[opendtv] Re: News: DIRECTV Sued Over HDTV Picture Quality
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 09:25:40 -0400
At 12:40 PM -0400 9/25/06, Tom Barry wrote:
I do most of my home computing, web browsing, etc. from an arm chair
watching a screen projected 4' high on the wall in front of me in my
living room. It's also my only (HD)TV I use now.
But I suspect that may still be the exception.
Most computer use is still designed for the user to sit at a typing
distance from the screen and keyboard. This means close enough that
you are easily less than 3 screen heights from the display even with
a 20" monitor. Until computer users start sitting further back from
the display there is little reason to think they will be using large
displays in the offices & bedrooms.
- Tom
Bingo!
The "three screen heights from the display" is the real barrier that
must be overcome for true convergence. Obviously you have achieved
this with your set-up (I have done the same in the past when I have
had access to a projector). Running a GUI on a big screen TV is
becomming quite feasible...
Apple has already addressed this via their Front Row software, which
was an integral part of th recent iTV demo. Once you have a 1-2
Mpixel palette, you can design multiple user interfaces for the
device, each optimized for the applications and user interface
environment (Front Row uses a simple remote that is virtually
identical to the iPOD click wheel).
What is more important, however, is integration across multiple
devices including the big screen TV, dual use appliances, and
dedicated PCs. You may well use the traditional lean forward
computing interface when you are browsing for content, then watch
that content in a lean back environment. Likewise, you may bookmark
some sites at the computer, then look at those sites on the big
screen when you want to show them to a group of people - e.g.
planning a vacation.
I look forward to the day when I can bring up a browser on my TV to
search for something, rather than having to go to a computer.
Regards
Craig
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