Is it the case (without naming specific brands, OSs or browsers) that latest smart Internet TVs are an incremental evolution/variation of the walled-garden? ---- Tom McMahon Del Rey +1-310-717-7208 Mobile TLM@xxxxxxxxxx WWW.LinkedIn.Com/in/McMahonTV -----Original Message----- From: Albert Manfredi <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> Sender: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2012 14:17:55 To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [opendtv] Re: One more thought for the mix Re: Smart TVs - No One Uses Smart TV Internet Tom wrote: > I know about Windows Live Mail, Hotmail, Internet TV, etc. But I am > still not clear on how I would use them on my Sony Bravia flat panel > without adding a PC to my living room setup. I guess that is your > point? Indeed it is. Which is how all the other newer hand-held gadgets manage to work with, synchronize with, and at least partially replace, PCs. The question I keep asking is, why would anyone think that a "connected TV" must follow a totally different formula and feel totally strange and confusing to its users? Why this mental disconnect on the part of the CE companies? Bert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.