Comments on: Software Development, technologies and other matters #3 http://www.andreanolanusse.com/en/software-development-technologies-and-other-matters-3/ Where Andreano Lanusse talk about technology, software development, programming techniques, databases, games and more through articles, tutorials and videos Tue, 11 Jan 2011 08:27:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 By: Andreano Lanusse http://www.andreanolanusse.com/en/software-development-technologies-and-other-matters-3/#comment-6016 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:27:53 +0000 http://www.andreanolanusse.com/en/?p=438#comment-6016 Matt, it’s time to update your laptop with HDMI plug 🙂

Using Google, Apple, or Microsoft you will still need a DVR box.

I have DirectTV and I’m fine with that, where I live you have to have cable or satellite. As you mention you use Netflix through your computer, so you don’t have to buy a console, and this is the great think.

So far what I saw from Google TV is a web browser broadcasting through a browser some channel and very bad resolution, requesting you to have another keyboard and another box, they think the users will stay in front of TV doing navigating in a web browser, and I don’t think so, the user only wanna watch movies, documentary, etc.. what netflix provide.

]]> By: Simon J Stuart http://www.andreanolanusse.com/en/software-development-technologies-and-other-matters-3/#comment-5976 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 20:49:14 +0000 http://www.andreanolanusse.com/en/?p=438#comment-5976 Matt, you can make your Laptop or PC give you Tivo-like functionality without a subscription… all you need is a PVR card (or better yet a HDMI-input PVR) connected to your antenna/cable/dish (whatever)… you can then use online TV guides to retrieve listings and schedule times… simple piece of software takes those times and starts the recording.
You could go even more high-tech and use a Time-Delay unit to detect ad breaks etc. and cut the recording to eliminate them.

In a computer age, going back to the TV is devolution, in my opinion.

]]> By: Matt http://www.andreanolanusse.com/en/software-development-technologies-and-other-matters-3/#comment-5947 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:38:48 +0000 http://www.andreanolanusse.com/en/?p=438#comment-5947 I have to disagree about users wanting a computer on their TV. Why? For 1, I don’t have any console gaming systems, and I don’t want any.

So the best way for me to watch Netflix is to hook up my laptop via s-video (it’s old) to my HDTV…but I get only standard quality, which is annoying.

I’d love something like this, but I’m waiting for Tivo-like functionality without a subscription. Or at least the ability to easily mod it for that support.

That’s the only reason I haven’t bought an AppleTV yet.

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