Owen Densmore wrote:
One example occurred a while back when we bought a SlingBox. Its a
nifty device that makes your TV available on the web.
Which begs the question: Why isn't TV available on the internet
anyway? Why download it through one protocol (say analog NTSC) only to
uplink through the internet? Or even more silly, download a product
from a media distributor like Apple only to upload it again through a
relatively slow channel again, i.e. your home networking? Storage is
so insanely cheap now, that one can watch DVD quality video from an iPod
on a TV. Anything that isn't (in-principle) directly downloadable from
vendors with high-speed connections can be pretty much be carried.
Is the `Network the Computer'? Not yet for me, the network isn't fully
wireless and it has neither predictable bandwidth or latency. A large
capacity flash drive that is carried is still better for fixed media
products.
Marcus
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