On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad <[email protected]> wrote: > Den 29. nov. 2011 01:46, skrev Ian Santopietro: >> >> But then why have an Ubuntu TV at all then? Why not just take a >> desktop and hook it up to your TV? If that's what you'd like, then why >> bother with the TV mode at all? Instead, it sounds like your setup >> would work best with a full blown Ubuntu desktop installation, rather >> than a customized Ubuntu TV installation. > > To answer your first question, because hooking up a computer using wires > requires wires and work. Powering on your netbook does not require and work > or cables. Even if I'm only watching TV, I might well want to use the laptop > in front of me to enter search strings, for instance. And even with dumb TVs > today, I often have a laptop nearby to chat or surf while watching TV. If > the TV becomes a computer anyway, I don't see any reason why it should not > be possible to hook up a keyboard and mouse to it. > > Because this _is_ a PC. It is a PC that is primarily intended to be used to > watch video, but other than that, it provides the same features as any > laptop or desktop. I don't understand why you can't have additional software > installed to make the physical product as valuable as possible. > > The large majority of users see TVs as consumption devices, and that's > what they'll expect on a SmartTV as well. The consumption > opportunities are there, but they're expanded upon to bring in more > content from more sources, like the internet. But the idea of > developing a SmartTV OS that's just a desktop OS is antiquated, and > not a good idea. > > > I have never suggested anything like that. I'm just saying we shouldn't > prohibit running normal applications on the users computers. If you are > allowed to view video on your laptop computer, why shouldn't you be allowed > to view a spreadsheet on your living room computer? Because that _is_ what > these products are. They are big screens with powerful computers built into > them, many times more powerful than the desktop I had when I first installed > Ubuntu desktop. They have USB, HDMI, DVI, etc. Modern TVs have been computer > monitors for quite some time now, but the new ones have PCs built in. > > I see no reason to use Ubuntu TV if all it does is to allow me to have some > fancy menus on screen. To me, that would be similar to having a desktop that > could only use spreadsheets and was designet not to allow me to watch video, > because it was designed to be a productive computer and not for > entertainment. > > Jo-Erlend Schinstad > > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-tv > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-tv > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
While I agree that having all those features would be pretty neat, we need to make sure we don't over-complicate things for the end-user. -- Thomas Mashos -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-tv Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-tv More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
