Two Years Ahead of the Market
Posted on March 2, 2011
Earlier this week The Diffusion Group released market research reporting that one-third of domestic broadband subscribers have connected their TVs to a computer.
Almost precisely two years ago – March 10, 2009 — we posted a video demonstrating how to connect a laptop computer to a television as a means of getting unrestricted Internet videos on the TV. Our instructional video has been viewed almost 200,000 times. Furthermore, we emphasized the process was not “geeky” and would not be limited to Early Adopters as was popularly believed at the time. We concluded that browser, or app-centric, Internet TV would ultimately become a wave of the future.
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Thus we note with interest some of the findings from The Diffusion Group report. Read more…
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Three Myths About Internet TV
Posted on March 9, 2009
If you would like to identify three myths about Internet-Video-to-the-TV, this audio is for you.
First Myth. Although some consumers are connecting laptop computers to their TVs in order to get Internet Video on the sets, the phenomenon is inconsequential to the mass market.
This is a myth for two reasons. Read more…
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Sony - (1) Ultra-Thin OLED TV & (2) Internet TV Appliance
Posted on February 5, 2008
Summary: If you would like to learn about Sony’s new thin OLED television as well as the company’s strategy for connecting TVs to the Internet, this interview is for you.
Our guest today is Rick Clancy who is the Senior Vice President of Communications for Sony Electronics, USA. We discuss the new ultra-thin television introduced into the States last month. It uses Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) as the light source. The screen thickness is only that of 3 credit cards stacked together. We also discuss Sony’s new Bravia Internet Video Link that brings a walled-garden (prison?) of Internet content to the television.
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