The iDeal iPod
Posted on February 26, 2009
Suppose the iPod Touch had a fully functioning browser along with Bluetooth connectivity.
Such a device could connect to a flat-panel TV and display HD video on the TV screen. The on-board WiFi of the Touch would connect to the home network and thence to the Internet. Thus users could watch any Internet Video instead of only those at websites providing applications at the Apps Store. Bluetooth would enable a remote keyboard and mouse to provide a lean-back viewing experience 15 – 20 feet distant from the TV screen. Read more…
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The End Game for Internet-Video-to-the-TV
Posted on February 24, 2009
During the past month we repeatedly observed that consumers are connecting laptop computers to flat-panel TVs thereby accessing Internet Video on the TV screen. While the laptop-as-TV-Media-Controller is becoming an important computer application, it is not the “end game”. Ultimately, TVs will connect directly to the Internet. While they may have a new browser that works with a simple remote unit instead of a keyboard, they will provide unrestricted Internet access. The laptop-as-TV-Media-Controller application is merely a “forcing factor” to the final scenario. Read more…
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March Madness Basketball and Internet TV
Posted on February 22, 2009
If you would like to learn how the NCAA basketball tournament could feed demand for getting Internet Video to the TV, this audio program is for you.
CBS is giving Microsoft and the Win-tel computer makers a great opportunity to boost demand for their products in advance of next month’s March Madness. Unfortunately it looks like they are going “to the ball” by ignoring the opportunity to promote the TV-to-Laptop connection. Such a laptop-as-Media-Controller configuration empowers viewers to watch any game via live streaming video through the laptop to the TV screen. Read more…
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Madness at Fox and NBC
Posted on February 21, 2009
On Thursday www.hulu.com announced that they will not permit viewers who are using Boxee software to access Internet Video streams.
Background
Hulu is a website owned by NBC and Fox that provides high quality streaming of popular television shows and movies. Most of the shows are from NBC and Fox, but others are also available such as Comedy Central’s Daily Show with Jon Stewart and the Colbert Report. The website is entirely legal and supported with advertising. Additionally, there are over 100 movies. Read more…
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Is TV-to-Laptop-to-Internet Geeky?
Posted on February 19, 2009
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If you are curious to know whether connecting a laptop to a flat-panel TV is an effective and “user-friendly” way of getting Internet Video to the TV, this video interview is for you.
Our guest today is a man named Scott who connected his laptop computer to a 46-inch flat-panel TV. He wanted unlimited Internet Video on the new television. Scott has a MBA and works in the financial services industry as a non-technical executive. Read more…
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Internet Video Viewership Statistics
Posted on February 17, 2009
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If you would like quantified estimates of the growth of Internet Video and market share statistics, this interview is for you.
Our guest today is Will Richmond who is the Editor of VideoNuze.com. His website is one of the leading sources of information about broadband video. Read more…
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Apple and Digital Living Room
Posted on February 13, 2009
If you would like to learn how Apple might take center-stage in the digital living room, this audio is for you.
Following our February 4th post about how the Mac Mini might be modified to provide Internet-Video-to-the-TV, there’s been a flurry of speculation about the company’s potential to enter the TV set business in a couple of years. The idea is that Apple would enter the category with a game changing product concept much like it did in the cell phone business with the iPhone. It’s not a bad idea. Read more…
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Boxee Improves on Apple
Posted on February 11, 2009
If you would like to learn how to use a simple remote with Apple devices to watch Internet Video on TV without being limited to iTunes content, this interview is for you.
Our guest today is Avner Ronen who is the CEO and Co-Founder of Boxee. His company provides free software enabling Apple computers (and Apple TV) to display Internet Video on televisions using an interface only requiring the six-button remote that Apple itself manufactures. Read more…
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