- Can your TV be voice-activated? Sure - why not?
- Should you be able to see Twitter 'ratings' for a program? Of course!
- How about translation - do you want that? Uh, yes...
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Showing posts with label Television. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Television. Show all posts
Tech Thursday: Listening TVs!
We've touched upon the television a couple of times in this space - TVs became 3D; TVs & the 4th Wall; TVs becoming Interactive. This 'post' will expand on that last topic - particularly around some of the cool concepts AT&T unveiled today as a part of its "Innovation Showcase".
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Tech Thursday: Interactive TV
Disclaimer: I'm tooting Nielsen's horn with this one...
Disney/ABC is premiering their newest Fall drama, My Generation, tonight @ 8PM. I really have no desire to watch the show; however, I the interactive aspect of the show has received some rave reviews. I'm not sure if I'm quite on board, but imagining a world in which we can make fun of each others' football picks real-time (and not through Gmail), while sitting on our respective couches entertains the hell out of me.
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Disney/ABC is premiering their newest Fall drama, My Generation, tonight @ 8PM. I really have no desire to watch the show; however, I the interactive aspect of the show has received some rave reviews. I'm not sure if I'm quite on board, but imagining a world in which we can make fun of each others' football picks real-time (and not through Gmail), while sitting on our respective couches entertains the hell out of me.
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LOST Season 6 Discussion
In honor of last week's super interesting episode and to prepare for tonight's, I want to do a little LOST talk to discuss where we're at right now and what we know. Aaron offered some thoughts, which I will quote, then I will offer my own. Add anything you want in the comments!
This is all spoilers so don't click to read more if you aren't current on the show.
This is all spoilers so don't click to read more if you aren't current on the show.
Tech Thursday: 3D Television
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Cablevision (CVC) announced today that it will be making its 3D debut this evening with their broadcast of the Rangers-Islanders game. While CVC states that their current set-top boxes will be capable of delivering the feed, the consumer will still need to have a 3D-capable TV (same deal we have with HD); however, Samsung's the only manufacturer with a 3D-capable TV currently on the market (Sony plans to release a model in June). The 3D version of Samsung's models appear to only be a couple hundred USD more expensive than their non-3D counterparts, yet we just bought the latest Sony Bravia a few months back! This whole scene reminds me of the video game system wars we grew up with...grrrrrrr.
Cablevision (CVC) announced today that it will be making its 3D debut this evening with their broadcast of the Rangers-Islanders game. While CVC states that their current set-top boxes will be capable of delivering the feed, the consumer will still need to have a 3D-capable TV (same deal we have with HD); however, Samsung's the only manufacturer with a 3D-capable TV currently on the market (Sony plans to release a model in June). The 3D version of Samsung's models appear to only be a couple hundred USD more expensive than their non-3D counterparts, yet we just bought the latest Sony Bravia a few months back! This whole scene reminds me of the video game system wars we grew up with...grrrrrrr.
LOST Season Finale Recap and Season 6 Theories
LOST starts its final season tonight and I couldn't be more excited. I re-watched the season 5 finale on ABC.com to remember what happened. I highly recommend getting a refresher.
The Metaphysics of Pop Culture
Pop Culture is a bizarre phenomenon - part science, part art, part WTF?!People & fads come and go, and popular is usually in the eye of the beholder - or whoever is choosing the latest cover for US Weekly. I've always had a strange fascination with the deeper movements in, around, and behind Pop Culture: the metaphysics of Pop Culture, if you will.
It all started with a simple enough question: Do the characters on Friends watch Seinfeld?
SpngeBob - Cable TV's Most Popular Character?
Yup - I'm just as shocked as you are, but it pulls in $8B a year for Nickelodeon/MTV; its also captured 30 of the top-100 Nielsen cable weekly ratings.
A new Olympics Channel?
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-olympics9-2009jul09,0,4919875.story
A couple of things:
1) I LOVE sports and the Olympics, but I can't envision myself watching this channel for more than a couple hours a month.
2) I feel as though NBC screwed this one up - they already had the Universal Sports channel which I watched a lot during Beijing (for stuff like water polo and volleyball); it seemed only natural that they should have simply turned that into the Olympics channel, or offered to buy the rights to show all the events this new channel will show. Although, after my first response, I guess they made a good business decision?
A couple of things:
1) I LOVE sports and the Olympics, but I can't envision myself watching this channel for more than a couple hours a month.
2) I feel as though NBC screwed this one up - they already had the Universal Sports channel which I watched a lot during Beijing (for stuff like water polo and volleyball); it seemed only natural that they should have simply turned that into the Olympics channel, or offered to buy the rights to show all the events this new channel will show. Although, after my first response, I guess they made a good business decision?
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