Comments on: Here Come Broadband TVs http://gigaom.com/2009/01/04/here-come-broadband-tvs/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:00:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Steve Jobs Top Tech CEO Survey http://gigaom.com/2009/01/04/here-come-broadband-tvs/#comment-979440 Steve Jobs Top Tech CEO Survey Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:27:32 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=34520#comment-979440 <p>[...] #1 CEO, ahead of Google’s Eric Schmidt, Adobe Systems’ (a ADBE) Shantanu Narayen and Netflix’s Reed Hastings. (Full list below the [...]</p> [...] #1 CEO, ahead of Google’s Eric Schmidt, Adobe Systems’ (a ADBE) Shantanu Narayen and Netflix’s Reed Hastings. (Full list below the [...]

]]> By: Stay Tuned for Bluetooth on Your TV http://gigaom.com/2009/01/04/here-come-broadband-tvs/#comment-962476 Stay Tuned for Bluetooth on Your TV Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:52:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=34520#comment-962476 <p>[...] with nearly 60 percent of them using it to connect a Bluetooth headset. As televisions get broadband connections, widgets and ever more content, figuring out ways to navigate TV 2.0 (GigaOMPro subscription [...]</p> [...] with nearly 60 percent of them using it to connect a Bluetooth headset. As televisions get broadband connections, widgets and ever more content, figuring out ways to navigate TV 2.0 (GigaOMPro subscription [...]

]]> By: What’s on TV? The Internet | b r a n t s http://gigaom.com/2009/01/04/here-come-broadband-tvs/#comment-946501 What’s on TV? The Internet | b r a n t s Mon, 25 May 2009 03:37:24 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=34520#comment-946501 <p>[...] tied up with LG for a new line of broadband high-def TVs with Netflix built in to it. More on that here.  Verismo Networks has a PoD device - VuNow that can stream web content onto your TV without a PC [...]</p> [...] tied up with LG for a new line of broadband high-def TVs with Netflix built in to it. More on that here.  Verismo Networks has a PoD device – VuNow that can stream web content onto your TV without a PC [...]

]]> By: Netflix’s Hastings Leads Top Ten Tech CEO Ratings http://gigaom.com/2009/01/04/here-come-broadband-tvs/#comment-940207 Netflix’s Hastings Leads Top Ten Tech CEO Ratings Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:46:53 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=34520#comment-940207 <p>[...] The Archives: Our interview with Reed Hastings. [...]</p> [...] The Archives: Our interview with Reed Hastings. [...]

]]> By: james braselton http://gigaom.com/2009/01/04/here-come-broadband-tvs/#comment-939740 james braselton Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:06:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=34520#comment-939740 <p>HI THERE WILL ANY TVS WILL HAVE A SOLID STATE TIVO DVR PRV COMBO BUILT IN COMBO</p> HI THERE WILL ANY TVS WILL HAVE A SOLID STATE TIVO DVR PRV COMBO BUILT IN COMBO

]]> By: tony http://gigaom.com/2009/01/04/here-come-broadband-tvs/#comment-928592 tony Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:09:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=34520#comment-928592 <p>I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THIS DIVICE TO HOOKUP MY COMPUTER TO MY TV BRING IT ON TP</p> I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THIS DIVICE TO HOOKUP MY COMPUTER TO MY TV BRING IT ON TP

]]> By: Chumby and Broadcom Hope to Bring the Web to TV « NewTeeVee http://gigaom.com/2009/01/04/here-come-broadband-tvs/#comment-928585 Chumby and Broadcom Hope to Bring the Web to TV « NewTeeVee Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:32:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=34520#comment-928585 <p>[...] Shriraj Gaglani, a senior director of business development for Broadcom,  thinks Chumby will get consumers psyched about accessing the web through their TVs. http://newteevee.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=19217 He likens the Chumby platform to [...]</p> [...] Shriraj Gaglani, a senior director of business development for Broadcom,  thinks Chumby will get consumers psyched about accessing the web through their TVs. http://newteevee.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=19217 He likens the Chumby platform to [...]

]]> By: Chipmakers Hope Widgets Bring the Web to TV http://gigaom.com/2009/01/04/here-come-broadband-tvs/#comment-928584 Chipmakers Hope Widgets Bring the Web to TV Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:30:57 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=34520#comment-928584 <p>[...] Gaglani, a senior director of business development for Broadcom, also thinks Chumby will get consumers psyched about accessing the web through their TVs. He likens the Chumby platform to a cell phone’s application store and says, “What [...]</p> [...] Gaglani, a senior director of business development for Broadcom, also thinks Chumby will get consumers psyched about accessing the web through their TVs. He likens the Chumby platform to a cell phone’s application store and says, “What [...]

]]> By: vinay http://gigaom.com/2009/01/04/here-come-broadband-tvs/#comment-925450 vinay Mon, 09 Feb 2009 08:55:52 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=34520#comment-925450 <p>For sure Netflix on TV is a very good idea. But there is more entertainment on the internet than the Netflix catalog offers. The Intel-Yahoo widget channel (see CES 2009) seems like a better idea in the sense that it is an open platform and embraces more. Anything can be a widget - not just the familiar suspects (weather, traffic, stock, tweets, ..) but also movie trailers, or even an entire movie store. Will yahoo succeed in pulling it off is another question altogether and probably depends on if it can find ways to monetize this.</p> <p>In any case, the yahoo widget story will not go unnoticed (in the short-term). It will be interesting to see what other innovators are planning for this piece of the pie. What would Google, Apple, Microsoft etc do? And who would CE manufacturers, (admittedly in recession) flirt with..and why? Talking of whom, the obvious question is how far is a TV from a next-gen netbook (in terms of hardware and software) ?</p> <p>2009 promises to be the year (finally!) when rich internet content enters the living room. And not via a long cable from the connected PC to the dumb TV (which sounds</p> For sure Netflix on TV is a very good idea. But there is more entertainment on the internet than the Netflix catalog offers. The Intel-Yahoo widget channel (see CES 2009) seems like a better idea in the sense that it is an open platform and embraces more. Anything can be a widget – not just the familiar suspects (weather, traffic, stock, tweets, ..) but also movie trailers, or even an entire movie store. Will yahoo succeed in pulling it off is another question altogether and probably depends on if it can find ways to monetize this.

In any case, the yahoo widget story will not go unnoticed (in the short-term). It will be interesting to see what other innovators are planning for this piece of the pie. What would Google, Apple, Microsoft etc do? And who would CE manufacturers, (admittedly in recession) flirt with..and why? Talking of whom, the obvious question is how far is a TV from a next-gen netbook (in terms of hardware and software) ?

2009 promises to be the year (finally!) when rich internet content enters the living room. And not via a long cable from the connected PC to the dumb TV (which sounds

]]> By: Dario http://gigaom.com/2009/01/04/here-come-broadband-tvs/#comment-921224 Dario Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:00:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=34520#comment-921224 <p>I've found out this very interesting project: http://www.tvblob.com/</p> <p>It seems like pc to tv but they tell it' something different. They will be at Ces in Vegas. I don't understand if it will have built in netflix or via a web browser. Will see</p> I’ve found out this very interesting project: http://www.tvblob.com/

It seems like pc to tv but they tell it’ something different. They will be at Ces in Vegas. I don’t understand if it will have built in netflix or via a web browser. Will see

]]> By: Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » Blogging on the EFF’s 18th anniversary party night http://gigaom.com/2009/01/04/here-come-broadband-tvs/#comment-920889 Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » Blogging on the EFF’s 18th anniversary party night Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:52:26 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=34520#comment-920889 <p>[...] great to see all the TV/Web/PC connections finally coming out.  How long has it taken?  15 [...]</p> [...] great to see all the TV/Web/PC connections finally coming out.  How long has it taken?  15 [...]

]]> By: Digital Media Bulletin » Broadband Enabled TVs Coming http://gigaom.com/2009/01/04/here-come-broadband-tvs/#comment-920756 Digital Media Bulletin » Broadband Enabled TVs Coming Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:06:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=34520#comment-920756 <p>[...] GigaOm has a post about Broadband TV, as he calls it, but he’s looking at it from NetFlix’s point of view.  And he makes a pretty good point about NetFlix. First of all, NetFlix already has the main ingredients to success as a primary VOD supplier. They have agreements with Hollywood, and they also have the technology to deliver movies over broadband connections.  Plus there’s the stand-alone Roku NetFLix Player box, and now broadband TVs.  So NetFlix needs to weather the storm now, and wait until the world (and technology) catches on to Internet-delivered entertainment into the home. [...]</p> [...] GigaOm has a post about Broadband TV, as he calls it, but he’s looking at it from NetFlix’s point of view.  And he makes a pretty good point about NetFlix. First of all, NetFlix already has the main ingredients to success as a primary VOD supplier. They have agreements with Hollywood, and they also have the technology to deliver movies over broadband connections.  Plus there’s the stand-alone Roku NetFLix Player box, and now broadband TVs.  So NetFlix needs to weather the storm now, and wait until the world (and technology) catches on to Internet-delivered entertainment into the home. [...]

]]> By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2009/01/04/here-come-broadband-tvs/#comment-920511 Jesse Kopelman Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:28:34 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=34520#comment-920511 <p>The big issue for Broadband TV is user interface. A normal TV remote is not a good interface for surfing the web. Whatever these TVs ship with needs to be functional yet simple enough not to turn off less sophisticated customers. I predict a lot of failures in that department -- especially considering that many current model remotes leave a lot ot be desired for non-Broadband TV control . . .</p> The big issue for Broadband TV is user interface. A normal TV remote is not a good interface for surfing the web. Whatever these TVs ship with needs to be functional yet simple enough not to turn off less sophisticated customers. I predict a lot of failures in that department — especially considering that many current model remotes leave a lot ot be desired for non-Broadband TV control . . .

]]> By: Bernie http://gigaom.com/2009/01/04/here-come-broadband-tvs/#comment-920474 Bernie Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:36:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=34520#comment-920474 <p>BroadbandTV will be a niche product for some time to come. Revenue and confusion are still significant hurdles to overcome before mainstream consumers adopt broadbanbdTV.</p> BroadbandTV will be a niche product for some time to come. Revenue and confusion are still significant hurdles to overcome before mainstream consumers adopt broadbanbdTV.

]]> By: Eideard http://gigaom.com/2009/01/04/here-come-broadband-tvs/#comment-920449 Eideard Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:25:18 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=34520#comment-920449 <p>Apple TV.</p> Apple TV.

]]> By: geraldz http://gigaom.com/2009/01/04/here-come-broadband-tvs/#comment-920436 geraldz Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:50:12 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=34520#comment-920436 <p>If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it must be a duck. This "broadband TV" is nothing more that a set-top-box stuck inside a TV. Whether its on the inside or outside, its still a box.</p> <p>I don't think any of these duplicate-processor solutions make sense. Folks already have an expensive box - their PCs - why buy another one?</p> <p>You can easily connect your PC to your TV with an affordable cable and bring the Internet into your living room. I watched the film "Secret Service" on my HDTV last night and it streamed beautifully (thanks Joost!). I still believe that in the next few years both PCs and TVs will come with a built-in ability to communicate wirelessly (Quartics.com). For now, my $25 cable works great! PCTVCables.com</p> If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it must be a duck. This “broadband TV” is nothing more that a set-top-box stuck inside a TV. Whether its on the inside or outside, its still a box.

I don’t think any of these duplicate-processor solutions make sense. Folks already have an expensive box – their PCs – why buy another one?

You can easily connect your PC to your TV with an affordable cable and bring the Internet into your living room. I watched the film “Secret Service” on my HDTV last night and it streamed beautifully (thanks Joost!). I still believe that in the next few years both PCs and TVs will come with a built-in ability to communicate wirelessly (Quartics.com). For now, my $25 cable works great! PCTVCables.com

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