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A modern digital TV is a big monitor with a tuner slapped on. I think that's precisely why we should not add a computer there as well. I expect to keep a TV mu
by CWuestefeld 17y ago
A modern digital TV is a big monitor with a tuner slapped on.
I think that's precisely why we should not add a computer there as well. I expect to keep a TV much longer than a computer, so I'd rather be free to upgrade one without the other.
In fact, what I really want is to buy a TV-grade monitor without either a tuner (because the video feed comes either from my DirecTivo or my XBox) or speakers (because my stereo handles that stuff).
- mseebach 17y agoThink of it not as a computer, but a tuner for the interwebs. If it can display a full-screen MKV HD stream, with room to spare, is programmable, and it can talk to the control-channel on the HDMI inputs, it's hard to imagine what should come about that would render it obsolete.
- wmf 17y ago3D, new codecs, new DRMs, etc. If you truly want a future-proof box it would have to be ridiculously overpowered (like the PS3 was in 2006) and thus expensive, but few people are willing to pay now for option value that will be unlocked later.