Yahoo and Intel Want to Kill Your TV
August 20th, 2008 | Published in Out Loud
Article here with way cool & mostly awesome demo images.
Yahoo and Intel’s plans to completely kill TV have leaked onto the Nets. We need to nip this one in the bud, people. Then again, TV kinda sucks, as does Comcast … hmm, maybe they’re on to something here.
This is an awful, awful idea that nobody actually wants, despite the supposed evidence. The Web is a multitasking environment, TV is not. They are totally different. Now that we’ve got HDTVs with decent resolution (the real reason interactive television never took off), some people want to turn their TVs into PCs, and that’s fine. But it doesn’t mean we want “interactive TV.”
Over the past 10 years, the industry has witnessed numerous attempts to bring the richness and variety of Internet services to TV and link them with interactive TV applications. While the rate of adoption has so far been disappointing, studies show that consumers remain receptive to the concept:
With all of this interest, it is only fair to ask – why hasn’t the Internet already caught on in the living room?
- Web video has demonstrated its ability to attract millions of viewers, and TV networks are increasingly using the power of the Internet to build viewer loyalty.
- Approximately 61 percent of consumers surveyed now say they want their TV to connect to the Internet.
- While watching TV, 69 percent of 18 to 34 year olds are also on the Internet.
- 43 percent of 2008 Super Bowl* viewers used notebook or cell phone to surf while watching TV.
Um, guys, it has. It’s called a laptop.