A P CC
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| WHAT is the next stepping stone, for Tv
a lot of can still remember when our parents bought the 1st tv set home,(and we switched from watching the "'radio" to pictures on the little box) we would see a test pattern on Saturday mornings,when waiting for the cartoons to come on, then came the different kinds of tv services offered,remote control, (cable, satellite, telephone line, ect) and better equipment to watch tv on, flat panel,big screen,ect
Just curious what do you think the next step in tv viewing will be for the future?
Maybe 3D tv viewing or ?
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djdanska
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| Smell o vision! LoL... Kidding. Good question. Something is bound to come up. Not sure on 3d tv. Hdtv has been in the works for a long time now and i have not heard of anything new coming out yet. Something will though. Give it time!
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A P CC
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| said by djdanska  :Smell o vision! LoL... Kidding. Good question. Something is bound to come up. Not sure on 3d tv. Hdtv has been in the works for a long time now and i have not heard of anything new coming out yet. Something will though. Give it time! "SOMEof us" even remember when the 3 D,(gimmick) came out that you put over the glass on your tv picture tube to "'supposedly" see movies in 3 d, remember the "'free 3 D glass you got in the ceral box, lol
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snowman714
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I think the next step will be holographic TV |
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A P CC
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| said by snowman714 :I think the next step will be holographic TV thats already here in my home,
everytime i see a good movie on animal planet ior HBO ,ect channel I say ""Holly Cow," or Holly geeze I've gotta record that next time its on.
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sunbird
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I think the next big thing to hit tv will be 3d hd tv! |
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djdanska
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It would be pretty cool if they made a tv with a tivo built into it. All one unit. That hooks up to the internet and where you can download movies and videos. A cable card slot too so you can get digital cable. Have access to the cable companies video on demand too. A removable hard drive where you can expand it. (By firewire or whatever the newest standard is now a days.) Have it setup where you can remotely login to your tv and stream your saved programs or live tv. (on a mobile device, computer, or other tv. Like what Orb.com does.)
This can all be done now though.
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A P CC
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| said by djdanska :It would be pretty cool if they made a tv with a tivo built into it. All one unit. That hooks up to the internet and where you can download movies and videos. A cable card slot too so you can get digital cable. Have access to the cable companies video on demand too. A removable hard drive where you can expand it. (By firewire or whatever the newest standard is now a days.) Have it setup where you can remotely login to your tv and stream your saved programs or live tv. (on a mobile device, computer, or other tv. Like what Orb.com does.) This can all be done now though. I wonder IF what you describe isn't what my friend already has with something, ( a program or ??? whetever it is) he purchased, he watch's his tv on the computer, something called I think
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wings10
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said by snowman714 :I think the next step will be holographic TV There you go.
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heels_fan
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ATI is a video card maker. The video card has software that allows you to plug in a cable to the video card, just like you would plug in a cable to your tv.
The software allows for you to see the the TV signal on the video card just like TV. |
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said by A P CC :said by snowman714 :I think the next step will be holographic TV thats already here in my home, everytime i see a good movie on animal planet ior HBO ,ect channel I say ""Holly Cow," or Holly geeze I've gotta record that next time its on. Guess that's just your problem being west... out east we always get the 3-4 hours later WC rerun on cable channels to record if didn't just DVR it in the first place (or looking at the late afternoon feed 5pm for 8pm) 
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andranic
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I think the next "big thing" is going to be in form of media centers and downloadable content. A good 5 years until it becomes a standard for the average user. As far has TV quality I dont see it changing for a while. I guess less compression with HD programing due to more bandwidth in the next few years.
a good 15 years until the next generation of High def comes out. |
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BurntCricket
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Well considering not too long ago there were no VCRs and TV recorders were real to real and were big, bulky, expensive, and the recordings were limited to educational use only and could only be kept so many days and the quality of the recording was okay at best.
If you were lucky to have a new TV you had colour and if lived in a major city you had than three channels to choose from.
Those of us that have experienced the advancement in TV know how far things have come.
There were "only" 27"(or smaller) screens with no stereo sound, no HD, no DVR, and for most no cable or sat.
Now there are 100" HD TVs, 1000 channels, and DVRs to record whatever you want and pause or replay it if you wish.
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NomadOfNorad
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My feeling is that, given time, we will shift across to getting our television shows delivered as playable files, from a file server or a collection of file servers out on the Net, rather than those shows being tied to a specific time and a specific broadcast channel. The "Television Network" or "Satellite Channel" as a concept will be obsolete, and will then perhaps be only a brand presence. "This show delivered to you by NBC" or "This show delivered to you by HGTV" but there will no longer be a case of "NBC is on channel 12" or "HGTV is on channel 112" but instead "Browse to NBC.TV to see and acquire the latest episodes..." or "Visit the server at HGTV.com to download the latest 'What's With That House?' episode..." directly to your home server and watch it on your HDTV.
It will also mean that shows will no longer be at the mercy of some bean-counter network exec that has taken a personal disliking to a show and wants to drive the ratings down (by, f'rex, showing episodes out of sequence on a show that has a specific story-arc, where the episodes must be shown in a certain sequence for it all to make sense (remember "Crusades," anyone?)), or canceling a show before it's even gotten halfway through the first season because it hasn't been a major hit yet, and where the execs don't really understand the show either (remember "Firefly"?), and are moving the show around the schedule trying to find where it gets more audience (thereby losing the audience it already has, who might not be able to watch it on the night it suddenly moved it, or that might not be aware that it did move).
It would also mean that anyone could become a "TV network" by making his own TV series in his basement or garage, and have that show show up right there next to the big boys' shows, and you could have some really, really unusual, even niche, TV series ideas.
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kcblack
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| I always get reminded of the movie "Short Circuit" where Johnny Five goes through all the books in the house and cries out "More input, More input" which is the direction we are moving in.
More and more I see things going to a subscription basis. Instead of paying $100 a month for Directv, you'll pay a few cents an episode for your favorite series or we'll be back at the "brought to you by "Bromo Seltzer" days.
I see a day (mostly already here, where you have a TIVO-like interface on your PC media center which you enter keywords and your media center box automatically downloads programs/media to your PC and then you use a remote control to manage your media(a la media center).
I'll be close to this as soon as DirectTV comes out with its USB/Vista media center tuner boxes (dual tuners) that use a Vista based Media center PC as tuner controller and perform the same functions as the crappy HR-20 DVRs.
The networks don't understand that they are a dying breed and their model just is not sustainable any more. Look at the number of shows that have episodes that you can watch online now.
It will also make shows cheaper and let them be under more control of their creators. Then they can come to a natural conclusion when the author/write wants them to end, not because it got too expensive to produce because of delays due to "seasons" or egos as a production becomes more successful.
I do hope that "anyone" can become a TV network as well. There are alot of creative people out there with alot fo ideas and for $500 you can pick up a nice HD camera and good editing software is not that expensive, the sky is the limit.
More input, more input!
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Hayward
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said by BurntCricket :Well considering not too long ago there were no VCRs and TV recorders were real to real and were big, bulky, expensive Not too long ago???? I think most would consider 32 years a fair chunk of time... Yes it has been that long since the 1976 introduction of the Betamax, and the earlier R-2-R B&W machines go back to the late 60's And they went color in their last days before the Betamax introduction.
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If you were lucky to have a new TV you had colour and if lived in a major city you had than three channels to choose from.
NYC area we had 2,4,5,7,9,11, and 13 (3 net, 3 ind, and PBS), and there were CT & NJ stations you might get, and that's not even counting UHF most people didn't know of until the tuners were mandated in the early 60's and people got antennas, or close enough for the loop and bowties indoor types.
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Hayward
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said by NomadOfNorad :My feeling is that, given time, we will shift across to getting our television shows delivered as playable files, from a file server or a collection of file servers out on the Net, rather than those shows being tied to a specific time and a specific broadcast channel. The "Television Network" or "Satellite Channel" as a concept will be obsolete, and will then perhaps be only a brand presence. "This show delivered to you by NBC" or "This show delivered to you by HGTV" but there will no longer be a case of "NBC is on channel 12" or "HGTV is on channel 112 I'm not so sure about that as most still first encounter shows by channel surfing at a given moment. (Unless a big instant hit everyone is talking about)
A vast vault of files does not make that very easy or likely.
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Hayward
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said by kcblack :I'll be close to this as soon as DirectTV comes out with its USB/Vista media center tuner boxes (dual tuners) that use a Vista based Media center PC as tuner controller OK boy a DVR with BSOD, and needing 2GB of RAM to even boot or run.
VISTA.... aptly named because that is where it ever running right is.... on that distant vista, almost over the horizon.
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I do hope that "anyone" can become a TV network as well. There are alot of creative people out there with alot fo ideas and for $500 you can pick up a nice HD camera and good editing software is not that expensive, the sky is the limit.
Fine and good if all you ever want to see is cheapo (non) Reality TV nonsence, game/talk shows and videos.
But You don't produce like hour long dramas/scif/movies/etc for $500, and most actors, directors, stage hands, caterers, etc do like to get paid...
REAL TV is not by any streatch of the imaginaion a cheap undetaking, even if the relatively unimportant stuff like cameras, and editing may have. If nothing else you have dozens of people salaries.
You can't do serious TV as a part time hobby.
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Tru2Way TV's should be out this fall. But for the future..
How about TV's with built in MPEG4/H.264 decoding, downloadable conditional access (no cable or access cards). Plug and play, simply plug a lead from the cable or satellite company in, and it downloads the CA and software required to navigate/use the service. Self provisioning via 2 way (input a checking/credit/debit account, pick your package and go), eSATA port to add a hard drive and turn the TV into a DVR. How about 1080P over broadcast in H.264? An ethernet port and built in WiFi for casual web surfing/e-mail/widgets/tivo style media sharing over your home LAN. Heck Tivo would no longer make boxes, but simply subscribe and the Tivo software would download into your TV and work with your cable or satellite provider as well as do their VOD and/or web content.
There's lots of possibilities out there. What about the Quad HDTV resolutions over DisplayPort interface (I know, yet another interface connector on the horizon). |
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