TV in the Future
I woke up this morning and thought about my evening last night and realized suddenly that I had seen the future of television and the family.
My family has a computer for everyone as well as a few TV's. I have two PC's almost side by side for my work and while one was running some benchmarks for an ATI 3870 graphics card from Visiontek I was watching old shows of Kitchen Nightmares with Chef Gordon Ramsey. My older son was watching some other shows on his computer while my wife did some work for her daycare on hers. My youngest son played or chatted on his computer, the oldest of the bunch with Win Xp but still useable, while he watched the HDTV.
This seperation of family members to watch TV on their computers or the bigger HDTV is how the family will be doing their evening entertainment in the very near future, if not already. Sure we will get together to watch the occasional movie together but we will also seperate and watch what each one wants in the comfort of their own room and perfectly contoured desk chair.
I enjoyed last evening and watching the show while my other computer chewed on graphics frame rate tests and eveyone else did their own thing according to their own tastes and wishes. I can see this happening all across America already but very soon this will be a common occurance in most homes as well. Everyone has different tastes and to be able to pick and choose exactly which show you want at the moment instead of the couple that are available from the local analog broadcast signals is great and I really have started to appreciate and enjoy the shows you can watch even if they are older and on a smaller screen than regular TV.
I can easily see this as what TV will be, no more having to settle on what the majority wants, you don't want to watch what Mom and Dad want just hop up to your room and pick a movie or show from the internet and enjoy. Cable TV and even Blockbuster will be a thing of the past or an internet subscription service that you stream videos and movies on. Actual DVD movies will be the ones you buy at Walmart or ones you make yourself from the downloaded content.
Just a thought.
My family has a computer for everyone as well as a few TV's. I have two PC's almost side by side for my work and while one was running some benchmarks for an ATI 3870 graphics card from Visiontek I was watching old shows of Kitchen Nightmares with Chef Gordon Ramsey. My older son was watching some other shows on his computer while my wife did some work for her daycare on hers. My youngest son played or chatted on his computer, the oldest of the bunch with Win Xp but still useable, while he watched the HDTV.
This seperation of family members to watch TV on their computers or the bigger HDTV is how the family will be doing their evening entertainment in the very near future, if not already. Sure we will get together to watch the occasional movie together but we will also seperate and watch what each one wants in the comfort of their own room and perfectly contoured desk chair.
I enjoyed last evening and watching the show while my other computer chewed on graphics frame rate tests and eveyone else did their own thing according to their own tastes and wishes. I can see this happening all across America already but very soon this will be a common occurance in most homes as well. Everyone has different tastes and to be able to pick and choose exactly which show you want at the moment instead of the couple that are available from the local analog broadcast signals is great and I really have started to appreciate and enjoy the shows you can watch even if they are older and on a smaller screen than regular TV.
I can easily see this as what TV will be, no more having to settle on what the majority wants, you don't want to watch what Mom and Dad want just hop up to your room and pick a movie or show from the internet and enjoy. Cable TV and even Blockbuster will be a thing of the past or an internet subscription service that you stream videos and movies on. Actual DVD movies will be the ones you buy at Walmart or ones you make yourself from the downloaded content.
Just a thought.
posted by Jeff Gedgaud @ 5:31 AM
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