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I'd like to offer what I believe is the humongous missed thinking on every product like this and any service that aims to mix internet and TV. Maybe it's been d
by hkuo 16y ago
I'd like to offer what I believe is the humongous missed thinking on every product like this and any service that aims to mix internet and TV. Maybe it's been done and I've somehow missed it. But I'd like to call it the Stumbleupon feature.
All of these services ask me to think about what I want to watch. But there's this thing that we all do, and I absolutely think there isn't a single person that doesn't do this, and it's called "channel surfing". You just flip and flip and flip to see if there's something more interesting than you're currently watching, or you've just finished watching a program and you want to explore your options.
Stumbleupon provides exactly this, but much more. Stumbleupon is purpose-built specifically for boredom, and over time tailors itself to you. Next, next, next, ohh that's cool, next, next, next. That's exactly what I want from a TV experience. Additionally, I'd be able to save and share with friends.
An example of how this feature would differentiate itself from current methods is, I like a lot of TED videos, but there's also a lot I find incredibly boring. With current interfaces, I have to click a TED category and then sift through all of their offerings. And how the heck would I even know if I'll like something until I play it? Blegh! The Stumbleupon feature would know what type of content I like, and would be able to pull out TED videos that it thinks I would find interesting, and all I would have had to do was click "Next", and it would eventually be presented to me.
That's all I got to say. Add a dang Stumbleupon feature, and an internet-tv box will be MONEY.
- hkuo 16y agoOh, one other thought. Add Korean dramas and you will OWN the entire female asian market. They're easy to find on several sites, but completely non-existent on internet/tv solutions. Additionally, it's next to impossible to explain to our Asian mothers how to load up a webpage, select a tv show with a drop-down or in a list, and then click through the episodes. It's information overload to them and they simply don't do it. But if they had this on a simplified internet/tv interface ala XBMC or Boxee, it just might do the trick.
- abraham 16y agoAlready exists on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/leanback http://www.youtube.com/leanback Edit: Just noticed they showed Leanback in the demo.
- hkuo 16y agoTrue, what they have is pretty darn close. As long as it offered me TV and Movie level content and gave me a custom-tailored feed based on what I like.
- abraham 16y agoYouTube is starting to offer movies and probably TV shows to follow. The stream is personalized based on your activity and the activity of your friends.