals "discover" this
new content for you. Hulu always has new stuff, for example. You don’t need to
browse the web yourself to discover *all* new content.
> You go back into the closet so you can enter a search request
> and create a new icon?
Decent browsers show the icon of the web site, if that's what's troubling you.
Surely you're not telling us that creating shortcuts is difficult? Here's how
it's done, Craig. Go to your search engine. Type in whatever you are searching
for. When you find a site that suits you, you add it to your favorites.
> The Surface Pro is a PC Bert,
And yet the research firms call it a tablet or "hybrid." Check out the EE Times
article I posted.
> There is no argument about thin clients. Having them rely upon the
> same UI principles as a desktop PC is the issue.
Mountain out of molehill. This is really simple stuff. If you don’t want the
wireless mouse, a device that points to the screen, to click on links showing
on the screen, can be figured out too. The device makers can hire the right
kind of people to create such UI variations with no major problem. And of
course, web sites with TV portals continue to improve. Like they've been doing
all along!!
There is simply no reason to believe that what Comcast did with its new
proprietary cable STB can't be done at any number of web sites, depending on
"the cloud" instead of depending on a proprietary box that demands a monthly
ransom.
Bert
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