From: keith (keith_at_vortex.co.uk)
Date: Tue Sep 14 2004 - 13:07:23 PDT
Sometime around 14/9/04 (at 9:35 pm +0200) jg said:
>I know, but should it be that way? What is it for? Answer: for games.
>And they want to make computer to a TV set or cinema. What for? No one
>will buy a very fast comuter to see DVD on 20 inch screen? The price
>for it would be price for 4 TV sets.
The prices of large flat-screen TVs are generally equivalent to
fairly hefty power-user computers. Scary.
As for the computer/TV convergence idea that the industry *still*
tries to bandy about, I think there's a fundamental flaw in that
theory, one which around the way people use TVs and use computers.
Computing is essentially a solitary task; you control the interface,
choose what to read, what to click, type, and draw. TV watching is,
despite what it seems like, a relatively social experience. It is
something that's easy to do with others; you sit and watch together.
Okay, you don't usually get meaningful conversations while you watch
TV, but it is a shared experience which requires essentially no
individual input or choice.
To put it another way, computing is an active, solitary process,
while watching TV is a passive, group-friendly one.
And then there's the fact that today's computers at least are usually
on a desk and teamed with a fairly upright chair. TVs are normally on
a sideboard or TV stand and are teamed with a comfy couch. I know *I*
can't mix the two without damaging my posture and annoying my family!
;-)
Full computer-TV convergence? Don't make me laugh. Now,
computer-controlled systems which include TV and audio management,
that's a different matter.
>We mostly user computers for writing, counting, communication.
>OK. Some companies run power consuming applications. But not all.
>Financial applications does not need power.
Heh. Seen the system requirements for the latest version of Excel? ;-)
k
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