Comments on: The Maturity of Web 2.0 and The HDTV is the PC http://blogmaverick.com/2007/04/11/the-maturity-of-web-2-0-and-the-hdtv-is-the-pc/ the mark cuban weblog Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:04:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Kenzoid’s Autonomous Zone » Blog Archive » Mark Cuban’s future is one freakin’ big HDTV http://blogmaverick.com/2007/04/11/the-maturity-of-web-2-0-and-the-hdtv-is-the-pc/#comment-63030 Kenzoid’s Autonomous Zone » Blog Archive » Mark Cuban’s future is one freakin’ big HDTV Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:05:26 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/the-maturity-of-web-2-0-and-the-hdtv-is-the-pc/#comment-63030 [...] surprise…the owner of HD.net sees big things for TVs in the future…In 3 years the mainstream TV will be 70″ and cost less than $1500. In 5 years, it could [...] [...] surprise…the owner of HD.net sees big things for TVs in the future…In 3 years the mainstream TV will be 70″ and cost less than $1500. In 5 years, it could [...]

]]> By: Will Ray http://blogmaverick.com/2007/04/11/the-maturity-of-web-2-0-and-the-hdtv-is-the-pc/#comment-30267 Will Ray Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:09:25 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/the-maturity-of-web-2-0-and-the-hdtv-is-the-pc/#comment-30267 The TV is going to be dead and so will a giant HDTV based home. If I can\'t carry it or it isn\'t light enough to carry around, installed in my plane, car or office on the wall it is irrelevant. Apple TV has it right! It just cost as much as a old TV. The idea is to be mobile most of the time but if and when you or anyone in your world with a MacBook has a movie, video, or presentation (and now YOUtUbe clip) can send it to the bigger screens in the building. The killer app is the wireless MacBook with an Apple TV box somewhere on the premises. It would be easier to just make it a city wide standard on a tower somewhere - and H.264 is a killer compression technology given a laptop a very good version of HD--- I mean I can\'t rally complain this screen is beautiful. Eventually, the pipes and wireless technolgy will carry all this video to any place a Apple TV box exists.... in very, very clear crystal quality. You don\'t need a Ferrari to drive two blocks, so a big HD TV is just a waist for most people until it is just another TV----- in the mean time Apple will make billions with all there nice stuff that is a sign of design genius. I saw some new technologies and there not even close to Apple which is working day and night to innovate in this space--- I call it walkinh HD--if it is not mobile I am not buying it-- The TV is going to be dead and so will a giant HDTV based home. If I can\’t carry it or it isn\’t light enough to carry around, installed in my plane, car or office on the wall it is irrelevant. Apple TV has it right! It just cost as much as a old TV. The idea is to be mobile most of the time but if and when you or anyone in your world with a MacBook has a movie, video, or presentation (and now YOUtUbe clip) can send it to the bigger screens in the building. The killer app is the wireless MacBook with an Apple TV box somewhere on the premises. It would be easier to just make it a city wide standard on a tower somewhere – and H.264 is a killer compression technology given a laptop a very good version of HD— I mean I can\’t rally complain this screen is beautiful. Eventually, the pipes and wireless technolgy will carry all this video to any place a Apple TV box exists…. in very, very clear crystal quality. You don\’t need a Ferrari to drive two blocks, so a big HD TV is just a waist for most people until it is just another TV—– in the mean time Apple will make billions with all there nice stuff that is a sign of design genius. I saw some new technologies and there not even close to Apple which is working day and night to innovate in this space— I call it walkinh HD–if it is not mobile I am not buying it–

]]> By: Chris http://blogmaverick.com/2007/04/11/the-maturity-of-web-2-0-and-the-hdtv-is-the-pc/#comment-30257 Chris Sun, 26 Aug 2007 03:35:21 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/the-maturity-of-web-2-0-and-the-hdtv-is-the-pc/#comment-30257 I don\'t have a TV. Decided I like controlling what I watch a LOT more. No more bars with scrolling information, no more commercials. No more ghosted logos and annoying mini popups of what show is coming on next.<br><br>Im done. I won\'t be back. I don\’t have a TV. Decided I like controlling what I watch a LOT more. No more bars with scrolling information, no more commercials. No more ghosted logos and annoying mini popups of what show is coming on next.

Im done. I won\’t be back.

]]> By: Christopher http://blogmaverick.com/2007/04/11/the-maturity-of-web-2-0-and-the-hdtv-is-the-pc/#comment-30269 Christopher Mon, 11 Jun 2007 01:32:43 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/the-maturity-of-web-2-0-and-the-hdtv-is-the-pc/#comment-30269 That can be but not sure! That can be but not sure!

]]> By: Will Ray http://blogmaverick.com/2007/04/11/the-maturity-of-web-2-0-and-the-hdtv-is-the-pc/#comment-30268 Will Ray Thu, 31 May 2007 03:18:47 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/the-maturity-of-web-2-0-and-the-hdtv-is-the-pc/#comment-30268 The TV is going to be dead and so will a giant HDTV based home. If I can\'t carry it or it isn\'t light enough to carry around, installed in my plane, car or office on the wall it is irrelevant. Apple TV has it right! It just cost as much as a old TV. The idea is to be mobile most of the time but if and when you or anyone in your world with a MacBook has a movie, video, or presentation (and now YOUtUbe clip) can send it to the bigger screens in the building. The killer app is the wireless MacBook with an Apple TV box somewhere on the premises. It would be easier to just make it a city wide standard on a tower somewhere - and H.264 is a killer compression technology given a laptop a very good version of HD--- I mean I can\'t rally complain this screen is beautiful. Eventually, the pipes and wireless technolgy will carry all this video to any place a Apple TV box exists.... in very, very clear crystal quality. You don\'t need a Ferrari to drive two blocks, so a big HD TV is just a waist for most people until it is just another TV----- in the mean time Apple will make billions with all there nice stuff that is a sign of design genius. I saw some new technologies and there not even close to Apple which is working day and night to innovate in this space--- I call it walkinh HD--if it is not mobile I am not buying it-- The TV is going to be dead and so will a giant HDTV based home. If I can\’t carry it or it isn\’t light enough to carry around, installed in my plane, car or office on the wall it is irrelevant. Apple TV has it right! It just cost as much as a old TV. The idea is to be mobile most of the time but if and when you or anyone in your world with a MacBook has a movie, video, or presentation (and now YOUtUbe clip) can send it to the bigger screens in the building. The killer app is the wireless MacBook with an Apple TV box somewhere on the premises. It would be easier to just make it a city wide standard on a tower somewhere – and H.264 is a killer compression technology given a laptop a very good version of HD— I mean I can\’t rally complain this screen is beautiful. Eventually, the pipes and wireless technolgy will carry all this video to any place a Apple TV box exists…. in very, very clear crystal quality. You don\’t need a Ferrari to drive two blocks, so a big HD TV is just a waist for most people until it is just another TV—– in the mean time Apple will make billions with all there nice stuff that is a sign of design genius. I saw some new technologies and there not even close to Apple which is working day and night to innovate in this space— I call it walkinh HD–if it is not mobile I am not buying it–

]]> By: Eric http://blogmaverick.com/2007/04/11/the-maturity-of-web-2-0-and-the-hdtv-is-the-pc/#comment-30234 Eric Tue, 08 May 2007 13:51:42 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/the-maturity-of-web-2-0-and-the-hdtv-is-the-pc/#comment-30234 Mark,<br><br>I think you\'re wrong on the TV front, for a number of reasons.<br><br>First, HD is only starting to make significant inroads in the US, and the big driver is sports. <br><br>Second, I don\'t see what is going to cause people to want to upgrade to a new TV to get these features when an add-on box is a few hundred dollars. The SAF (spousal acceptance factor) is a huge obstacle to this - \"Two years ago you spent $3500 on the TV and now you want to replace it? Why?\"<br><br>Finally, this assumes that TV manufacturers can do software. The cable/DVR experience is very illuminating here. Tivo does a killer interface. Media center does a nice interface. And yet the vast majority of cable DVRs are atrocious. There is little reason to think that TV manufacturers will do any better, *especially* since in initial versions, any add-on software will not be a reason to buy the TV for the majority of people, so there\'s little incentive to do it right.<br><br>I also thing the example of combined TV/DVD or TV/VHS players. They\'re oh-so-convenient, but they aren\'t present in all big TVs. Why? Well, simply because most people have a DVD player already, so having a new one doesn\'t help that much, and because people want choice on which DVD player they get. <br><br>And finally, there\'s the whole lock-in factor. The same factors that cause us not to have a standard set of IR remote control codes or a standard AV bus that all AV equipment can talk through will mean that any on-board intelligence in TVs is very unlikely to be compatible across manufacturers or open to third-party software, which is the whole reason that PCs are so successful in the first place.<br><br>So, I just don\'t see it. Mark,

I think you\’re wrong on the TV front, for a number of reasons.

First, HD is only starting to make significant inroads in the US, and the big driver is sports.

Second, I don\’t see what is going to cause people to want to upgrade to a new TV to get these features when an add-on box is a few hundred dollars. The SAF (spousal acceptance factor) is a huge obstacle to this – \”Two years ago you spent $3500 on the TV and now you want to replace it? Why?\”

Finally, this assumes that TV manufacturers can do software. The cable/DVR experience is very illuminating here. Tivo does a killer interface. Media center does a nice interface. And yet the vast majority of cable DVRs are atrocious. There is little reason to think that TV manufacturers will do any better, *especially* since in initial versions, any add-on software will not be a reason to buy the TV for the majority of people, so there\’s little incentive to do it right.

I also thing the example of combined TV/DVD or TV/VHS players. They\’re oh-so-convenient, but they aren\’t present in all big TVs. Why? Well, simply because most people have a DVD player already, so having a new one doesn\’t help that much, and because people want choice on which DVD player they get.

And finally, there\’s the whole lock-in factor. The same factors that cause us not to have a standard set of IR remote control codes or a standard AV bus that all AV equipment can talk through will mean that any on-board intelligence in TVs is very unlikely to be compatible across manufacturers or open to third-party software, which is the whole reason that PCs are so successful in the first place.

So, I just don\’t see it.

]]> By: Brian http://blogmaverick.com/2007/04/11/the-maturity-of-web-2-0-and-the-hdtv-is-the-pc/#comment-30266 Brian Thu, 03 May 2007 03:46:44 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/the-maturity-of-web-2-0-and-the-hdtv-is-the-pc/#comment-30266 I know lots of people that don\'t have TVs but I don\'t know anyone that doesn\'t have a PC (or MAC). If HDTVs are the new personal media center then it must be able to have the connectivity too otherwise it\'ll just be an expensive picture frame for your digitial photos. But seeing as how computers are so much cheaper the HDTV being the \"new PC\" has a long way to go. <br><br>Just my 2 pennies (for however long those are around) I know lots of people that don\’t have TVs but I don\’t know anyone that doesn\’t have a PC (or MAC). If HDTVs are the new personal media center then it must be able to have the connectivity too otherwise it\’ll just be an expensive picture frame for your digitial photos. But seeing as how computers are so much cheaper the HDTV being the \”new PC\” has a long way to go.

Just my 2 pennies (for however long those are around)

]]> By: Linda Nelson http://blogmaverick.com/2007/04/11/the-maturity-of-web-2-0-and-the-hdtv-is-the-pc/#comment-30265 Linda Nelson Tue, 01 May 2007 12:07:03 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/the-maturity-of-web-2-0-and-the-hdtv-is-the-pc/#comment-30265 This new box )or some new version of it) will go a long way to replacing PC\'s as the best way to download movies for your TV. Where the studios go, the masses will follow. Could put a krimp in iTV sales, because of the amount of content available. Haven\'t seen it work yet, but an interesting model, especially, the \"instant\" aspect of the peer-to-peer delivery system. This new box )or some new version of it) will go a long way to replacing PC\’s as the best way to download movies for your TV. Where the studios go, the masses will follow. Could put a krimp in iTV sales, because of the amount of content available. Haven\’t seen it work yet, but an interesting model, especially, the \”instant\” aspect of the peer-to-peer delivery system.

]]> By: Jason Green http://blogmaverick.com/2007/04/11/the-maturity-of-web-2-0-and-the-hdtv-is-the-pc/#comment-30264 Jason Green Mon, 30 Apr 2007 01:25:35 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/the-maturity-of-web-2-0-and-the-hdtv-is-the-pc/#comment-30264 Good points. I was thinking today how I\'m already wanting a new TV, even though my 65\" is just a few years old. I thought the Apple TV was kinda funny too, even though it does have a some neat features. I posted on it here: <a href="http://acuriousblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/iphone.html" rel="nofollow">http://acuriousblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/iphone.html</a>.<br><br>I like reading your blog, because it makes me feel like I could be a billionaire too if I applied myself :) I think a lot like you do. Actually, reading your blog last year was what made me decide to start my own blog. Good points. I was thinking today how I\’m already wanting a new TV, even though my 65\” is just a few years old. I thought the Apple TV was kinda funny too, even though it does have a some neat features. I posted on it here: http://acuriousblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/iphone.html.

I like reading your blog, because it makes me feel like I could be a billionaire too if I applied myself :) I think a lot like you do. Actually, reading your blog last year was what made me decide to start my own blog.

]]> By: Erich http://blogmaverick.com/2007/04/11/the-maturity-of-web-2-0-and-the-hdtv-is-the-pc/#comment-30262 Erich Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:10:20 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/the-maturity-of-web-2-0-and-the-hdtv-is-the-pc/#comment-30262 Hi marc, I agree with you completely that it is marketing but there are actually some other factors also. Yes the HOW has been solved for quite a long time, as you state video streaming has been around for 8 years plus and so on, but WAY is new. The format of delivery is something that inner mongolian horse herders will understand. The fact that my dad has sent me a link from youtube means that the Ludites have come to the party as well. Web2.0 has transcended technology. I am so sick and tired of people talking \' Collaborative Web APPS\' Please.... its way past that. Remember that not only skateboarders wear skate clothes. Nice Post though! Hi marc, I agree with you completely that it is marketing but there are actually some other factors also. Yes the HOW has been solved for quite a long time, as you state video streaming has been around for 8 years plus and so on, but WAY is new. The format of delivery is something that inner mongolian horse herders will understand. The fact that my dad has sent me a link from youtube means that the Ludites have come to the party as well. Web2.0 has transcended technology. I am so sick and tired of people talking \’ Collaborative Web APPS\’ Please…. its way past that. Remember that not only skateboarders wear skate clothes. Nice Post though!

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