Comments on: Is TV the New PC? http://gigaom.com/2007/05/08/is-tv-the-new-pc/ Tue, 21 May 2013 15:15:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Panayotis http://gigaom.com/2007/05/08/is-tv-the-new-pc/#comment-169966 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:53:43 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/is-tv-the-new-pc/#comment-169966 Cool!

]]> By: Umang http://gigaom.com/2007/05/08/is-tv-the-new-pc/#comment-169965 Wed, 09 May 2007 04:03:35 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/is-tv-the-new-pc/#comment-169965 There is some convergence in their roles but there is divergence too:
I think the TV will evolve into the home theatre system – focussing only on a better audio-visual experience. I would hate to read email on a 65-inch screen sitting 7 feet away.
The PC will manage content for the TV (antenna/dvd player) and act like the remote control.

]]> By: Mark Forman http://gigaom.com/2007/05/08/is-tv-the-new-pc/#comment-169958 Wed, 09 May 2007 00:41:04 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/is-tv-the-new-pc/#comment-169958 Got me off of the Google Reader for the comments on this post. Very heady discussion on this one. Full disclosure-I’m writing on a G4 Mac(7 years old) which other than a little slow(by today’s standards) still purring along just fine.

re: all the conjecture expressed here I too believe that PC will drive the TV,and concur with M. Abel that once people switch to new TV’s they’re not gonna be replacing them as often as a pair of Nikes.

]]> By: M. Abel http://gigaom.com/2007/05/08/is-tv-the-new-pc/#comment-169953 Tue, 08 May 2007 23:58:20 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/is-tv-the-new-pc/#comment-169953 I think this shortening of the TV pruchase cycle is a transient phenomenon. TVs are making their greatest technology transformation since the adoption of color. However, ultimately, most people will find that they don’t need more than 1080p resolution and that the TV they have is large enough. In another 5 years when the bulk of people have transitioned to new HDTVs, we will see the cycle return to 10 odd years.

]]> By: shadilac http://gigaom.com/2007/05/08/is-tv-the-new-pc/#comment-169949 Tue, 08 May 2007 23:55:49 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/is-tv-the-new-pc/#comment-169949 I think a major reason people buy new computers so often is because they have horrible reliability. That’s been my experience so far, time and time again. I was happy with my Pentium, it died, I bought a P2. I was happy with my P2, it died, I bought a P4. I was happy with my P4, it died, I bought an AMD64. I’ve had it for 2 years (cross fingers) I’m happy with it so far, I can easily see myself going many more before speed becomes an issue. TV’s, on the other hand, last forever.

]]> By: alan p http://gigaom.com/2007/05/08/is-tv-the-new-pc/#comment-169962 Tue, 08 May 2007 22:29:34 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/is-tv-the-new-pc/#comment-169962 Voted for the third option, blogged the whyfore on our blog here on MyPCTV or MyTVPC

]]> By: N.Cauldwell http://gigaom.com/2007/05/08/is-tv-the-new-pc/#comment-169959 Tue, 08 May 2007 21:51:05 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/is-tv-the-new-pc/#comment-169959 This is really an issue of viewing distances and environments. The same hardware will power all your displays – how, where, and from what distance you consume the media, will be determined only by the display technology available. It’s highly unlikely that we’ll see the living room and the office/workspace converging any time soon (who wants to watch a movie at their desk?), so a PC/TV display divide will remain commonplace.

]]> By: N. Venkatraman http://gigaom.com/2007/05/08/is-tv-the-new-pc/#comment-169960 Tue, 08 May 2007 21:13:15 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/is-tv-the-new-pc/#comment-169960 No. There is an important distinction. Sales of PC is driven by Moore’s law and the growing number of software applications that are written to take advantage of the hardware power. PC and TV may be converging but I do not see any of the electronics companies becoming the equivalent of either Microsoft or Intel of the TV ecosystem. What we may see is that either Microsoft or Apple (or Google or Motorola or Cisco) becoming a dominant player in the convergenged space between TV and PC. I doubt that it will be traditional electronics companies but someone who can lock the key architectural control point in the emergent IPTV ecosystem.

]]> By: Brian Laks http://gigaom.com/2007/05/08/is-tv-the-new-pc/#comment-169950 Tue, 08 May 2007 20:53:33 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/is-tv-the-new-pc/#comment-169950 people are going to donate their archaic 20 inch computer monitors to the OLPC cause. It seems the rich or techno-freakish already use oversized hd tvs as computer monitors. I agree with guynamednate that the PC will serve as more of a central server for your home, which will accept the inputs (tv, phone, internet –all which should eventually come as one) and allow them to be directed to whatever compatible device you choose. In most automated homes / “houses of the future” this is the role it already serves.

]]> By: Jeff O'Hara http://gigaom.com/2007/05/08/is-tv-the-new-pc/#comment-169954 Tue, 08 May 2007 20:40:16 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/is-tv-the-new-pc/#comment-169954 It will be a cold day in hell if I have to replace my TV every 3 years. I would rather give up my TV.

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