11 People Are Speaking Their Mind

1. netzdamon Says:

   April 2nd, 2007 at 5:38 pm

   How did you forget the ability to get free porn from the internet at a click of a button?

2. Alan Says:

   April 2nd, 2007 at 6:29 pm

   you mean a computer? i got one.

3. Your articles suck Says:

   April 2nd, 2007 at 7:03 pm

   There are legal and DRM reasons these items will never happen. Maybe if there was only one cable/software/hardware/codec company in the world. Grow up and write a real article, instead of these oddball futuristic predictions.

4. Hmmm Says:

   April 2nd, 2007 at 8:07 pm

   Orb.com is close enough for me

5. Sarlac Says:

   April 2nd, 2007 at 11:52 pm

   sagetv+orb done and done

6. got_u_shook Says:

   April 3rd, 2007 at 12:28 am

   Will my DVR fetch my coffee, grab me a beer

7. Chris Tew Says:

   April 3rd, 2007 at 2:37 am

   “There are legal and DRM reasons these items will never happen. Maybe if there was only one cable/software/hardware/codec company in the world. Grow up and write a real article, instead of these oddball futuristic predictions.”

   Most of the things I listed can be done already - just not on a single device so they are hardly oddball predictions.

   While there will be some legal restrictions the movement to an open IPTV platform would cut out a lot of the red tape. i.e no cablelabs interfering.

8. Ryan Says:

   April 3rd, 2007 at 6:21 am

   Well check out MythTV and you almost already have all that. Plus its open source so if a feature is missing, just write it.

9. Blade Says:

   April 4th, 2007 at 6:52 am

   “Fast forward and rewind live TV”

   Wow, the ability to look into the future, that sounds really cool.

10. Tim Says:

    April 10th, 2007 at 2:14 am

    “Most of the things I listed can be done already - just not on a single device so they are hardly oddball predictions.”

    Oh really?

    # An all in-one recordable HD DVD and Blu-ray drive.

    The main problem throughout this is your are ignoring proprietary codecs/hardware/software etc. It’s like coke an pepsi, most places aren’t aloud to sell both because of their contract.

    # Fast forward and rewind live TV

    You cant fast forward live tv

    # Ability to play all media from any PC in the house over a home network

    Codec issues would be a huge problem here. Also the legality of DRM being streamed from one location to another is an issue. The device would have to be certified (costs more) for every drm protocol out there.

    # A built podcast/vodcast aggregator so you can subscribe to online radio and TV shows

    Again with proprietary software.

    # Ability to send live TV, recorded TV, and video from anywhere on your network, over the internet, so you can watch TV anywhere (like a Slingbox).

    Illegal.

    # Integration with popular Portable Media Players (PMPs) so you can take video on the move.

    proprietary DRM. Lets say you movie on demand download star wars. Do you want the zune drm? or the itunes drm? decide carefully because if you change your mind you must by the movie again.

    # Ability to control any PC on your home network and view that PC as if you are using it.

    So now this thing is just flat out a computer. We need a keyboard, mouse, HD screen of some sort. It also needs to be able to remote desktop, which is proprietary.

    # An in-built games console for playing games, you can play games online and buy and download games online through your TV.

    Awesome! Because I dont like to pick which console I own, I like it to be packaged with something else.

    But mostly, all in one devices suck.

11. Ballonmodellieren Ballonmodellation Says:

    August 21st, 2007 at 12:16 am

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