[opendtv] Re: Just How Dumb Is It For CBS To Block CNET From

From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:15:19 -0600

Mike Tsinberg wrote:

> I guess two tendencies. On one hand Internet TV as it known
> from your office PC opens the world to browsing and freedom
> of getting any content you like.

Or you home PC, right? Internet TV, or reading the news on the PC, or listening 
to music from sites like Pandora, are all well-known experiences to most people 
now. These are all "information consumption" activities, rather than 
productivity activities. But we all know how to set up our browser bookmarks to 
get to these sources in a hurry. Surely, no one types in the URL every single 
time?

> On the other hand nobody wants to type or cut and paste IP
> addresses on the TV screen. You just want click and watch.

????

I don't know how other people use their computers, but to get to web sites I 
use a lot, I just click on a bookmark, and I'm there. One click. Whether it's 
to get to my bank's web page, or to read the paper, or to watch TV.

For prime time TV viewing, I click on the CBS bookmark, or whatever other 
network, it takes me to the full episodes page right away, and I click on the 
show I want to watch. Done. The wireless mouse sits next to me on the couch. 
And if I want to get adventurous, I use the search engine to find whatever I 
want.

Like I said previously, at best, for the utterly incompetent, the sales guy at 
Best Buy can set up the customer's "favorites" or "bookmarks," on the smart 
TV's browser. Big deal!

Bert

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