[opendtv] Re: This from another (open) thread - IPTV on LinkedIn
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:44:19 +0000
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
>> If all of these Internet appliances we use can do without
>> stand-alone STBs, then why should the "large screen Internet
>> appliance" (aka TV set) mandate their use? Or as a corollary,
>> unless the TV networks have a death wish, if they want
>> multiple (hand held) screens to be usable for TV, they will
>> be forced to accept an IP and STB-free mechanism for delivery.
>
> Perhaps the answer may have something to do with what gets
> built into the TV. The larger problem is that TVs tend to have
> a longer useful life than most of the new mobile computing
> platforms.
> TV prices have come down, at least until the next new standard
> (4K?), but including a computer that may be outdated before the
> TV, or is tied to a specific service as are most smart TVs
> today, is risky, especially when you can add a simple little
> box via HDMI for $100 or less.
That would be purely a decision a manufacturer would make. In point of fact,
PCs have enjoyed a bit of a respite from frenetic changes recently, probably
because tablets and smartphones have been playing a performance catch-up game.
So in fact, a TV that looks like a web thin client, mostly a web browser on it,
would not be a bad choice, and would last a reasonably long time.
Plus, of course, the manufacturer can also decide whether to install an
upgradeable module, for the time when the CPU and/or RAM will become totally
inadequate. This would be only in case the screen itself is very expensive.
(Hey, don't some of those throw-away tablets and smartphones you mention costs
every bit as much as many TVs?)
In short, these should be decisions individual manufacturers make. Not MVPDs.
Assuming things are done on the up and up, and the "C" in "CE" stands for
"consumer."
Bert
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