 jjoshuaPremium
join:2001-06-01
Scotch Plains, NJ
kudos:1 | I'll put it right next to my Roku Seriously... How many of these stand alone boxes are we going to need? |
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zolcos
join:2010-05-19
Houghton, MI | said by jjoshua:Seriously... How many of these stand alone boxes are we going to need? Exactly... when are they going to learn that the solution is NOT more redundant hardware. If they were really interested in "combin[ing] the TV that you already know with the freedom and power of the Internet" they would let me connect to their service via a software client in LinuxMCE. |
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| or any box/os by means of simple tcp/ip, http, etc protocol using streaming formats/file types that are not proprietary |
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MEH:
I will use my real computer with my DVI-HDMI to my plasma.and my audio going digital to a really nice denon receiver.
I love My Living Room the way it is |
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| amen! my shuttle linux box works just fine, thank you. |
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 thenderScreen tycoonPremium
join:2009-01-01
Brooklyn, NY
kudos:1
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I concur.
All of these boxes fall short of the simplicity of double clicking something and just viewing it.
I want either a regular DVR, or a computer. All this inbetween stuff is destined to fail until the TV/film industry can get people paying for content again. Good luck with that!
There is potential for this to succeed: people who want to show a youtube video without turning the computer on, or people who want the downloading functionality my computer has without dealing with a computer. I can grab an episode of a show in a matter of minutes in HD and have it readily available. If this could be done cheaply without it being a science project on a set top box, it could flourish.
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