[opendtv] Re: This from another (open) thread - IPTV on LinkedIn
- From: dan.grimes@xxxxxxxx
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:34:53 -0700
Your sentence...
"Honestly, the way I watch a lot of TV now, I have to disagree. The TV, in
my case, is much like a PC or tablet with a really large screen."
... highlights two of the numerous differences between a television and a
tablet I lazily did not write down: 1)your PC is an STB to your big screen
and 2) it is a very big screen indeed. The third important point is
implied; it is not at all portable. But if you are only talking about the
fact that you are using IP for the delivery and not trying to compare
anything else, then I can see why you might disagree.
I have not doubt that eventually IP can potentially be a singular delivery
method (though I have my doubts that it will be). I am currently using it
at home with Netflix and a Connected-TV (via VIA; look ma, no STB!) I am
simply saying that I don't think IP will be the thing that blots out the
STB for good. What I am saying is that there are so many things at at so
many levels, some technical and some political, that I don't see IP as
being able to override them.
Dan
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