[opendtv] Re: IKEA's New Take on TVs: They Should Look Good in Your House
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:55:03 -0400
At 5:45 PM -0500 6/24/12, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
http://www.televisioninfo.com/News/Ikea-s-New-Take-on-TVs-They-Should-Look-Good-in-Your-House.htm
The saying goes, "What goes around comes around," right?
Back in the 1950s and 1960s, radio/record player consoles were
commonplace. Built-in record player, radio tuner/audio preamp
combination, audio amp, and speakers. In the later ones, the
electronics were combined into one chassis. Then by the mid 1960s,
component stereos appeared on the scene. And by the 1970s, the
consoles had more or less departed the scene.
To me, we're going back to the console, this time with the TV
monitor and "connected TV" ideas included, and with DVD
player/BluRay player replacing the old record player.
Or you can build your own. Best Buy has some decent looking glass
component shelf systems for sale, even with more or less successful
cable-hiding techniques.
The problem with the combined console systems is that some of the
components go obsolete sooner than others. Then, not many years
after you bought it, that snazzy modern look becomes a very dated
look and dated technology, and not so easy to upgrade.
It remains to be seen how successful Ikea is with these new TVs.
Wall mounting of LCD panels is now a big growth area, but the cabling
to legacy components is still a major issue. The move to Internet
enabled TVs and very small external boxes like Apple TV may provide
some answers.
Clearly there is a very high level of interest in how all of this is
going to play out in the Family Room.
Regards
Craig
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