[opendtv] Re: Valve's Newell: How PCs Will Take Over the Living Room

  • From: "Albert Manfredi" <bert22306@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 19:15:31 -0500

Craig Birkmaier wrote:


Actually, Newell was trying to make the case for commodity PCs to
 replace game consoles as the "gateway" to the living room. In his view,
consoles are too limited compared to commodity PCs, a view that Bert
might share as well.
I do, and furthermore, I think that a tablet-like device could easily become that new "commodity PC." (BTW, from the subject line, it should have been clear that I was referring to the article Tom had just posted.) In short, I think this subject is more or less a no-brainer. People shouldn't be scratching their heads about the obvious. 


Likewise, it is somewhat absurd to talk about TVs becoming PCs or tablets.
There is one defining aspect of most TVs - they have large screens that are 
viewed from a comfortable viewing distance,


You're simply not opening your mind, Craig.
A tablet "look and feel" does not mean you have to be stuck on the tablet form factor. There is nothing hard about giving a large screen TV set the same screen content you would see on a tablet, then giving the user a pointing device so he doesn't have to physically swipe objects on the screen itself. And you can even provide those "apps" that the simple-minded find so indispensable. 

This is all so simple it hurts.

By the way, I can easily agree that the game console days are numbered.

Bert



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